RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army held preliminary bilateral talks with International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) on Saturday in Rawalpindi in connection with the tripartite commission meeting, said a press release. The Isaf delegation was led by Commander Isaf General John Allen and Pakistan Army delegation by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, a statement released by Inter-Services Public Rela ...

With the rhetoric mounting against it in Punjab, Sindh Chief Minister and senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qaim Ali Shah said that people supported the government of Asif Ali Zardari, and threatened a long march of their own, one which would travel to Lahore, and beyond. Addressing a large rally at Kamo Shaeed, Ubaro, Shah claimed that almost a million people were attending the rally, and when the ...

Najaf Ali Staff Reporter KARACHI, May 11: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has appealed to the legal fraternity across the country to observe a black day on May 12 in condemnation of the carnage of May 12, 2007 in Karachi. President Karachi Bar Association Mehmood Ul Hassan said, on the appeal of PBC Executive Committee chairman Burhan Moazzam Malik and committee members, the Sindh bar council, Karachi bar as ...

PESHAWAR: One policeman was killed while 17 others, including six policemen and one woman were injured in a road side bomb explosion that was targeting three police vehicles, whereas a number of vehicles, including the police van carrying three prisoners, were severely damaged on GT Road near Gulbahar police station on Saturday. The deceased policeman, Shah Hussain succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. ...

KARACHI:“You might have seen that picture of May 12 with the bodies of four men lying on a road near a silver car. I am the one in the white shalwar kameez.” Iqbal H is referring to only the most famous image from that day five years ago. He was shot six times. “The terrorists left me for dead but I have survived,” said Iqbal. (His name and residence have been withheld as he considers his life still at risk ...

LAHORE:The two remaining Pakistani suspects among five declared terrorists by Indian authorities were tracked down. After disclosing “facts” on three of the suspects, Indian agencies released pictures of the remaining two men, claiming they too are terrorists. In fact, both the men were identified as employees of Hafeez Centre and are currently in Lahore. Amjad Ali Khan is an employee of a mobile shop at th ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Friday that it would host the next round of talks with India over the disputed Siachen Glacier, dubbed the world’s highest battlefield, on June 11-12 in Islamabad. Troops from India and Pakistan have faced off on the glacier in the mountains of disputed Kashmir since the 1980s but calls for the stand-off to end have been growing after an avalanche on April 7 which buried 140 people ...

SHEFFIELD: Winning his fourth World Snooker Championship was an outstanding achievement for the Essex potter, Ronnie O’Sullivan as he moved up in the world ranking. He defeated compatriot Ali Carter in the final contest of the 2012 World Snooker Championship by the score line of 18-11 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. O’Sullivan was quite happy to be the champion once again after four years of his absen ...

One unidentified body was found with the feet and hands tied up near Kausar Mosque on Moosa Lane in the Baghdadi area of Lyari during the early hours of the day. A man identified as Amjad Ali was killed last night when unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire on him in the Sector D1 area of Malir Khokharapar. Two workers of political parties were killed yesterday when unidentified men opened fire on the ...

MIRAMSHAH / PESHAWAR: As the US pressed Pakistan to do more to stamp out militancy, a top Pakistani military commander criticised Washington for having double standards and for seeking to make Islamabad a scapegoat for its failure to beat insurgency in Afghanistan. American efforts to talk peace with insurgents in Afghanistan mean Washington can no longer expect Pakistan to attack all the militant factions ...