Tag: Haqqani
Asma Jahangir hits out at Memo Commission report
Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir, subjecting the Supreme Court (SC) to severe censure stressed the judges should have lent ears...
No one should doubt Pakistan’s resolve to fight terror: FO
Islamabad has vehemently rejected recent assertions by US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta regarding terrorist “safe havens” in Pakistan. “We feel that the (US)...
‘Extraordinarily dissatisfied with Pakistani action against Haqqanis’
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin E Dempsey joined Defence Secretary Leon E Panetta on Thursday in expressing unhappiness with...
US unilateralism, Pakistani hyper-nationalism cause of concern: Haqqani
Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States, Prof Husain Haqqani has said that the US-Pakistan relationship was deteriorating due to the rising hyper-nationalism in...
Running out of patience with Pakistan, warns US
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta warned Pakistan on Thursday that Washington was losing patience over Islamabad’s failure to eliminate safe havens for insurgents who...
Taliban deny Haqqani’s dead
The Taliban on Wednesday denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Haqqani network which is regularly blamed for major...
Taliban denies reports of Haqqani’s death
The Taliban on Wednesday denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Pakistani-linked Haqqani network which is regularly blamed for...
US slaps sanctions on two Taliban, Haqqani leaders
The USA has slapped sanctions on two individuals linked with the Taliban and the Haqqani network based along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, barring American citizens...
Haqqani refuses to face Memo Commission
Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani has said that his life is threatened in Pakistan and his return is likely only...
Haqqani deplores campaign by ‘people full of hate’
Former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani attributes the “constant media campaign” against him to ideologically motivated “people full of hate” which...
Action against Haqqanis key to Afghan success: US senator
With the situation in Afghanistan continuing to be on the downslide, a leading American senator on Sunday said Pakistani action against the Haqqani militants...
Lawmakers want US to declare Haqqani a terrorist network
US lawmakers from both parties Friday urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to declare the Pakistan-linked Haqqani network a foreign terrorist organization for its...
Haqqani hints at life threats to him in Pakistan
Former ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani on Saturday said there were threats to his life in Pakistan so he could not appear before...
‘Followers’ of memo can’t be trusted for Haqqani’s security: lawyer
Zahid Bukhari, the counsel for Husain Haqqani on Thursday said his client could not trust the security to be provided by the “followers of...
SC rejects Haqqani’s plea for video statement
Rejecting an application filed by former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani in which he requested the court to direct the memo commission to...
SC to decide Haqqani’s plea for video statement today
A 10-member special bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will today (Tuesday) decide on the application of former...
Kashmir no excuse for Pakistan’s ties with Haqqani network: McCain
Former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday said the Kashmir dispute was no excuse for Pakistan to not break ties with the...
