Washington, Mar 13: US President Barack Obama has said that his country faced a terror threat from Pakistan.
Speaking at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defence University, Obama said on Thursday that the 9/11 terror attacks “signalled the new dangers of the 21st century.”
“We’re still at war with terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan who are plotting to do us harm,” the Daily Times quoted Obama, as saying.
Islamabad - A suspected US missile attack on a Taliban hideout in north-west Pakistan killed at least 15 people, security officials and residents said Friday.
More than 40 people were injured in the attack that occurred late Thursday in Barjo village of the Kurram tribal district, which borders the Afghan province of Khost.
Islamabad - Helicopter gunships Thursday pounded militants hideouts in Pakistan's tribal region that borders Afghanistan, killing at least 18 rebels, said a security official.
"Several positions of the militants were destroyed in the action that took place in three areas," said an official of the Mohmand Rifles, the paramilitary force deployed in the area.
"At least 18 militants were killed and scores of others injured," added the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Lahore/Karachi/Quetta, Mar. 12 : The Pakistan Government continued with its security crackdown on opposition leaders and activists for the second consecutive day Thursday, even as the proposed "Long March" got underway in various provincial capitals.
Police said that close 100 more leaders and activists had been taken into custody on charges of disturbing the peace and compromising law and order.
Islamabad, Mar. 12 : Pakistan Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani is trying very hard to save his chair and to put an end to the ongoing political turmoil in the country to stem another bout of military rule.
Gilani, reportedly, is working on a reconciliation strategy with the PML-N that would include overturning the verdict of the Sharif brother's disqualification from contesting elections and reinstating Shabaz Sharif as chief minister of Punjab.
Washington, Mar 13: US President Barack Obama has said that his country faced a terror threat from Pakistan. 
Islamabad - A suspected US missile attack on a Taliban hideout in north-west Pakistan killed at least 15 people, security officials and residents said Friday.
Islamabad - Helicopter gunships Thursday pounded militants hideouts in Pakistan's tribal region that borders Afghanistan, killing at least 18 rebels, said a security official.
Lahore/Karachi/Quetta, Mar. 12 : The Pakistan Government continued with its security crackdown on opposition leaders and activists for the second consecutive day Thursday, even as the proposed "Long March" got underway in various provincial capitals.
Islamabad, Mar. 12 : Pakistan Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani is trying very hard to save his chair and to put an end to the ongoing political turmoil in the country to stem another bout of military rule.
Islamabad, Mar. 12 : The Pakistan Interior Ministry has expressed fears of a possible attack on PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif.
