The US has asked Pakistan to abandon the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Iran and instead pursue the TAPI project, warning that Islamabad may face American sanctions if it continues with I

The Unites States believes that jihadi outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyaba is dangerously active in Pakistan despite the ban imposed on it by the authorities here, official sources said. “The US has conveyed this concern to Pakistan. They think the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s activities are unchecked and they are very much active inside Pakistan,” a senior government official told this newspaper.

As the guns fell silent in Afghan capital Kabul after a 20-hour stand-off between NATO forces and Taliban, the two sides began another battle: on Twitter.

NATO and Taliban may be shying away from

Militants beheaded a tribesman, accusing him of being a spy in Pakistan's northwest.

The incident took place in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, reported Dawn.

Rahim Shah was abducted and later milita

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had sought a deal with the United States in 2010 to strengthen his political position, a secret cable released by WikiLeaks said.

Zardari, the cable said, had tol

To help trace 30 boys abducted by militants from Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region, NATO alliance troops have launched an aerial surveillance of Taliban sanctuaries in border areas of Afghanistan.

The

Five school children were gunned down today and five others injured in the outskirts of Peshawar city in northwest Pakistan after unidentified gunmen attacked a school van, police said.

The gunmen t

Pakistan's ruling PPP has begun secret negotiations with Pervez Musharraf's party to isolate its rival PML-N and to facilitate the former military ruler's possible return to the country, a media repor

Pakistan's ruling PPP has begun secret negotiations with Pervez Musharraf's party to isolate its rival PML-N and to facilitate the former military ruler's possible return to the country, a media repor

Pakistan's ruling PPP has begun secret negotiations with Pervez Musharraf's party to isolate its rival PML-N and to facilitate the former military ruler's possible return to the country, a media repor