QUETTA: The Pakistani Taliban on Friday said they were behind attacks on two airbases in Quetta which left 12 militants dead. Gunmen armed with automatic weapons, grenades and wearing suicide vests tried to storm Samungli and Khalid airbases, both in … read more
BAGHDAD: Iraq´s divisive premier Nuri al-Maliki dropped his bid to stay in power Thursday, bowing to huge domestic and international pressure as a jihadist-led offensive threatens to tear the country apart. The two-term premier threw in the towel after an … read more
ISLAMABAD: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over are observing the Indian Independence Day on Friday as Black Day to convey the message to the international community that India continues to usurp their inalienable … read more
COLOMBO: Pakistan, replying to Sri Lanka´s first innings total of 320, were 244-6 at stumps on the second day of the second and final Test in Colombo on Friday. Asad Shafiq made 42 and Sarfraz Ahmed was unbeaten on 66, … read more
WASHINGTON: The United States “stands strongly” in favour of an elected government in Pakistan but also backs people’s right to assemble peacefully, says the US State Department. At a news briefing in Washington, the department’s spokesperson Marie Harf noted that … read more