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Score of activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday staged a demonstration against possible military operation in North Waziristan and continuation of US drone strikes...

At least 19 suspected militants were killed and several others injured in three US drone attacks in Birmal Tehsil, South Waziristan on Monday, as...

As the government’s mysterious silence over reports of a “selective military operation” in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) is fuelling speculations and concerns in the...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that the government was not taking dictation from anybody for action in North Waziristan, but it...

Pakistan ruled out on Wednesday an imminent operation in the restive tribal region of North Waziristan as the government has so far no taken...

With the United States pushing Pakistan to launch a full-scale military operation in North Waziristan, it seems that most local and foreign militants are...

Pakistan and the United States are still at odds over a military operation in North Waziristan as Islamabad’s months-old plan to launch a “targeted...

The NATO violated Pakistani airspace once again with two helicopters entering Pakistani territory on Monday. A TV channel quoted sources as saying that the...

Humanitarian agencies active in the country’s northwest have been quietly told to prepare for up to 365,000 displaced people in advance of a military...

At least seven suspected militants were killed and another four injured when a US drone attacked a vehicle with two missiles in Machikhel village...

Two US drone strikes targeting a Taliban compound and a vehicle in North Waziristan killed at least nine militants on Monday, but the US...

PESHAWAR - Pakistan has put on hold a likely military operation in North Waziristan Agency in reaction to unnecessary pressure tactics by the US administration, sources said. In background interviews, sources privy to the development told Pakistan Today that military strategists had been giving a serious thought to launch the much-awaited military offensive in North Waziristan, which is considered a hotbed for Al Qaeda and its affiliated local Taliban. A senior security official said,

WASHINGTON - The top US general in Afghanistan on Friday said it was "hugely important" that Pakistani forces take action against militants in North Waziristan. General David Petraeus, commander of the NATO-led force in the Afghanistan war, credited Islamabad with battling insurgents elsewhere but said the campaign needed to move to North Waziristan, where members of the Al Qaeda and Haqqani networks are based.
"The fact is that it's hugely important that there's a campaign in

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD - In less than 24 hours after the release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis, US drones on Thursday targeted a tribal jirga in North Waziristan Agency's Datta Khel tehsil, killing 41 and injuring 15.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Syed Masood Kausar accused the US of targeting the tribal jirga and killing several delegates and personnel of the tribal militia, the Khasadar Force. "I strongly condemn this drone attack. A tribal jirga was targeted in which several

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Wednesday called for concrete measures to tap the minerals reserves and establish industries in the tribal areas to provide jobs to the local people.
Earlier, the officials of the FATA Development Authority (FDA) told the committee that the copper reserves larger than that of Reko Diq were available in North Waziristan, but exploration was not possible owing to the security reasons.