CBS News | No. 2 Al Qaeda leader reportedly targeted in Pakistan, as drone strikes escalate Fox News On Monday, the top Al Qaeda operative reportedly was the intended target of the latest US drone strikes in Pakistan, strikes that have been increasingly unpopular among Pakistanis but successful in recent years at taking out terrorist leaders. Officials: CIA drone strike in Pakistan targets al-Qaida's No. 2; not known ... US targets senior al Qaeda leader, further strains Pakistan ties Drone strike in Pakistan targets al Qaeda leader |
The Guardian | US missiles kill 15 in Pakistan: officials New York Daily News A US drone aircraft struck in the South Waziristan region, near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing 15 suspected militants. This was the eighth drone attack since May 23. This file photo shows an aerial view of Miranshah, the main town in ... Pakistan Condemns US Drone Strikes Insight: As Afghan exit looms, US debate rages over Haqqani militants Drone Strike Kills 14 in Pakistan |
AFP | Pakistani Court Bars Interior Minister Over Dual Nationality Claim New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the interior minister after he failed to provide proof that he had surrendered his British passport. The order was part of a wider court probe into lawmakers who hold dual nationality with ... Pakistan court suspends interior minister as MP Pakistan Supreme Court suspends Interior Minister Rehman Malik's memebership ... Pakistani apex court suspends Rehman Malik from Senate |
Pakistan acquits 4 men in Times Square bomb plot CNN A Pakistani court has acquitted four men accused of taking part in a botched 2010 plot to detonate a bomb in New York's Times Square. Attorney Muhammad Imran Safdar said his client, Humbal Akhtar, and three others were acquitted Saturday: Muhammad ... |
Firstpost | Pakistan and US: allies without trust Reuters By Michael Georgy | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As Washington fumed over the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden, an educated Islamabad businesswoman voiced her own outrage - at the United States. No justice in Pakistan Pakistan and US: allies without trust? |
AFP | Peer faces probe over Pakistan trip The Press Association Under-fire Cabinet minister Baroness Warsi is to be investigated over whether she broke the ministerial code by taking a business partner on an official visit to Pakistan. David Cameron asked Sir Alex Allan, his independent adviser on ministerial ... Letters between Lady Warsi and David Cameron Baroness Warsi plays a valuable role in British relations with Pakistan British PM orders probe into party chief's Pakistan visit |
Jakarta Post | Pakistani police question US diplomats on weapons Reuters PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities briefly questioned three American diplomats on Monday in the city of Peshawar after weapons were found in their vehicles, police said. The diplomats, accompanied by three Pakistani nationals, ... Three US 'diplomats' detained in Pakistan for illegally carrying weapons Weapons from US embassy officials' cars seized in Pakistan |
Al-Arabiya | India, Pakistan nuke arsenal growing, evolving: Report Times of India LONDON: India and Pakistan are continuing to work towards developing new systems for delivering nuclear weapons and are expanding their capacities to produce fissile material for military purposes, according to an international think tank report. India, Pakistan expanding capacities producing fissile material: Report Pakistan possesses more nuclear warheads than India, says SIPRI report |
DAWN.com | US agrees to pay Pakistan $1.18b of Coalition Support Fund arrears New York Daily News By Anwar Iqbal Monday, June 4th 2012, 12:16 PM June 04--WASHINGTON (Dawn/ANN) -- The United States has agreed to reimburse US$1.18 billion or almost 75 per cent of the claims Pakistan has submitted for the expenses incurred in the fight against ... Coalition Support Fund |
Kansas City Star | Road accident kills 25 passengers in Pakistan Seattle Post Intelligencer BY YOUSUF AWAN, AP Pakistani youths, who were injured in a bus accident, are comforted by a relative, while laying in a bed in Benazir Bhutto hospital, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, June 4, 2012. At least 25 members of a wedding party died early ... Bus carrying wedding party plunges into ditch in northern Pakistan, killing 25 ... |