Tag: Drone

Air strike kills 15 in Yemen

An air strike killed fifteen people who were on their way to a wedding in Yemen as they were mistaken for an Al Qaeda...

NATO supplies blockade: KP cabinet to reach Islamabad today

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will jointly present a resolution to the federal government today (Thursday) to stopp NATO supplies in protest against the...

US drones again, kills six in KP

Just hours after a top Pakistani official told a Senate body that the US administration had assured the Pakistani government that it would not...

Iran unveils attack drone ‘with 2,000 km range’

Iran on Monday unveiled a missile-equipped drone with a range of 2,000 kilometres, the official IRNA news agency reported. "The Fotros drone has an operational...

Rashid asks govt to resolve drone issue

Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Tuesday that the drone strikes are a serious issue and the government should take steps...

US drone violates Pakistani airspace in Chaman

An American drone violated Pakistan’s airspace by 300 meters on Monday. Security sources said the drone, controlled from US base of the Afghan Qarahag district,...

TTP facing a succession challenge

The killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban chief (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike on Friday has unleashed a wave of speculations about its implications...

US ‘droned’ dialogue process, says information minister

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid Saturday termed the Friday drone attack as ab American strike on dialogue process efforts, saying that the government will not...

Pakistan to review US ties after ‘attack on peace,’ says Nisar

Calling the drone strike that killed Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud on Friday “an attack on regional peace by America,” Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar...

US drone strike leaves three dead

Three suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike in Miramshah Bazaar in North Waziristan Agency late Wednesday night. Sources said that three...

Drone attacks could stop if Pakistan wants: US Congressman

      US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee member Congressman Alan Grayson has said that drone strikes in Pakistan could stop tomorrow if the country...

Family recounts drone terror in visit to US

Nabila Rehman was picking okra in her family garden last year when missiles from a drone rained down from the sky, killing her grandmother...

Drones – we could just bring em down!

Defence Production Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain on Friday said that Pakistan was technologically capable of bringing down the US drone aircrafts but such...

Nawaz-Obama meet today: Drone strikes top agenda

    In a clear departure from the policy of his predecessors, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will firmly stands his ground to demand a quick halt...

US drone strikes tantamount to war crimes: Amnesty

    Killing of Pakistanis in US-led drone strikes may amount to war crimes or extrajudicial executions, according to a report released by the London-based right's...

Nawaz heads to US with drones high on agenda

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said the US drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas were a challenge to Pakistan’s sovereignty and he will...

UN ready to mediate Kashmir dispute: Ban

UN secy-general says strong Pak-Afghan cooperation a priority agenda of UN UN urges drone operators to adhere to international laws pertaining to UAV use Expressing...