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The Balochistan Assembly session, which has been tainted with controversy, ended with its members reposing confidence in the provincial chief minister, Nawaz Aslam Raisani, DawnNews reported on Tuesday. Forty six of the 65-member assembly voted in favour of the chief minister when a...

The sheer volume of emails sent by General John Allen to a Tampa socialite “may be inappropriate” but does not constitute proof of an affair, a senior US military officer told AFP on Tuesday. Allen, the US commander in Afghanistan, “strongly denies” having had a relationship with 37-year-old...

A delegation of Afghan High Peace Council headed by its chairman Salahuddin Rabbani, called on Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Tuesday. The Afghan delegation remained with the Army chief for some time and discussed matters of mutual interest, particularly peace...

The US military s confession that Mullah Fazlullah was hiding in a section of eastern Afghanistan has simply belied the October 28, 2012 declaration by Afghanistan s National Directorate of Security (NDS) that the most wanted Pakistani Taliban commander was not hiding in Afghanistan and that he...

Recently, Wayen Madsen in his article titled “The CIA’s Islamist Terrorist Network” published in Strategic-Culture Organization’s online journal expose CIA links with the terrorist groups. He stated, “The Central Intelligence Agency cobbled together the forerunner of the present Muslim jihadist...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) worked in tandem with Pakistan to create the "monster" that is today Afghanistan's Taliban, a leading US expert on South Asia said. "I warned them that we were creating a monster," Selig Harrison from the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars...

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned Friday over an extramarital affair, bringing an abrupt end to a brilliant career that saw him serve as military commander in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The revelation shocked Washington just three days after the re-election of US President Barack...

In yet another major diplomatic setback for Islamabad in five weeks, Iranian Vice President Ali Saeedlou has cancelled his visit at the eleventh hour in an apparent indication of some underlying unease in bilateral relationship. The senior Iranian leader, who is also President Mahmoud...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the prices of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and petrol cannot be linked and summoned the managing directors of Sui Southern and Sui Northern gas companies. A two-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice...

The African Union has lifted the suspension it imposed on Mali after a military coup in the country in March. The body has also endorsed a plan calling for fresh elections and the return of law and order, according to an AU spokesman. AU officials have also been discussing the logistics of...

Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant movement controlling Gaza, are said to have reached an unofficial ceasefire after days of deadly attacks. The truce was negotiated with the help of Egypt but its exact terms and duration remain unknown, the BBC's Jon Donnison in Gaza City reports...

WASHINGTON: A senior American lawmaker on Wednesday distributed a letter in the US Congress, urging her colleagues to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai. Separately, thousands of people have signed an online petition to nominate Malala for the Nobel Peace Prize...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday said Pakistan was committed to defeating polio at every cost and looked forward to strengthening partnership with international organizations to further bolster anti-polio efforts. In his message on the World Polio Day, the Prime...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has officially sought permission to send a judicial commission to India to probe the Mumbai attacks case. According to sources, a request has been sent by the Interior Ministry to officials in India which seeks that the commission be allowed to record statements and...

Earlier this month, the Pakistani Taliban opened fire on a school bus. Two girls were shot. At first, it seemed a familiar story. The Taliban, after all, has bombed hundreds of schools, especially those for girls. But here's what's new: Mass protests ensued against the Taliban, and in favor of...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran is weighing a more confrontational strategy at possible renewed nuclear talks with world powers, threatening to boost levels of uranium enrichment unless the West makes clear concessions to ease sanctions. Such a gambit — outlined by senior Iranian officials in interviews...

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan's government spokesman has claimed that Israeli airstrikes caused an explosion at a military factory south of the capital, Khartoum. Minister of Information Ahmed Belal Osman told reporters Wednesday that four airstrikes struck the Yarmouk Complex, causing an explosion...

BEIRUT – The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria said the government in Damascus and some rebel leaders have agreed to a temporary cease-fire during a four-day Muslim holiday that starts Friday. The Syrian government, however, did not confirm Wednesday's announcement by Lakhdar Brahimi, saying...

A political analyst has rejected the United States’ strategy for staying in Afghanistan after 2014 as inapplicable, calling for an immediate departure of “the US and NATO forces” from the war-torn country, Press TV reports. “We don’t think that the strategy that has been set up for...

F-22 The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare, and...