Tag: Osama bin Laden

Britain ‘very concerned’ over cleric release

Britain’s attorney general said Tuesday he was “very concerned” about the release on bail of radical cleric Abu Qatada, amid a hail of press...

How Pakistan helps drone drive

The death of a senior al Qaeda leader in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal badlands, the first strike in almost two months,...

Why this army?

Imagine all the money we could save Mehdi Hassan and Noor Jehan’s songs held the public in thrall during the war of 1965: Apni jaan...

Karzai looking to foil US’s new move on Afghanistan

No one can neglect the phenomenon regarding the United States’ involvement in “establishing, sponsoring and strengthening” al Qaeda and similar militant groups. With the...

Pakistan to draw lines in US cooperation

Pakistan is reviewing future cooperation with the US as relations flounder between the shaky allies in the wake of a deadly NATO strike, senior...

Defying logic

A long haul to March Going by the prime minister’s somersaults in the last few days, one can only surmise that there “something is rotten...

Challenges await

2012: Expect even more ups and downs For Pakistanis, 2011 had it all - the good, the bad and the ugly. Recapping events is like...

Come what may…

This is still our war We were never at war with Eurasia. An Orwellian haze surrounds the affairs of empire. When the US FBI quietly...

Abbottabad Commission summons Pakistan’s HC to UK

The Abbottabad Commission Monday summoned Wajid Shamsul Hassan, Pakistan High Commissioner to UK for investigation over his remarks about Bin Laden operation, media reported. According...

Bin Laden not at Qaeda helm before raid

Documents found in the Pakistan home where Osama bin Laden was killed in May show the Al-Qaeda leader no longer had any role in...

Letter to Mullen is a plot to destabilise institutions: ANP

The objective of the letter to Admiral Mike Mullen is a plot to push national institutions of Pakistan into conflict with each other, the...

New Qaeda leader praises ‘human side’ of bin Laden

Osama bin Laden was a kind and loyal friend who honoured the 9/11 hijackers and often cried in public, according to his long-time deputy...

Bin Laden was ‘dead in 90 seconds’

Six months after his death, a new book has claimed Osama bin Laden was shot dead within 90 seconds of the start of a...

Abbottabad Commission to meet on July 5

The maiden meeting of the Abbottabad Commission set up to probe the presence of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad and unilateral...

TTP vows revenge attacks on US, France, Britain targets

Pakistani Taliban, a close ally of al Qaeda, threatened to attack American, France and Britan targets abroad to avenge the death of Osama bin...

Phone points to bin Laden’s Pakistani links: report

A cellphone used by Osama bin Laden's courier appears to show that he was aided by Pakistani militants linked to the country's powerful intelligence...

US drops charges against bin Laden

Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Osama bin Laden from attacks spanning more than a decade, officials said in court papers filed in US District...