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A Taliban shura, or council, nominated Mullah Fazlullah as successor to Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike on Friday. Mullah Fazlullah  - commander whose fighters tried to assassinate teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai last year has been named as the new chief of the Pakistani Taliban. NO...

Miranshah:  With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave. Hakimullah Mehsud spent his days skipping around Pakistan's rugged tribal areas to avoid the attentions of US drones. But...

According to Pakistan military sources‚ Indian troops have intensified violations and carried out unprovoked firing on Line Of Control ( working boundary )  in Pukhlian‚ Chaprar‚ Harpal and Charwah sectors near Sialkot during the last two days. They have targeted civil populated areas. Indian BSF also targeted 27 Pakistani posts...

Pakistan has rejected Indian External Affairs Minister's assertion‚ claiming Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India. Commenting on his remarks‚ appearing in a section of the Indian media‚ the Foreign Office Spokesman said it is unfortunate that Indian leadership continues to refer to the state of Jammu and...

Japan has agreed to assist Pakistan in revamping Karachi Circular Railway and other development projects particularly in energy sector. The agreement came during a meeting between Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and President of Japan International Cooperation Agency‚ (JICA)‚ Akihiko Tanaka in Washington. The two sides also agreed to examine...

  Palestine Foundation of Pakistan has appealed to all Pakistanis to observe Friday October 11 Friday as a day of defence and protection of al-Aqsa mosque of Palestine. PLF Pakistan leaders: former MNA Muzaffar Hashmi, Allama Qazi Ahmed Noorani of Jamiat Ulema Pakistan, Sabir Karbalai Secretary General and Spokesman for...

Routine clinical screenings may be used to ‘detect’ homosexuals and bar them from entering Kuwait and other Gulf member states, according to a top Kuwaiti official. A central committee tasked with the status of expatriates is set to view the proposal on November 11. “Health centers conduct the routine medical...

GEO EXPOSED : BRITISH GOVERNMENT ADMITS PROVIDING FUNDING TO MIR KHALIL UR RAHMAN FOUNDATION FOR MEDIA CAMPAIGN The extracted document from House of Lords Debates provides evidence of foreign funded media campaign that was aired on GEO TELEVISION MKR Foundation and GEO, both, previously denied running any “Foreign Funded Media...

In River Indus‚ high flash flood of over five lakh cusecs is passing through the Rajanpur‚ Kot Mithan‚ Rojhan‚Chacharan and Zahir Peer areas after passing through Ghazi Ghat and Jam Pur areas. According to the District Administration Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh ‚ all the safety bunds are safe and no breach...

LONDON (Online) - Addressing the zonal committee of party in Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas via telephone,  MQM chief Altaf Hussain said that the workers should not get worried if the British police arrest him. He said miseries of detention and registration of false cases had always been used against struggle...

RAWALPINDI: Director General Military Operations (DGMO), Major General Ashfaq Nadeem Tuesday said it was India that violated the ceasefire at the Line of Control (LoC)   “We have responsibly made the Indian counterpart aware of the overall situation,” said Maj Gen Ashfaq Nadeem.   He said the Indian counterpart was...

MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan summoned India's deputy ambassador on Monday to protest over the latest clashes in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir that left one civilian dead. The Pakistani military accused India of “unprovoked firing” across the de facto border in the early hours of Monday morning, the latest in a...