Pakistan Politics News

The spokesman of the American Embassy in Lebanon said US President Barack Obama’s Tuesday speech on Afghanistan has laid the framework for a transition rather than an exit strategy. “Let’s put it this way: Obama’s speech is the beginning of the...

Regional Command South and that's the Australians, and I wouldn't want to omit the contribution and the sacrifice and they've made," he said. Meanwhile he has also defended the President's decision to start withdrawing troops in 18 months. "Beginning to...

India is a key, global partner of the United States and we value the positive role India continues to play in the region, including its significant humanitarian contributions to Afghanistan," he said. "Our nations share a common goal -- to...

Pakistan has proposed a mechanism to Afghanistan to curb smuggling under the proposed Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement by imposing quantitative restrictions on transit goods based on their consumption in the country. Currently, several items are being exported to Afghanistan in...

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says any exit strategy from Afghanistan must come after eliminating al-Qaida and defeating the Taliban. "The exit strategy from Afghanistan must not and cannot be time related," Musharraf, who also was the country's military chief,...

Swat suicide attack, MPA killed. A suicide bomber blew up himself in the guesthouse of member of the NWFP provincial assembly (MPA) Dr. Sham Sher Khan in Kabul, Swat. He was a member of the provincial assembly from PF 83-4....

Two foreigners and local were arrested at Torkham border while they were trying to illegally cross the border into Afghanistan. Khasadar Force intercepted them during the body search at the border. One female was reported American identified as Nocole Tank...

Riaz Kayani, Justice � Rana Bhagwandas, Justice � Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal, acting Attorney General for Pakistan Shah Khawar, Chairperson National Commission on the Status of Women Ms Anis Haroon, Advocate Supreme Court Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, Advocate Supreme Court M.

One person was shot dead and a woman was injured when a person opened fire on them on suspicion of illicit relations in Mach Tuesday night. According to details, Qaim Khan opened fire on his wife Mst Bibi Begum and...

At least 13 people were killed and 11 others injured Wednesday when an overloaded jeep fell into a ravine in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, police said. The accident took place at mountainous Kandar village, some 13 kilometers (eight miles) northwest of Muzaffarabad,...