Pakistan

	US suspends millions in military aid to Pakistan: report Sunday, July 10, 2011 1:19:52 PM WASHINGTON: The United States is suspending or canceling hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to the Pakistani military amid deteriorating ties, The New York Times reported late Saturday. Citing unnamed senior US officials, the newspaper said the move was aimed ... More...

US looks to Pakistan border for Afghan endgame Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:42:09 PM SABARI: The US-led military campaign in Afghanistan is shifting its focus from Taliban strongholds in the south to the Pakistani border, where troops....

SBR officially restores old statuses of Karachi, Hyderabad and Larkana Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:10:43 PM Staff Report KARACHI: Sindh Board of Revenue (SBR) has issued official notification for restoration of old statuses of three major cities of the province including Karachi, Hyderaba....

MQM convenes emergency meeting over Commissionerate System in Sindh Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:01:46 PM Staff Report KARACHI: Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has convened an emergency meeting today to form a strategy against restoration of Commissionerate System in Sindh, SAMAA reporte....

Bagpipes echo in Pakistan's dusty Punjab plains Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 10:40:03 AM SIALKOT: The skirl of bagpipes may conjure up the chilly moors of Scotland, but a British colonial legacy means the unique sound is echoed on Pakistan's dusty Punjab plains. ....

New York Times’ news reports are baseless, mischievous: Pak. Army Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 10:27:28 AM Staff Report RAWALPINDI: Responding to a question during an interview with a foreign news agency about a series of unsubstantiated news reports published by the New York Times, DG I....

Karachi back to normalcy after many days’ unrest, 95 killings Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 9:35:04 AM KARACHI: Pakistan announced on Saturday its troops had taken back areas of Karachi occupied by armed groups and arrested more than 100 people after political violence across the v....

PPP not to bow down to MQM’s unjust demands: PM Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:39:50 AM Staff Report KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that his party kept on accepting MQM’s all kinds of demands in past but expressed, this time, his disagreemen....

5th death anniversary of Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi today Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:12:16 AM KARACHI: Born as Ahmad Shah Awan on November 20, 1916 in the village Anga of Khushab District in British-administrated India and a graduate from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Ahmed Nad....

Pir Mazhar at Mardan House to discuss Commissionerate System Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 7:59:05 AM Staff Report KARACHI:  The Commissionerate System has been revived in Sindh while PPP’s senior Minister Pir Mazhr-ul-Haq has reached Mardan House to take onboard ANP&rsqu....

Zawahiri is in Fata, believes Panetta Updated on: Sunday, July 10, 2011 4:09:37 AM KABUL: The US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta has said that according to his belief, al-Qaida chief Dr Aiman-al-Zawahiri was hiding in Pakistan’s tribal region – FATA.