Tag: Nato

Imran Khan complicates NATO plans for Afghanistan: WP

For years, American officials have tried to persuade Pakistan’s army chiefs and prime ministers to cooperate with US-led war plans in neighbouring Afghanistan. But...

Blast near Kabul NATO HQs ‘accidental’

The explosion in Kabul near the NATO-led ISAF Headquarters on Thursday was an accident at the arms depot according to the Afghan officials. Police chief...

Foreign troops targeted by suicide bomber in Afghanistan

A convoy of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was attacked by a suicide bomber near the international airport in Kabul on Wednesday, according to...

Blockade of NATO supplies a victory; LB elections in March: KP...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has said that drone attacks by the United States (US) are a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty...

NATO supplies blockade – Catch-22 for PTI

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s so-called drama of halting NATO supply route has flopped adversely and the party...

PTI motivated by public sentiments to block Nato supplies: Qureshi

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said the PTI was motivated by the public sentiments to block the NATO supplies...

KP CM urges PM to convene meeting on drone strikes

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to convene a meeting to evolve a strategy about drone strikes....

Fazl blames state institutions for impeding enforcement of Shariah

Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), on Sunday blamed the state institutions for not allowing the country to move...

Gunmen torch NATO tanker in Khuzdar, kill driver

Armed militants torched a tanker carrying fuel for US and NATO troops in Afghanistan and killed its driver in Balochistan’s troubled Khuzdar district. A police...

Opposition divided on suspension of NATO supplies

With failing to agree on suspension of the NATO supplies, the opposition parties on Tuesday assured the government its cooperation and support in the...

Three militants killed in Sibi fire exchange, two NATO containers gutted

At least three miscreants were killed and another one arrested after an exchange of fire with FC personnel when the paramilitary troops chased militants...

Don’t block Afghan transit lines, NATO chief urges Pakistan

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Pakistan on Monday to keep open supply lines to NATO forces in Afghanistan despite anger over a US...

US, NATO offer mixed reports on readiness of Afghan troops

The Taliban failed to capture any ground from Afghan security forces fighting for the first time without foreign firepower this fighting season, US officials...

Driver injured, two NATO oil tankers torched

Two unidentified gunmen injured the driver of a NATO oil tanker and set ablaze two tankers in Bolan area of Kachhi district on Monday. According...

NATO supplies to be suspended after consultation: KP CM

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Sunday said the NATO supply routes would be blocked after consulting political parties, a private TV channel...

NATO reduces scope of its Afghanistan plans: NYT

After months of tense negotiations over the size and role of a postwar presence in Afghanistan, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) officials say...

JI to convene APC on corruption: Munawar

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan on Sunday said that his party would strongly resist the privatisation of state institutions as it would open...