PESHAWAR: Director General FATA Disaster Management (FDMA) Arshad Khan has been removed from his position. The DG FDMA was removed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Abbasi for failure to provide adequate facilities to internally displaced persons (IDPs). According to … read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan welcomed on Sunday the “amicable solution” to the political impasse in Afghanistan that had gripped the country since the second round of the presidential elections on June 15. “We welcome the amicable solution that has reportedly been worked … read more
JERUSALEM/GAZA: Israeli navy commandos launched a ground operation overnight in the north of the Gaza Strip, the first since the offensive against Hamas began, Israeli public radio said early Sunday. The brief incursion targeted a rocket launcher site, it said. … read more
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan military launched air strikes early Saturday morning in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan killing 13 terrorists and destroying seven hideouts. According to an ISPR press release, terrorists fired rockets on a security forces check post in … read more
LONDON: Amnesty International (AI) has urged the UN to urgently mandate an independent international investigation into Israeli airstrikes on Gaza as well as Palestine’s indiscriminate shelling of Israel, and hold accountable those responsible for war crimes. The UN questions the … read more