Tag: USA

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...

Panetta lobbying ISI to release ‘bin Laden informant’ for CIA

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Leon Panetta is lobbying his Pakistani counterpart to free a local doctor detained for allegedly helping the United States...

Rima Fakih proud of Miss USA reign

With just days to go before she hands over her crown, Rima Fakih told on Monday that though her reign as Miss USA has...

Elements in army, ISI helped Osama: Rogers

Elements within the Pakistan Army and the ISI provided some level of assistance to al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who lived in a...

USA reach Gold Cup quarter-finals

Jozy Altidore scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over Guadeloupe on Tuesday as the United States seized the last quarter-final berth on...

Hackers breach US Senate website

A shadowy group of hackers behind a string of recent cyberattacks claimed on Tuesday to have breached the US Senate website and taken internal...

Confidence deficit, Obama put off visit to Pakistan

US President Barrack Hussain Obama has finally decided to postpone his proposed visit to Pakistan during current calendar year due to rift in relations...

Nuclear assets under threat from USA,India and Israel, Prof. Khurshid warns...

Naib Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Senator Prof. Khurshid Ahmad has asked the Government to take immediate precautionary steps to protect fully Pakistan’s nuclear assets...

US welcomes India’s keenness to train Afghan Army

United States welcomed India's willingness to help Afghanistan build capabilities of its security forces in accordance with Kabul's priorities and termed the development as...

US gives Pakistan deadline to capture Mullah Omar

The United States has given Pakistan time till July to capture Al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri and Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar. It has...

JUI-F chief tells leaders to stop supporting US

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Sunday said that politics of fear were being played throughout the world and that Pakistan, along...

US cutting back troops in Pakistan amid tensions

The US military said Wednesday that it has begun pulling some American troops out of Pakistan after Islamabad requested a smaller presence, amid tensions...

Suicide attacks not part of Jihad: Hafiz Saeed

Condemning the suicide attacks, Jamaat ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed Tuesday said that such kind of attacks could not be associated with Jihad. In...

ISI chief asks U.S. to end drone strikes

Pakistan's intelligence chief has asked the United States to stop its drone strikes in the country touching on an issue that has become more...

US would act unilaterally again inside Pakistan: Obama

US President Obama has indicated he would order an Abbottabad type operation if another militant leader was found in Pakistan. He said the US was...

Endeavour blasts off on next-to-last shuttle flight

The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off Monday toward the International Space Station on the penultimate flight for the US shuttle program. “We want to...

Afridi off to USA

Pakistan ODI skipper Shahid Afridi will leave for the United States of America on May 17 to visit his father and participate in some...