Recent News Headlines : Islamabad. - Pakistan

INDIAN ICBM PUTS BEIJING IN RANGE, MAY SPUR BUILD-UP IN SOUTH ASIA


The test came a day after India staged joint sea drills with Japan's Self Defence Force in the Indian Ocean... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 497

DOCTOR WHO HELPED LEAD U.S. TO BIN LADEN LANGUISHES IN PAKISTAN PRISON, NOT HELPED BY TRUMP VOW


Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years -- since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to identify Osama bin Laden's... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 64

DOCTOR WHO AIDED HUNT FOR BIN LADEN LANGUISHES FORGOTTEN BEHIND BARS


Pakistan and the Taliban sanctuaries it provides are a big part of the insurgents' success in Afghanistan, but it's only one of many factors, Kugelman said... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 0

ANALYSIS | PAKISTAN IS CLOSE TO ERADICATING POLIO. A DOUBLE SLAYING SHOWS THE GRIM CHALLENGES STILL IN THE WAY.


We will not be brought down by this, said Aziz Memon, chairman of the Pakistan Polio Plus Committee in Karachi... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 579

POLICE KILLING OF NAQEEBULLAH MEHSUD ANGERS PAKISTANIS


A native of Makin, once known as the nerve centre of the Pakistan Taliban, Naqeebullah often travelled between Karachi and the tribal district, Alamgir said... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 5934

COULD TALIBAN FINALLY RETURN TO AFGHAN PEACE TALKS? OBSTACLES ABOUND


One senior government official in Kabul, noted that speculation about peace talks regularly surfaces in the winter, while the Taliban regroups ahead of its spring offensive... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 96

WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS DONALD TRUMP'S 'LIES AND DECEIT' REMARKS ABOUT PAKISTAN


Early in January, the US froze nearly USD 2 billion in security assistance to Pakistan for not taking any decisive action against terrorists operating from its soil... READ MORE

18th January, 2018 2

ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN LAHORE UNIFY OPPOSITION


Thousands of protesters held anti-government rally in Lahore in rare show of unity by Pakistan's political opposition... READ MORE

17th January, 2018 1115

INDIA WELCOME TO TEST OUR RESOLVE


Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat's remarks about Pakistan amount to invitation for nuclear encounter ... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 302

WHY PAKISTAN WON'T SHARE INTELLIGENCE WITH THE US


Since then, Washington announced it would halt all security assistance to Pakistan, and Pakistani politicians have been quick to express dismay... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 2304

SIX-YEAR-OLD'S BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER IGNITES OUTRAGE IN PAKISTAN


The assault and murder of Zainab Ansari in Kasur, Punjab, has forced the government to address rampant sexual abuse of children in Pakistan... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 157

PAKISTAN-US TIES TESTED BUT NOT KILLED BY HUGE AID CUT


Because Afghanistan does not accept that the Pakistani Taliban is sitting in Afghanistan... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 1921

KASHMIR TEEN'S EXAM JOY AFTER BEING BLINDED IN PROTESTS


Ms Mushtaq was among the hundreds who were injured in the clashes against Indian rule... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 465

PARENTS OF RAPED AND MURDERED GIRL, 7, SEEK JUSTICE


The body of the young girl, Zainab, was discovered in a heap of rubbish in Kasur on Tuesday... READ MORE

10th January, 2018 1009

JOURNALIST TAHA SIDDIQUI ESCAPES ABDUCTION ATTEMPT


As Siddiqui lay on the road being kicked and punched by his attackers, he recalls seeing a military patrol vehicle slowly drive by... READ MORE

10th January, 2018 1164

'WE TRIED TO MAKE IT FUN'


Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman were held captive by a faction of the Afghan Taliban for five years... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 52

OPPOSED TO US 'FINGER POINTING' AT PAKISTAN ON TERROR-RELATED ISSUES


While defending Pakistan, Lu said China at the same time backed international counter terrorism efforts... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 60

DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRYING SOMETHING NEW TO DEAL WITH PAKISTAN


The remarks by the official came days after the Trump administration suspended approximately USD 2 billion in security assistance to Pakistan, resulting in an outrage from Islamabad... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 8

ANALYSIS | TRUMP'S THREATS TO PAKISTAN PROBABLY WON'T CHANGE MUCH


In response to Trump, Pakistan's foreign minister described the United States as the friend who always betrays... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 384

PAKISTAN SAYS US MILITARY AID SUSPENSION 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE'


State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the security spending would be suspended until Pakistan takes decisive action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 0

WHY CAN'T THE USA AND PAKISTAN AGREE ON THE 'WAR ON TERROR'?


In the video, NBC's Islamabad producer Waj Khan gives his assessment of current relations between the US and Pakistan... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 1081

TRUMPS TWITTER THREATS PUT AMERICAN CREDIBILITY ON THE LINE


Some suggest that Mr. Trump's Twitter posts should not be taken so seriously... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 4024

PAKISTAN OFFICIAL ACCUSES U.S. OF BETRAYAL AFTER SUSPENSION OF MILITARY AID


On Friday, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry rejected the designation, saying it was not based on objective criteria... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 1261

U.S. WEIGHS PAKISTANI BLOWBACK AS IT PILES PRESSURE ON ISLAMABAD


The senior Trump administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity acknowledged that a Pakistani cut-off would greatly complicate U.S. resupply efforts in Afghanistan... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 507

TRUMP COULD FREEZE $2BN OF PAKISTAN AID OVER MILITANT HAVENS


The rhetoric has raised hackles in Islamabad and fears the row could undermine Pakistan's support for US operations in Afghanistan... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 0

PAKISTAN PM CALLS US AID 'INSIGNIFICANT' AS TRUMP THREATENS TO CUT IT OFF


Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says Pakistan is a leader in fighting terror after Trump warns he could withhold funding over country's 'lies and deceit'... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 2149

PAKISTAN ACCUSES US OF TREATING IT LIKE 'WHIPPING BOY' AS TERROR ROW GROWS


Alleged Pakistani support for militant groups fighting in Afghanistan has poisoned relations between Washington and Islamabad since the military campaign was launched in 2001... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 324

PAKISTAN SAYS U.S. MILITARY AID SUSPENSION 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE'


State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the security spending would be suspended until Pakistan takes decisive action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 0

PAKISTAN'S IMRAN KHAN CALLS FOR RETALIATION AFTER TRUMP'S 'IGNORANT' INSULTS


The aid suspension was largely expected by Islamabad but Pakistani officials were taken aback by Trump's withering tweet and the tone of US announcements... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 30

PAKISTAN EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT AT US AID CUTOFF


Dozens of Pakistanis meanwhile took part in protests against the United States in a number of cities... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 0

Trending News Headlines : Islamabad.

TALIBAN HOSTAGE FAMILY FREED BY PAKISTANI TROOPS


A North American family of five are released from Afghan Taliban captivity by Pakistani troops... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 26659

PAKISTAN-US WAR OF WORDS OVER DONALD TRUMP'S TWEET


Pakistan has hit back after accusations of deception and providing safe haven for terrorists levelled by US President Donald Trump via Twitter... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 8298

'STUPIDITY AND EVIL': FORMER HOSTAGE JOSHUA BOYLE SAYS TALIBAN-LINKED CAPTORS KILLED INFANT, RAPED HIS WIFE


Boyle said he travelled to the country to help the most neglected minority group in the world, those ordinary villagers who live deep inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 7333

KIDNAPPED CANADIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY FREED IN PAKISTAN GUN BATTLE AFTER 5 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY


I've personally written to several of the most senior government officials in Afghanistan, those with great power over the execution of your brothers, Patrick Boyle says... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 6224

BELT AND ROAD U-TURN: CHINA RETHINKS SEVERAL PAKISTANI PROJECTS


Blame it on political chaos, corruption or a deteriorating law and order situation in Pakistan... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 5939

A TURKISH FAMILY HAS DISAPPEARED IN PAKISTAN, AND SUSPICION TURNS TO INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES


PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A commotion in the downstairs unit of a house shared by schoolteachers from Turkey woke the neighbors... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 5761

IN LAHORE PAKISTAN SMOG HAS BECOME A FIFTH SEASON


One is Mr. Omar, who installed air monitors in Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi, where he lives... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 4281

ISIS IN AFGHANISTAN IS US TOOL TO CAUSE TROUBLE IN WHOLE REGION - EX-AFGHAN PRESIDENT KARZAI TO RT


Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says ISIS is tool of the US in Afghanistan, used to destabilize whole region... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 4231

HOW BENAZIR BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION WAS COVERED UP


Benazir Bhutto was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's first democratically elected prime minister... READ MORE

27th December, 2017 4038

PA RECALLS ENVOY FROM PAKISTAN OVER JERUSALEM RALLY ROW


Late on Saturday, Pakistan defended the decision to allow Saeed's rally in Rawalpindi... READ MORE

31st December, 2017 3843

'NOTHING BUT LIES AND DECEIT' FROM PAKISTAN, TRUMP SAYS


It's unclear what prompted Trump to tweet about Pakistan at this time... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 3774

CANADIAN AMERICAN FAMILY RESCUED AFTER FIVE YEARS AS CAPTIVES IN AFGHANISTAN


Caitlan Coleman, Joshua Boyle and three children freed after couple were abducted by Taliban-linked group in Afghanistan and had children in captivity... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 3654

PAKISTAN SUMMONS U.S. AMBASSADOR AFTER TRUMP'S ANGRY TWEET


The United States also alleges senior Afghan Taliban commanders live on Pakistani soil... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 3041

PAKISTAN BLOGGER AASIM SAEED SAYS HE WAS TORTURED


Aasim Saeed was one of a group of five liberal social media activists who were abducted in Pakistan in January 2017 before being released after several weeks... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 2981

US EXPRESSES 'DEEP CONCERN' OVER HAFIZ SAEED RELEASE


Kumar accused Pakistan of shielding and supporting non-state actors ... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 2938

PAKISTAN SAYS TROOPS KILLED BY CROSS-BORDER INDIAN FIRE


The incident came after India said four of its soldiers had been killed by Pakistani fire in the Rajouri area of Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 2868

PAKISTAN ANTI-BLASPHEMY ROW CONTINUES AFTER CRACKDOWN


Hundreds of anti-blasphemy protesters continue to block Islamabad highway after police action kills five people... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 2841

PAKISTAN CALLS IN ARMY TO END ANTI-BLASPHEMY PROTESTS


Akram and two other policemen were then taken hostage and held by the protesters for five hours, he said... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 2838

PAKISTAN: QUETTA CHURCH HIT IN SUICIDE ATTACK


Islamabad - A suicide attack on a church in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least five people, police and hospital officials say... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 2790

'NO MORE!' TRUMP TWEETS TO PAKISTAN, ACCUSING IT OF 'LIES & DECEIT'


The payment has been on hold since August, out of the Trump administration's insistence that Pakistan do more to crack down on extremists who threaten Afghanistan... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 2664

CAITLAN COLEMAN AND JOSHUA BOYLE ARE FREE. THEIR MYSTERIOUS STORY IS RAISING NEW QUESTIONS.


The patriarch of the Khadr family was killed in 2003, along with al-Qaeda and Taliban members, in a shootout with Pakistani security forces near the Afghanistan border... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 2658

AMERICAN CAITLAN COLEMAN, FAMILY LEAVE PAKISTAN AFTER BEING HELD BY MILITANTS FOR FIVE YEARS


American Caitlan Coleman, family leave Pakistan after being held by militants for five years... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 2630

QUETTA CHURCH ATTACK VICTIM: WHAT PLACE IS SAFE?


Islamabad, Pakistan - No-one in the Gil family misses the weekly service at the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church, in Quetta... READ MORE

19th December, 2017 2511

PAKISTAN, INDIA SPAR OVER 'SPY' KULBHUSHAN JADHAV


On Tuesday, India's foreign ministry accused Pakistan of subjecting Jadhav's wife Chetankul and mother Avanti Sudhir to excessive security measures and allowing journalists to harangue them... READ MORE

27th December, 2017 2398

TRUMP ATTACKS PAKISTAN 'DECEIT' IN FIRST TWEET OF THE YEAR


Pakistan has already had millions of dollars of US aid withheld for allegedly not taking enough action against the Taliban-allied Haqqani network... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 2378

JOSHUA BOYLE SAYS TALIBAN-LINKED CAPTORS RAPED CAITLAN COLEMAN, KILLED INFANT DAUGHTER


Coleman and Boyle were abducted in October 2012 while traveling in a remote area of Afghanistan outside Kabul... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 2362

WHY WAS PAKISTAN GENERAL GIVING MONEY TO PROTESTERS?


A video showing a senior Pakistani army officer distributing money to anti-government protesters in Islamabad has prompted a fierce reaction on social media... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 2298

U.S. PUTS PAKISTAN ON NOTICE


U.S. puts Pakistan on notice Do more to stop terrorism... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 2115

PAKISTAN SUMMONS US AMBASSADOR OVER TRUMP'S 'LIES AND DECEIT' TWEET


Relations between the US and Pakistan have been strained for years over Islamabad's alleged support for Haqqani network militants, who are allied with the Afghan Taliban... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 2066

SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL IN PESHAWAR


Senior police official and guard killed after their vehicle is hit by suicide attacker in northwestern Pakistani city... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 2003


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