Was Nawaz Sharif against conducting nuclear tests in 1998?LAHORE - Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not in favour of conducting nuclear tests in 1998, but was ‘outlawed’ by his cabinet and forced to accept its decision regarding going ahead with the tests. Pak dumps military offensive plans against TTPLAHORE - Overlooking the American demands, the Pakistan Government has abandoned plans to launch a military offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), according to Time magazine. Mullen says public relations won’t bring back lost credibility in war against extremismLAHORE - US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has warned that no amount of public relations will establish credibility if America fails to communicate its actions globally. No LeT, JeM operatives in Pak CID’s latest ‘Red Book’ of wanted terroristsLAHORE - Pakistan Punjab province’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) has released its 12th ‘Red Book’ containing names of most wanted high profile terrorists. South Asia Media Commission condemns TV journalists’ killing in PakLAHORE - The South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) has strongly condemned the recent killings of two TV journalists by alleged Taliban militants in the North Western Frontier Province. Pakistan to receive only half of promised US aidLAHORE - Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen has said Islamabad would receive only the half of the actual monetary assistance promised by the United States, as a huge amount of money is likely to be deducted for administrative costs. Former IB chief claims operation ‘Midnight Jackal’ launched to dislodge Benazir Govt.LAHORE - Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Brigadier (retired) Imtiaz has said that the ‘Operation Midnight Jackal’ was targeted at dislodging the Benazir Bhutto government. ISI funding charge a ‘film based on an obsolete script’, says PML-N leaderLAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khwaja Asif has rejected reports that the ISI had paid millions to politicians, including party chief Nawaz Sharif. Al-Qaeda gave millions to ISI to bribe politicians, claims former FIA chiefLAHORE - In a startling revelation, a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director Malik Mumtaz has disclosed that Al-Qaeda had given millions of rupees to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to destabilise the Benazir Bhutto’s government in 1988. Jaswant’s Jinnah: India, Partition-Independence flying off book shelves in PakistanLAHORE - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s controversial book, Jinnah: India, Partition-Independence, which has created a furor in India, has received an overwhelming response in Pakistan. US rejects Indian hand in its refusal to give drone technology to PakLAHORE - The United States has rejected claims that it was under pressure from India to not to provide drone technology to Pakistan. 100,000 Indians have signed a petition to free Sarabjit, claims his lawyerLAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Over 100,000 people in India, including former test cricketers and chief justices, have signed a petition addressed to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari seeking clemency for Sarabjit Singh, an Indian currently on death row in a Pakistani prison. ISI showered millions on politicians asking them to join IJI : former Pak Chief JusticeLAHORE - Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui has alleged that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had given millions of rupees to several politicians during former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s regime. ‘Musharraf, now an angry, frustrated and isolated figure, divorced from ground realities’LAHORE - Senior Pakistan Muslim League -Quaid (PML-Q) leader Humayun Akhtar has described former Pakistan President General Pervez Musahrraf as a person ‘completely divorced from ground realities’. Musharraf set for return to Pakistan soon to talk to politiciansLAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said he would return to Pakistan soon and initiate talks with country’s political leaders. Nizami urges Pak teachers to promote two-nation theory among kidsLAHORE - Pakistani journalist and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust (NPT) Majid Nizami has urged teachers in Pakistan to indoctrinate the new generation with the idea that Hindus and Muslims belong to two separate nations. Playing Asif in Champions Trophy is a big gamble: ZaheerLAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas feels the national selectors have gambled by including fast bowler Mohammad Asif in the squad for next month’s ICC Champions Trophy. US training more drone operators than fighter, bomber pilotsLAHORE - The US Air Force has said it is now training more drone operators than fighter and bomber pilots as part of an expanding programme battlefield automation, and signalled that the end of the era of the fighter pilot is in sight. UK, US facilitated Musharraf ’s escape from Pakistan: JILAHORE - The US and UK governments were key players in facilitating the escape of former President Pervez Musharraf, whereas the Pakistan People’s Party and the PML-N are consistently deceiving the nation by not acting to apprehend the national offender, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Punjab Waseem Akhtar has said. ‘Minus-one’ formula a ploy to weaken, dislodge PPP Govt: Pak PMLAHORE - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the ‘minus-one’ formula was just a ploy to weaken and dislodge the PPP government at the centre. Pak denies Mullah Omar, Taliban central council operating from BalochistanLAHORE - Rejecting foreign media reports that Taliban supreme commander Mullah Omar and the central council of the terrorist organisation were present in Balochistan, Frontier Corps Balochistan Inspector General (IG) Major General Saleem Nawaz has said that they are not functioning from Quetta. One foreign telephone call is enough to frighten our politicians: PML-QLAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Syed has criticized the PPP Government for allowing foreign powers to interfere in the country’s internal affairs. Steps being taken to initiate talks with Taliban chief Mullah Omar : PML-QLAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain has said steps are being taken to initiate talks with the Taliban chief Mullah Omar. Lahore court issues notice to police officer for refusing to book MusharrafLAHORE - A court in Lahore has issued a notice to the Station Head Officer (SHO) of Islampura Police Station for refusing to register a criminal case against former President General Pervez Musharraf. Zardari favours reconciliation with MusharrafLAHORE - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is not interested in dragging former President General Pervez Musharraf to the court of law, but rather favours reconciliation with the former general. Benazir Bhutto’s guard denied entry to President’s House in IslamabadLAHORE - The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leadership has again abandoned a party loyalist and the injured guard of slain party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto who was denied entrance to the President’s House. US consulate requests meeting between Holbrooke and Jamaat chiefLAHORE/ISLAMABAD - The US Consulate in Islamabad has contacted the leadership of the Jamaat-e-Islami and expressed a desire for a meeting between US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ameer Syed Munawar Hussain. It is the right time to make peace with India: Najam SethiLAHORE - Noted Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi has said that it is the right time to make peace with India, as all the major players, including President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and the US want this to happen. US to fight Taliban with FM radio, cell phonesLAHORE - The United States is setting up a new unit in the State Department to counter militant propaganda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the New York Times has reported. Mehsud killing: Pak intelligence reports warn of possible Taliban retaliationLAHORE - Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned that members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) may launch a fresh series of suicide and terror attacks across the country to avenge the killing of former TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud. |
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