Pakistan Travel News

President Barack Obama leaves on Thursday on his first Asian trip since becoming president on January 20.

Barack Obama this week makes his first trip to Asia as president, leaving behind a host of domestic problems with a visit that recognizes the region's economic and diplomatic importance to the United States.

Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday angrily rejected a media report that raised fears of a militant takeover of the Taliban-hit nation's nuclear weapons and suggested that the US had a hand in protecting the arsenal.

UNDER growing pressure from US missile strikes, the al-Qaeda terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile, according to counterterrorism officials and analysts.

FBI agents in the US have recovered two highly inflammatory Al Qaeda videos. The videos have been recovered from the house of Pakistan-born Canadian, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was arrested last month along with another accused, David Coleman Headley, a Pakistan-born American national.

The United States has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani military about the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine.

Produced by 'As Sahab Media', commonly acknowledged to be the media wing of the Al Qaeda, one of the videos is titled 'Bombing of Denmark Embassy' and was recovered from the living room of Rana, 48, who has been staying in Chicago for nearly a decade.

NEW DELHI / HYDERABAD: India Friday once again berated Pakistan for not making "serious and convincing efforts" to eliminate terrorism, saying "all terrorist camps" were intact in that country, including some located close to army bases, and pointed to a Pakistani link to a reported Lashkar terror plot foiled by the FBI.

A survey has started to assess the damage to houses during the war on terror in Pakistan's Swat district, but the militancy-hit residents aren't too sure about the compensation they are likely to be offered.

The passport of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia recovered during military operations against Taliban militants is displayed by Pakistani forces at Sherwangi Tor village in South Waziristan, on Thursday Oct 29, 2009.

LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov 4 - Lahore, known to the world as "the city of the live-hearted" has been in the grip of extreme fear since Oct.

Lahore, Oct.28 : Pakistani security agencies have nabbed the alleged mastermind of the audacious October 10 terror attack on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The business community on Tuesday lauded signing of MoU between Pakistan and Turkey regarding exemption of businessmen from visa requirement.

Share + Nov 1, 2009 12:57 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, shakes hands with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before a meeting at The Prime Minister House in Islamabad on Oct.

Islamabad, Oct 30: Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has informed the National Assembly's Sub-Committee on Human Rights that the United States has requested to raise the strength of its diplomats in Pakistan to 749, adding fuel to speculations that America was seeking to play a much larger role in the country through its Islamabad embassy, which is ...

The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that Pakistani is not alone in the fight against terrorism and the U.S. would extend help to the country to achieve goals to defeat terrorism.

The death toll from the car blast on Wednesday in northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar has mounted to 106 with over 150 injured while rescue sources say that more people could still be buried under the debris.

Amritsar, Oct 31 Despite the recent advice by the union home ministry asking Indian nationals to avoid travelling to Pakistan in view of the security situation there, a contingent of nearly 1,500 devotees Saturday crossed over into Pakistan to be part of Gurpurab - birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.

Saturday, October 31, 2009 Kaira says state-run TV officers not following my instructions News Desk RAWALPINDI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left Pakistan, on completion of her three-day visit, in her special plane from Chaklala Airbase here at 9 pm on Friday.

'Sharm el-Shaken' but not stirred, Prime Minister makes fresh pitch for peace with Pakistan.