ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: While the nation was looking for the go-ahead for a military operation in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan Agency, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addresing he National Assembly announced his decision to hold talks with the militants. In this regard, he announced the formation of a four-member team to hold negotiations […]
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The Pakistani Taliban may be planning attacks on tourists in the country’s mountainous north, where 10 foreign climbers were massacred last year, officials warned Monday. Thousands of tourists visit Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral each year, many drawn by the area’s impressive mountains and glaciers, including the world’s second highest peak K2. Pakistan has
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (AFP): Pakistani officials used a secret counter-terrorism fund to buy wedding gifts, luxury carpets and gold jewellery for relatives of ministers and visiting dignitaries, according to documents seen by AFP. The revelations cast a spotlight on high-level corruption in Pakistan as the impoverished but nuclear-armed country battles a surge in Taliban violence.
ISLAMABAD: The outlawed Khana-e-Hikmat, the publication and research organization of Nasiruddin Hunzai, is among 700 individuals and groups whose accounts have been frozen, according to the ministry of interior. The federal government has released the list of these organisations and extremists. Most of them belong to Punjab. According to reports, the government of Pakistan banned
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Climbing duo Samina Baig and Mirza Ali from Hunza valley made history again when they summated the highest peak in Antarctica on Saturday. The five-member team, including Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali, successfully captured Mount Vinson at 1am Pakistan standard time (PST). Karrar Haidri, member executive council Alpine Club of
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