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'Pakistan spends on three soldiers what India spends on one'

Pakistan spends on three soldiers what India spends on only one soldier, army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said here.

During the briefing of defence committees of the two houses of parliame

Pakistani song questions Ajmal Kasab's treatment as 'hero'

The latest Pakistani song to have gone viral on the internet pokes fun at Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai attacker, being treated like a "hero" in his home country and slain Governor Salmaan Ta

‘US will install sophisticated equipment, won’t enter Waziristan’

The US troops amassed at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border near the tribal North Waziristan Agency will not cross into Pakistan and will only install 'sophisticated equipment' on the Afghanistan side fo

US must think 'ten times' before action in Pak: Kayani

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Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has not ruled out the possibility of a unilateral US military strike against militants in the North Waziristan tribal region, but warned that Washington will have to think "ten times" before launching such an attack, a media report said here on Wednesday.

US troops mass at Pakistan border

The United States has deployed hundreds of troops along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border near the tribal North Waziristan Agency as fears grow of an attack on the Haqqani network, security sources said

US troops mass on Durand Line

The United States has deployed hundreds of troops along the Paki-stan-Afghanistan border near the tribal North Waziristan Agency as fears grow of an attack on the Haqqani network, security sources said.

Gilani's chair breaks, spectator calls it 'bad omen' for PM

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Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani faced some embarrassing moments when a chair buckled under his weight at an official function in the capital city, prompting a participant to say that this may be a

Pakistan, US are ‘bhai-bhai’ again

After weeks of tension and exchange of hostile statements, Pakistan and the United States of America are set to forget the past and work together, officials here said citing numerous recent meetings b

Pakistan launches new system to trace criminals

Pakistan has developed a monitoring system to help keep record of travellers and track down criminals, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.

The Integrated Border Management System (IBMS), current

Pakistani products must meet global standards: PM

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the country’s industrial and services sectors to focus on conforming to international standards to achieve high exports and economic growth.

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