PAKISTAN: The Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has likely been killed in American drone strike in Pakistan, it has been reported. The airstrike was carried out along the Durand Line in a remote area of Pakistan, southwest of the town of Ahmad Wal. Mansoor was reportedly travelling a vehicle which was targeted by multiple drones, a senior US defense ...

ISLAMABAD:  Intelligence agencies and a second post-mortem report have ruled out suicide as the cause of death of a senior police officer in Jaffarabad on Monday, concluding that he was, in fact, murdered. Sources said intelligence agencies have collected sufficient evidence to establish that the death of a SSP Jahanzaib Khan Kakar was the result of a planned murder by “some ...

Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan addressing a press conference in Mardan MARDAN: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has opposed demands for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation over the Panama leaks scandal and highlighted the need for “across-the-board accountability” over the offshore holdings. Asfandyar was speaking to journalists in Mardan on Thursday. According to a press release issued ...

PUNJAB/SAHIWAL: A boy axed his younger sister to death on the pretext of preserving the family honour on Sunday. Riyasat Ali of Pull Bahniwala, 17/SP village, Pakpattan was suspicious of his 19-year-old sister. Villagers told police that on Saturday night Ali axed his sister to death and fled from the scene. Saddar police took the body into custody and filed ...

The US State Department recently announced that key US Congress members are not prepared to support military aid to Pakistan in the absence of specific actions. Elizabeth Trudeau, Director of the Press Office, State Department, told reporters ” I will note key members of Congress have been clear they’re not prepared to support U.S. military aid to Pakistan absent some ...

RAWALPINDI: The Afghan and Pakistani officials on Friday agreed to reopen the Torkham border following four days of closure that resulted to stranding of hundreds of vehicles as well as thousands of people. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday. ...

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Wednesday termed the relationship between Pakistan and United States as imbalanced and expressed concern at US’ tilt towards India. “Bilateral relationship between US and Pakistan seems to be driven by giving priority to US national security interests in the region rather those of Pakistan”, Rabbani observed while chairing a Senate session. He added that ...

LANDI KOTAL: Tension further heightened between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday and the two countries deployed tanks and armoured personnel carriers along the tense Torkham border besides sending more troops after their negotiating teams failed to resolve the border fencing dispute, political adminis­tration sources told Dawn. The two countries have locked horns over the issue of fencing of some points ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government has deeply appreciated the Afghan National Army and NATO for their efforts to successfully rescue the kidnapped son of former Prime Minister of Pakistan. “The leadership of Pakistan have deeply appreciated the successful efforts of Afghanistan National Army and NATO forces in recovering Mr. Gilani safely and arrangements for his immediate return to Pakistan,” a statement ...

KABUL: The Afghan defense officials handed over Ali Haidar Ali Gilani to the Pakistani authorities a day after he was rescued during a joint operation of the Afghan and US special forces. Ali Haidar was handed over during a ceremony in the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan attended by top Afghan defense officials and the Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan. He ...