In a major goof-up, the Indian government's Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) issued a full-page ad on the occasion of the National Girl Child Day featuring the photograph of former Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Ahmed (2006-2009), along with its national heroes such as cricketers Kapil Dev, Virender Sehwag and classical musician Amjad Ali Khan. The ad, splashed in all major newspapers and thereafter on all television channels ... Read More

Jan 31, 2010, Kabul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday that he would try his best to reach out to Taliban leadership 'as high as possible' under a new peace plan aimed at luring Taliban away from violence. The president's call for peace with high level Taliban came three days after a conference on Afghanistan in London, where officials from around 70 countries endorsed an Afghan peace plan to ... Read More

Updated : Sunday January 31 , 2010 PERTH: Pakistan stand-in captain Shahid Afridi has apologized to the whole nation over the ball-tempering during Pakistan's final ODI against Australia at Perth. The all rounder has been banned for two Twenty20 internationals after being found guilty of ball-tampering on Sunday. Afridi, who led Pakistan in the absence of Mohammad Yousuf, was caught biting the ball on TV ... Read More

MQM USA arranged an urgent meeting to condemn the murder of 3 Baloch leaders and barbarism against Baloch people in MQM Chicago's chapter office on Apr 19, 2009 ... Read More

PART 2 OF 19:Musharraf says biggest threat to Pakistan is from within. Former President of Pakistan on threats to his nation and India. Musharraf says Kargil heightened the need for a negotiated settlement. Musharraf admits to a deal with slain Pakistani leader Bhutto. ... Read More

The Pakistani Taliban on Sunday denied fresh reports that their chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, is dead, while the army said it was investigating as rumours re-emerged of his killing by US drone missiles. Speculation about the warlord's death first surfaced after a January 14 bombing by unmanned US spy planes in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan, but within days Mehsud released two audio statements denying his demise. Security officials said ... Read More

Updated : Sunday January 31 , 2010 ISLAMABAD: Taliban supremo Hakeemullah Mehsud was killed, state television said here on Sunday. Hakeemullah Mehsud has been buried in a graveyard at Mamondzai area of Orakzai tribal region. Mehsud was injured in a drone attack in Shaktoi area on January 14 and was succumbed to his injuries three days later, reports said. Hakeemullah Mehsud was named the ... Read More

Updated : Sunday January 31 , 2010 ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the local sources have confirmed the death of Taliban chief Hakeemullah Mehsud but he doesn’t 100 percent confirm his death. Talking to ARY News, Rehman Malik said the government will not hold talks with terrorists except those which will surrender the arms. The minister vowed to get rid of ... Read More

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January. The militant leader's death would be an important success for both Pakistan, which has been battling the Pakistani Taliban, and the U.S., which blames Mehsud for a recent deadly bombing against the CIA in Afghanistan. The army's disclosure came shortly after Pakistani ... Read More

Pakistan's military trying to verify reports that Taliban leader, who had been targeted by drone attacks, has been killed Pakistan's military said it was scrambling to confirm a report on state television that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, has been killed. The report said Mehsud, a target of CIA-directed drone attacks over the past month, has already been buried. The source of the information was not clear. The main army ... Read More

KARACHI (January 31 2010): President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday asked members of Sindh Assembly to encourage women, minorities and other communities to take part in the forthcoming local bodies elections in the province. He said this while talking to delegations of PPP MPAs of Sindh Assembly on the second day of his district wise meetings with them. The delegations of MPAs that called on the President in Bilawal House belonged ... Read More

BERLIN (January 31 2010): Pakistan should be more closely involved in solving the Afghan conflict, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview due to be published on Sunday. "There will be no peace in this region unless Pakistan carries its share of responsibility," Merkel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag. "For a comprehensive solution, we need a much greater involvement of Afghan authorities and the inclusion of neighbouring countries, ... Read More