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News for Friday, 17 Dec 2010

Pakistan has made progress against extremists’ safe havens: US review

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has made progress against extremist safe havens, taking action in six of seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a new US Afghan war review said on...

Chinese PM arriving today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China will hold high-level talks today (Friday) on the expansion of bilateral trade and cooperation in civil nuclear energy, as the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrives...

MQM touches base political parties

ISLAMABAD: The political situation on Thursday took another turn as the MQM leadership opened preliminary negotiations with various parties in view of the changing scenario to evaluate its options before...

JUI-F mulls parting ways with provincial govts

ISLAMABAD: After quitting the federal government, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) is seriously considering parting ways with the Pakistan People's Party-led governments in Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
Insiders told Pakistan Today...

First-ever drone strike in Khyber kills 7 suspects

PESHAWAR: In the first ever drone attack in Khyber Agency, a US unmanned aircraft targeted a vehicle in Speen Drang area of Bara tehsil's Tirah valley on Thursday, killing seven...

Shujaat unhappy with Gilani’s tryst

ISLAMABAD: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is unhappy with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's contact with the party's likeminded group president Salim Saifullah, conveying his reservations to the PPP central...

PIA MD obliges friends, diverts flight to Karachi

LAHORE: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Managing Director Muhammad Aijaz Haroon is known for his ability to keep his bosses and friends happy, but this very habit troubled around 250 passengers...

WikiLeaks’ Assange says he’s innocent, he’ll press on

LONDON: WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, freed on bail on Thursday after nine days in a London jail over alleged sexual offences, said he wanted to press on with his work...

Pakistan must root out terrorist havens, says Obama

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Thursday called on Pakistan to step up the fight to root out terrorist safe havens within its borders, saying progress "has not come fast...

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