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WikiLeaks: ISI asked Saudis to stop funding Nawaz’s campaign
New WikiLeaks cables have revealed that the ISI had asked Saudi Arabia to stop funding Nawaz Sharif’s campaign in the last elections. Former ISI chief Nadeem Taj told the Saudi Ambassador in a meeting that the aid violated Pakistan’s agreement with the Saudis on Nawaz’s return from exile. The cable, which was filed by former [...]
Continue reading...No record with NADRA of Mehran militants
31. May 2011
KARACHI: No record of militants who attacked PNS Mehran, the naval base of Pakistan Navy, was found at NADRA and its report had been sent to the team investigating the incident. According to sources, the samples for DNA tests have not yet been sent to the Federal Government’s forensic lab despite orders issued in this [...]
Continue reading...PNS Mehran investigation: Former navy commando detained in Lahore
30. May 2011
A former Pakistan Navy commando and his brother were detained in Lahore in connection with the PNS Mehran base attack. The naval intelligence agency detained former navy commando Kamran Malik along with his brother Zaman from their residence in Gulberg. Malik was detained on the basis of a lead provided by one of the suspects [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan Navy braces for a wave of attacks
29. May 2011
Six days after the deadly PNS Mehran gun and bomb attack, investigators have made headway by determining the group behind the attack as a result of which the security agencies are cracking down on suspects throughout the country. Forensic reports about the nature of explosives and weapons have been submitted to the investigation committee headed [...]
Continue reading...WikiLeaks: Solving Kashmir dispute will end Pakistan’s support to terrorists
29. May 2011
Pakistan’s support of terrorist groups working in Afghanistan and Kashmir is to maintain balance with India, according to a recently released WikiLeaks cable. The WikiLeaks cable (reference no. 226531), which was released on 23 September 2009, revealed that Pakistan fears an India-friendly government in Afghanistan will give India an opportunity to operate against Pakistan from [...]
Continue reading...Yet another team to probe PNS Mehran attack
29. May 2011
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The Sindh Government on Sunday formed another joint investigation team to probe the attack at PNS Mehran Base. Provincial Home Department has also issued a notification in this regard. The investigation team will include personnel from the ISI, MI, Rangers, Police and other law enforcing agencies. The team will look into various aspects of the attack at PNS Mehran [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan, US try to smooth Bin Laden row
16. May 2011
Pakistan and the United States sought Monday to smooth a damaging row caused by Osama bin Laden’s killing, hailing each other as partners with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poised to visit. US Senator John Kerry flew in as the most senior American official to visit Pakistan since the raid, as US lawmakers demand [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan has not been isolated after Abbottabad operation
11. May 2011
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said Pakistan has not been isolated after the Abbottabad operation and that the country is united on its foreign policy. Speaking in the Senate, Gilani dispelled the impression that Pakistan has been isolated, saying that the European Union, United Kingdom, China and Arab world have all supported Islamabad [...]
Continue reading...US warned Pakistan it would come to get Bin Laden
11. May 2011
The United States repeatedly told Pakistan that Washington would send American forces into that country if it had evidence that Osama bin Laden was hiding there, according to current and former US officials. The message that the United States would not hesitate to send American operatives into Pakistan to get Bin Laden was transmitted to [...]
Continue reading...Bin Laden operation: Nawaz Sharif calls for judicial probe
11. May 2011
Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday rejected the army inquiry into the Bin Laden operation and demanded a judicial probe into the failure of the security agencies. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, he demanded that an independent judicial commission, comprising of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and the chief [...]
Continue reading...Permanently banning Facebook: Court seeks record of previous petitions
7. May 2011
The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought till May 10 record of previous petitions filed against the social networking website, Facebook, for blasphemous content. Justice Azmat Saeed passed the order on a petition seeking a permanent ban on Facebook in Pakistan for holding a contest called the 2nd Annual Draw Muhammad Day. The petition was [...]
Continue reading...After Bin Laden: ISI chief leaves for US
7. May 2011
ISI Chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha left for Washington on Friday to discuss Pakistan’s position on US special forces’ unilateral assault to kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad on Sunday. Pasha is expected to meet CIA chief Leon Panetta during his visit with whom he will discuss [...]
Continue reading...Bin Laden’s death confirmed
7. May 2011
The White House said on Friday that it was “highly vigilant” to security threats as al Qaeda confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden. In a statement released on Friday, al Qaeda vowed revenge and said Bin Laden’s blood “is more precious to us and to every Muslim than to be wasted in vain”. The statement, [...]
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