After its failed persuasion to seek the Nuke deal like India with the US, Pakistan resorted for a different route when it planned to seek the same though this time from a different source. China seems to come to Pakistan’s aid this time with its bid to set up10 new atomic power plants in the forthcoming two decades.
Islamabad - Warring Sunni and Shiite Muslims in a remote Pakistani tribal region on Saturday announced an interim ceasefire after months of clashes killed more than 500 people and wounded hundreds more.
Meanwhile, troops killed at least seven militants in the raging offensive against insurgents supported by al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters near the Afghan border.
Tribal elders from the rival Bangash and Toori tribes brokered the truce in a meeting arranged by the top administrator of Kurram tribal district, Muhammad Azam Khan, in Islamabad.
The chieftains agreed to a truce until December 31 to defuse the situation in the violence-plagued mountain area near the Afghan border. Both sides will also exchange prisoners.
Washington, Sept 27 : A top US defence official has reportedly claimed that Pakistan had reassured him that its troops had no intention of using force against the US troops along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
“I''ve been given assurance by the senior military leadership in Pakistan that there is certainly no intent or plan to fire on (US) forces,” said Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Addressing a Pentagon news conference, he said that he received the reassurance last week during a visit to Pakistan, reported The News.
Islamabad, Sept 27 (ANI): A presidential spokesman has denied media reports claiming that President Asif Ali Zardari had misspelled words “God” and “strength” in his message written in the visitor’s book kept at the Mazar-e-Quaid when he visited it on September 11.
The spokesman said that some unknown persons had sent mysterious emails to different journalists, TV channels and newspapers in which it had been claimed that Zardari misspelled these words.
Raghagan (Pak), Sept 27: Members of the Pashtun tribe in Pakistan’s tribal areas have given stern warnings to the US forces that they should desist from incursions on Pakistani soil, else they would retaliate giving a befitting reply and killing any invader till death.
The tribesmen told this to the reporters who were taken to the Pashtun tribal fighters in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan in a bid to show the Pakistan Army had the support of locals for a month-long operation in the area, said to be an Al-Qaeda and Taliban hotspot.
Srinagar, Kashmir - Indian troops on Saturday foiled an infiltration attempt by suspected Muslim militants who tried to sneak into the state of Jammu and Kashmir under cover of firing by Pakistani
Islamabad, Sept 27 (ANI): A presidential spokesman has denied media reports claiming that President Asif Ali Zardari had misspelled words “God” and “strength” in his message written in the visitor’s book kept at the Mazar-e-Quaid when he visited it on September 11.
