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12 killed in US drone strikes in Pak tribal region

A series of US drone strikes targeting vehicles and a house in Pakistan's restive north-western North Waziristan tribal region killed at least 12 suspected militants, officials said on Monday.

US drone strike kills 4 militants in Pakistan

Four suspected militants were killed on Saturday when US drones targeted a vehicle in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan.

400,000 kids, 20,000 mothers die each year in Pak

At least 400,000 children below five years of age and 20,000 mothers die annually in Pakistan due to malnutrition, socio-economic problems and lack of access to proper health care.

Pakistan urges IAEA to help it in building more nuclear plants

Pakistan has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help facilitate its need to build more nuclear power plants in order to overcome an acute energy shortfall in the country and also t

Pakistan hikes defence outlay by Rs 110 billion

Pakistan has hiked its defence outlay by Rs 110 billion over the budgeted allocation of Rs 442 billion for major military operations against the Taliban in the volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanis

Pak Punjab govt of openly ‘supporting’ and ‘facilitating’ JuD: PPP

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) information secretary — Fauzia Wahab — has criticised the Punjab government for their alleged involvement in facilitating and supporting the banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Pak ISI fails to account for a whopping Rs 5.55 billion

Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI got itself an allocation of a whopping Rs 5.55 billion, apparently for covert operations, but has not accounted for it.

25 children die as school bus falls into river in Pak

At least 25 school children were feared dead on Tuesday when a bus skidded off the road and plunged into the River Jehlum in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

English players are involved in fixing too: Butt

With Pakistan cricket in the midst of its worst crisis amid match- and spot-fixing allegations, the head of the country’s cricket board tried to deflect the blame by accusing English players of making

Turkmen-India gas pact on Monday

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Pakistan and India are to sign the Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement (GPFA) of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline in Ashgabat, the Turkmenistan ca

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