When tribal elders gather in Kabul to thrash out a strategy to deal with a resurgent Taliban, the spotlight will fall on the equivocal role played by the fierce tribes who inhabit the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border in the global fight against terrorism.
At a debate in front of thousands of labor union activists Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama's Democratic presidential rivals blasted him for his remarks about Pakistan.
Asian champion Iraq will open qualifying for the 2010 World Cup against Pakistan.
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday that talk of U.S. military strikes against al-Qaida in Pakistan only hurts the fight against terrorism, and his troops bombarded militant hideouts in their strongest response yet to a month of anti-government attacks. Ten suspected militants were killed.
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -- A Pakistani high court ordered authorities to withdraw a request to Interpol to issue arrest warrants for exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, her lawyer said.
by Anwar Iqbal UPI Correspondent Washington (UPI) Aug 07, 2007 The long alliance between Pakistan's powerful military and the country's religious-political groups seems to be running out of steam, as the army looks for new partners among moderates.
Pakistan dropped experienced batsman Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq from the national squad announced Tuesday for next month's inaugural World Twenty20 Cup in South Africa.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Tuesday called for a comprehensive strategy to deal with extremism as he rebuffed threats of air strikes on the country by US forces, the foreign ministry said.
U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that a U.S. law tying aid to Pakistan to its progress in cracking down on al Qaeda and Taliban militants had cast a shadow on the two countries' relations.
President Bush said Monday the U.S. and Pakistan, if armed with good intelligence, can track and kill al-Qaida leaders. He stopped short of saying whether he would ask the Pakistani president before dispatching U.S. troops into that nation.