Tag: US

‘Pakistan may give downed US chopper to China’

Members of the United States Congress are now being guarded against Islamabad for its historically strong ties to Beijing, following the revelation that Osama...

Nawaz calls for review of relations with US

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif termed the Abbottabad operation an attack on the sovereignty of Pakistan and called for a review of...

Clinton cancels visit in ‘make-or-break moment’ for US-Pak ties

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Pakistan scheduled for May was cancelled on Tuesday as key American leaders urged Washington and Islamabad...

US tells Beijing human rights in China’s interest

The United States told China in top-level talks culminating Tuesday that it was hurting itself by stifling dissent, as a top Beijing official dismissed...

Hearing of petition challenging US operation adjourned

Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday adjourned indefinitely, hearing of a petition against the US operation, which killed Osama Bin...

No formal US request on access to bin Laden family: Foreign...

Pakistan's foreign ministry said Tuesday it had yet to receive a formal request from the United States for access to relatives of Osama bin...

PAF investigating US raid

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has begun inquiry into the violation of Pakistan's airspace by the US Navy SEALs on May 2 when they landed...

US envoy discusses Pak-US ties with governor, CM

US Ambassador in Pakistan Cameron Munter, accompanied by Consul General in Karachi William Martin among other diplomats held separate meetings with Sindh Governor Dr...

‘US to support women entrepreneurs’

Dr Marilyn Wyatt, wife of the US Ambassador in Pakistan, said on Monday that the US Embassy would do all it can to promote...

No apologies, will pursue ‘high value’ target if need be: US

The US on Monday said it would not “apologise” for launching a raid to kill Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil, after the Islamabad...

US, China sit down for high-level talks

The United States and China will begin two days of high-level talks Monday on a gamut of political and economic issues, including thorny areas...

US issues warning, violence grows in Afghanistan

US officials in Kabul said on Monday the movements of staff in parts of Afghanistan’s volatile south were being restricted, warning of more attacks...

Bin Laden died long before US raid: Iranian official

Iranian Intelligence Minister Heyder Moslehi said that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died long before the US army raided his compound in Pakistan,...

I was made aware of the operation 15 minutes after it...

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told an Arab satellite TV on Monday he knew of the US raid which killed Osama bin Laden only...

‘Pakistan critically important to US’

Senator Richard Lugar, the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, has warned against any US move to distance itself from Pakistan, underscoring the...

SAS to help US hunt down Qaeda leaders

British Prime Minister David Cameron told the White House on Sunday that he intended to stand shoulder to shoulder with US President Barack Obama...

US asks Pakistan for access to Osama’s family

The United States has asked Pakistan for access to the three wives and eight children of Osama bin Laden, currently detained by Pakistani authorities,...