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Pakistan torn over how to handle Taliban: experts

ISLAMABAD: After years allowing Taliban militants to operate in the rugged tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan is now torn over how to respond to US calls for decisive action against extremists.
Islamabad is under intense pressure from Washington, other western nations and Kabul to eliminate Taliban and Al-Qaeda havens in the tribal belt, from where fighters [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

India has not provided evidence on Mumbai attacks, just info: Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday giving a policy statement in the National Assembly said that India has not given any evidence on Mumbai attacks but just information. “All that has been received from India is some information. I say information because these are not evidence.”
He said the information, received on January [...]

January 14, 2009 World 0 Comments

Militants attack NATO truck depot in Pakistan: police

Peshawar, Pakistan: Taliban militants launched a rocket attack on a NATO supply depot in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, torching one truck and damaging three others, police said.
The attack on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar was the first since Pakistan launched a massive military operation late last month in the rugged Khyber tribal region [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

Pakistan urged to get to bottom of terrorist attacks

The UK’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called on the Pakistani government to bring those behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice.
Speaking after talks with the Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, he said he didn’t believe the Pakistani government ordered the attacks.
But, he said it was absolutely clear Pakistan was the origin of the terrorist [...]

January 14, 2009 World 0 Comments

Govt to offer incentives for promotion of clean energy: Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said the government will adopt incentive based policies for improving agricultural output, increasing afforestation and producing low cost, adequate and environmentally clean power. He made these remarks during a briefing on climate change.
He said the best way to involve the people in tackling climate change issues was to develop [...]

January 11, 2009 Business, World 0 Comments

U.S. rejected Israel plan for Iran reactor attack: report

NEW YORK: US President George W. Bush deflected Israel’s secret request last year for bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran’s main nuclear complex, saying he had authorized covert action to sabotage the Islamic republic’s suspected atomic weapons development, The New York Times reported Sunday.
Citing U.S. and foreign officials, the Times reported the [...]

January 11, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

Gaza protests target US consulate in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP): Security forces used tear gas and batons to repel anti-Israel protesters who tried to attack a U.S. consulate in Pakistan Sunday, as tens of thousands in Europe, the Middle East and Asia demonstrated against Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
A protest in the Belgian capital that drew 30,000 turned violent as well, with demonstrators [...]

January 11, 2009 World 0 Comments

FO Spokesman rebuts New York Times article

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesman said here Saturday that Pakistan and the United States enjoy close cordial relations and there is a high degree of mutual trust between the two countries. He was responding to a question pertaining to the New York Times article titled, “The Worst Pakistan Nightmare for Obama” by David E. Sanger.
The spokesman [...]

January 10, 2009 Politics, World 0 Comments

Pakistan victim of terror, Obama, Biden must aid govt’s anti-terror efforts: Hadley

WASHINGTON: Underscoring the fact that Pakistan has been a victim of terrorism, the U.S. National Security Adviser has urged President‑elect Barack Obama on continuing Washington’s support for its democratic government’s “daunting task” towards curbing the menace.
In an interaction with American and international experts at a Washington think tank, Stephen Hedley explained the U.S. foreign policy [...]

January 9, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

India signs biggest ever defence deal with US

New Delhi: In a sign of deepening strategic ties, India has inked a USD 2.1 billion deal with the US to buy eight Boeing P-8 Long-Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft for its Navy.
This is India’s biggest ever defence deal with the US. According to reports, the deal was signed on January 1 by Preeti Sudan, [...]

January 5, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

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