Plane Crashes near Islamabad (CNN Report)

A passenger plane with more than 150 people on board crashes outside Islamabad, Pakistan. CNN’s Reza Sayah reports. [Read more of this post]  Read More →

Cameron warns Pakistan over insurgent funding

BANGALORE: British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that Pakistan must not “look two ways” in Afghanistan by publicly working to stabilise the country while secretly funding insurgents. US documents leaked to Internet whistleblower site WikiLeaks this week accuse Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of secretly helping the... [Read more of this post]

About 120 trains to be closed within two years

LAHORE: After talks with Pakistan Railway officials on Wednesday, the Parliament Standing Committee for Railways approved the closure of 120 trains within two years. The trains will be closed in sequence as 102 of the trains were facing complete fiscal losses. In a news briefing in Lahore, the Head of the Railways Standing Committee, Ayaz Sadiq, and... [Read more of this post]

No survivors in Margalla plane crash: Rehman Malik

ISLAMABAD: There were no survivors from the Airblue passenger plane that crashed in the Margalla Hills in Islamabad on Wednesday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. “There are no survivors. We believe all are dead. We are recovering the remains of the dead bodies from the wreckage,” Imtiaz Elahi, chairman of Islamabad’s Capital Development... [Read more of this post]

5 rescued as passenger plane crashes in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Five people have been rescued from the wreckage of a private airliner crashed at Margalla Hills early on Wednesday. One hundred and forty-six people including 139 adults, five kids and five crewmembers were onboard whereas 12 are those lucky people who missed the flight. According to sources, an airbus 320 bound for Islamabad departed... [Read more of this post]

Pakistan rejects allegation (CNN Report)

Pakistani reaction to allegations that the Pakistani ISI is working with the Afghan Taliban. [Read more of this post]  Read More →

Afghanistan war logs: whose side is Pakistan on? (Guardian Report)

Taliban supporters in Quetta protesting at Pakistan’s military offensive against Islamic insurgents. Photograph: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images The storm of controversy raised by the accounts of alleged collusion between Pakistani intelligence and the Taliban in the war logs has resurrected one of the most vexed questions of the nine-year Afghan war:... [Read more of this post]

Afghanistan war logs: Recriminations fly over alleged support for Taliban (Guardian Report)

The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, with a copy of Monday’s Guardian. The leak of thousands of US military documents about the Afghanistanwar yesterday placed a strain on Pakistan’s relations with both Afghanistan and America. As members of the US Congress raised questions about Pakistan’s alleged support for the Taliban, officials... [Read more of this post]

Former spy held by militants demands help

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A former Pakistani spy kidnapped by militants four months ago in northwestern Pakistan threatened in a video to expose the government’s ”weaknesses” unless it frees prisoners to secure his release as demanded by his captors. Sultan Amir Tarar, also known as Col. Imam, did not provide further details in the video... [Read more of this post]

Unofficial result of PP-34 by-polls announced

SARGODHA: The unofficial results of the PP-34 constituency by-polls have been announced and the independent candidate Ijaz Ahmed Kahlon has secured 15820 votes. PML-N candidate Tabraiz Gul is in second place with 14657 votes. The by-polls for the constituency took place when the seat was left vacant after PML-N MPA Rizwan Gill was declared disqualified... [Read more of this post]

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