The United States Forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A) said the son of former Pakistani Prime Minister was rescued during a joint raid conducted by the US Special Operations Forces and Afghan commandos. ” Ali Haider Gilani, son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, was rescued today in Giyan District of Paktika Province Afghanistan by U.S. Special Operations Forces and ...

MINGORA: The local police have arrested a key member of a gang allegedly involved in a child sex and pornography case. The unearthing of the case has fueled public outcry with civil society groups and residents demanding of the provincial government and police to take strict action against the perpetrators. The gang allegedly used to force children to have sex ...

ISLAMABAD: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif on Tuesday weighed in on the government-opposition row over the Panama Papers probe by asking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resolve the issue at the earliest. Gen Sharif, according to a well-placed government source, conveyed the pointed message to the prime minister in a one-on-one meeting before another huddle on national security at PM ...

KABUL: The Afghan National Security Forces have rescued the son of Yousuf RAza Gilani, former Pakistani Prime Minister, three years after he was kidnapped from Pakistan and was reported taken to Afghanistan, it has been reported. “In an operation by Afghan Special Forces in Ghanzi Province this morning, Mr. Ali Haidar Gilani, the son of Pakistan former Prime Minister Yusuf Reza ...

MARDAN: Awami National Party provincial president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that they will move court against suspension of district nazim Himayatullah Mayar. Talking to journalists at his residence here on Sunday, he criticised the provincial government for suspension of Mardan district nazim. The district nazim belongs to ANP “The provincial government has not only taken an undemocratic step ...

KARACHI: Pakistan Jihadist party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Senator Molvi Sirajul Haq has criticised the government of Pakistan for its “failure and criminal silence over extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh on the pretext of so-called war crimes”. He urged the international community to play its due role in stopping the Bangladeshi government from politically victimising and persecuting opposition leaders. The JI chief made ...

The United States has asked Pakistan to suppress the militant groups pursuing cross-border attacks, days after the country’s national security adviser Sartaj Aziz opposed to take military actions against the Afghan Taliban. A State Department official has reportedly reminded Islamabad that in December last year Afghanistan and Pakistan signed a joint statement, agreeing, “not to allow use of their respective ...

Activist Khurram Zaki (center) ─ Source: Khurram Zaki Facebook page KARACHI: Unknown assailants gunned down social media campaigner and civil society activist Khurram Zaki on Saturday night in Karachi. Central District SSP, Muqadas Haider told Dawn.com that four suspects riding on two motorcycles opened fire on Zaki while he was eating dinner at a restaurant in Sector-11. The activist was ...

WASHINGTON: A US congressional panel has endorsed a draft bill that seeks to block $450 million in aid to Pakistan for failing to take action against Afghanistan’s militant Haqqani Network. The National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) for 2017, approved last week by the House Armed Services Committee, questions Pakistan’s commitment to stopping militants from using its territory for conducting attacks. ...

The girl’s charred body was found in the backseat of the van. ─ DawnNews ABBOTTABAD: The chilling murder of a 16-year-old girl strangled and set on fire in Galyat’s Makol village has been linked to the orders given by a local jirga last week, police said Thursday. Abbottabad police said a 15-member jirga called by the Makol village councillor Pervez ...