British Home Secretary Theresa May and visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari have stressed the need for further enhancing intelligence sharing in the fight against militancy and terrorism. Mr. Zardari’s spokesman told reporters in London Saturday that during talks with the interior secretary on bilateral relations, the Pakistani leader highlighted the historical ties between the […]
Britain, Pakistan Stress Need for Intelligence Sharing
Posted July 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Search Underway for Swiss Couple in Pakistan
Posted July 2nd, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police are searching the country’s southwestern Baluchistan province in hopes of finding two Swiss tourists kidnapped at gun point. Pakistani officials said Saturday that they had reached out to tribal elders in the region to seek their help. The Swiss tourists – a man and a woman – had been traveling through the region […]
Britain, Pakistan Pledge Cooperation in Counterterrorism
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Britain and Pakistan have pledged to work together to fight terrorism. British Prime Minister David Cameron met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in London, the first such talks since U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2. Earlier this week, the British embassy in Islamabad said Pakistan has asked […]
Officials: Swiss Couple Kidnapped in Pakistan
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a Swiss couple has been kidnapped while traveling in southwest Pakistan. The couple was reportedly traveling in the remote Loralai district of Baluchistan province when they were abducted. Provincial officials say the Swiss nationals arrived a police checkpoint Friday, and their car was later found abandoned in the area. No one has […]
Officials: Pakistan Kills 40 Militants in Mohmand Tribal Agency
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani military officials say the country’s security forces have killed at least 40 militants in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan over the past several days. Officials said Thursday that Pakistani forces went on the offensive three days ago after suffering repeated attacks by militants in the volatile Mohmand tribal agency. The area is largely closed […]
Pakistan Calls for US to Leave Base Used for Drones
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s defense minister has called for the United States to leave a remote air base in southwestern Pakistan that he says is used to launch drone strikes against Taliban and al-Qaida militants. Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar says Pakistan has told the U.S. to leave the Shamsi air base in Baluchistan province, as tensions between the […]
British Schools Sever Ties with ‘Bin Laden Town’
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
A group of British schools in the northwestern English town of Blackburn has decided to sever ties with teachers and students in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed May 2. Local authorities said Wednesday the schools cancelled a planned visit by teachers from Abbottabad shortly after the […]
Report: Rights Violations Worsen in Pakistan’s Baluchistan
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani human rights group says rights violations are rising in Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province as militants and security forces increasingly target civilians. In a report released Wednesday, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says at least 143 people have disappeared since 2009. The group says in these cases, there was evidence to substantiate the […]
Pakistan Charges 7 in Videotaped Killing
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani court has charged six members of the paramilitary forces and a civilian with murder for the videotaped killing of an unarmed man earlier this month. The charges came Wednesday, three weeks after 22-year-old Sarfaraz Shah died in the southern city of Karachi. A hearing is set for Thursday. The video shows a civilian […]
Pakistan Charges 7 in Videotaped Killing
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani court has charged six members of the paramilitary forces and a civilian with murder for the videotaped killing of an unarmed man earlier this month. The charges Wednesday come three weeks after 22-year-old Sarfaraz Shah was killed in the southern city of Karachi. The video shows a civilian dragging Shah over to a […]
