Tag: war on terror

‘War on terror’ affectees hold demonstration, demand compensation

Pakistan International Human Rights Organisation has expressed its solidarity with the next of kins of those who have been martyred in the war on...

No grandstanding, please

Time for pragmatism Pak-US relations are too important an issue to be exploited for playing to the gallery. There is no doubt that the Nato...

Peace talks versus violence

The killing of 15 kidnapped Frontier Constabulary soldiers in the frontier region Tank last week by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is a great tragedy for those...

Spiralling downwards

Pak-US relations in need of guidance Pakistan’s relation with the US, beset with allegations of duplicity and blackmailing on both sides, has never been a...

Escalating tensions

Both countries stand to lose As if the older disputes were not enough, the US and Pakistan have added a new one to the list....

UK will stand with Pakistan against terror

British Home Secretary Theresa May, visiting Police Lines Headquarters along with Interior Affairs Minister Rehman Malik, met with families of victims of terrorism and...

No talks with armed Taliban: Malik

Interior Affairs Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said that Pakistan would not initiate a dialogue with local Taliban unless they lay down arms and...

Truth exposed

The truth about the weapons of mass destruction was exposed only when the superpower had had its way with Iraq. That the Foreign Office...

The cost of the war on terror

The decade-long war on terror might be in its final throes but its aftereffects may last for a decade more. On one hand, it...

Hammer and anvil

Despite Pakistan’s face-off with the US, the toughest and the longest in the country’s history, there has been no respite to terrorist attacks inside...

Ending the fight, or war

Now the things stand clear. It is not the enmity alone, it is the bid to get rid of the enmity. A leading English...

Give peace a chance

Though the war on terror has been going on for more than a decade, it does not seem to end anytime soon. The proclaimed...

Nineteen thousand Pakistanis killed in terrorist attacks: Marc Grossman

USA special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Affairs, Marc Grossman has admitted that number of Pakistani civilians killed in terrorist attacks since 2003, is...

Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan

In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way...

LeT continues to plan attacks from Pakistan: US

Laskar-e-Taiba, an "extremely capable" terror group with a sophisticated regional network, continues to plan its operations from within Pakistan, a US government report has...

Pak to revisit its strategy against war on terror, relations with...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan has decided to revisit its strategy against war on terror and its relations with...

Prove your commitment, show concrete actions: US tells Pakistan

The US has asked Pakistan to show "concrete actions" to prove its commitment in the war against terrorism, and has sought an explanation from...