Tag: US
Obama says US still a ‘triple-A’ country
US President Barack Obama vowed that America would always be a “triple-A country,” defending US credit after a historic downgrade and insisting the reeling...
US convinces Saleh not to return to Yemen
US officials have convinced Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, convalescing in Saudi Arabia from an assassination attempt, not to return to his country, the...
US ‘shocked’ by Chinook media reports
The US embassy on Monday deplored the media reports suggesting that the United States killed its own troops in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan...
US helicopter shot down in Taliban trap: Afghan official
A helicopter which crashed killing 30 US troops in Afghanistan was shot down after the Taliban laid a trap to lure US forces...
US loses stellar AAA rating for first time
Standard & Poor's cut the US credit rating for the first time in history late Friday, saying the country's politicians were increasingly unable to...
CAA rejects US plea of parking 5 planes at Islamabad Airport
The Civil Aviation Authority has rejected a request by US to park five US planes at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad, reports said Sunday.
According...
31 US special forces die as Taliban down helicopter
Thirty-one US special forces, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and seven Afghan...
US loses AAA rating, China calls for new stable global reserve...
The United States lost its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s on Friday, hours after investors alarmed by the euro zone debt...
Pakistan to US: No free lunch anymore
Though realising a little too late, Pakistan has decided not to offer blanket cooperation to the United States because of Washington’s unilateral actions and...
US soldier sentenced to 3 years for Afghan killings
A US soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in...
CAA declines US request to park five planes
The Civil Aviation Authority rejected a US plea seeking permission to park five US planes at the Benazir International Airport Islamabad here on Saturday.
Media...
US has plan to ‘snatch-and-grab’ Pakistan’s nuclear weapons
Former president Pervez Musharraf warned that a snatch-and-grab operation by the US would lead to all-out war between the countries, calling it total confrontation...
CAA refuses permission to parking of 5 US planes at Benazir...
Civil Aviation Authority has rejected US plea seeking permission for parking five US planes at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad here on Saturday.
According to media...
US loses prized AAA credit rating from S&P
The United States lost its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Friday in an unprecedented blow to the world's largest economy...
Tamaasha Inc reminds us of the power of vote
Tamaasha Inc recently performed their newly written play Sheikhpear’s Omlet at the Pakistan American Cultural Centre auditorium.
The play, which has been written by Osama...
Govt refuses establishment of US consulate in Balochistan
Security agencies and the Foreign Ministry have opposed opening of American consulate to be set up in Balochistan province over security concerns.
According to a...
US rules out strategic talks with Pakistan
US State Department has said there is no possibility of strategic talks with Pakistan. The issue of US diplomatic staff’s movement in Pakistan would...
