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'It's not all about terrorism,' said Dr Vincent Loos, referring to the country. 'Low-key is good in Islamabad these days, where the threat of Taliban suicide bombings has filled the capital with checkposts, blast walls and a queasy air of anxiety.

As reports are confirming the elimination of Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, including Pakistani sources to al Jazeera, a growing debate is widening in the international media about the "value" of that event.

Staff Report RAWALPINDI: All Pakistan CNG Association started one-day shutter-down strike in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Jhelum, Attock and Chakwal districts as a token protest from 12am on Monday against a government decision for closures of CNG stations for two days a week.

Home >> Regional >> Islamabad >> Iqbal's teachings beacon of light in darkness: Nawaz Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that the teachings of Allama Iqbal are like a beacon of light to maintain tolerance, peace and stability in the society.

It has been reported that consultation on N-security between US and Pak intensified after the announcement Obama's Af-Pak policy.

LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the issue of the 17th Amendment would be resolved in accordance with the Charter of Democracy.

A suicide bomber attacked a livestock market in the suburbs of the violence-racked northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday, killing a mayor who had opposed the Taliban and 11 other people.

Islamabad, Nov 9 : Former President Pervez Musharraf has said that Indian influence can be seen at work in the Afghan intelligence network, which routinely blames Pakistan for harbouring Afghan Taliban, who are actually based in and operate from Afghanistan.

Nov 9 - Pakistani police have shot dead a suspected suicide bomber they say was about to blow himself up near a security checkpoint in Islamabad.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Updated: November 09, 2009, 3:55 AM / Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida 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.

Our Army officers are not crazy, like the Taliban. A mutiny would never happen in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: The law-enforcement agencies are continuing search operation against terror suspects and they arrested 200 persons from different areas of Rawalpindi division and Islamabad during the last 24 hours.

Sunday, November 08, 2009 By Our Correspondent LAHORE Lahore High Court Bar Association vice-president Munawar Iqbal Gondal has demanded that relatives of judges, especially sons and family members, should not be allowed practice in their jurisdiction in order to realize the dream of independent judiciary in the true sense.

Lahore, Pakistan News : 132nd birth anniversary of poet-philosopher Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal will be celebrated here on Monday.

Intelligence agencies have warned the Federal Interior Ministry regarding possible terrorist acts at the Pakistan Air Force Bases in Karachi, TheNation learnt here on Friday.

Via Xinhua: Afghan A/H1N1 flu patient dies in Pakistan . Excerpt: An Afghan female who was infected with A/H1N1 influenza died at a hospital in northwest Pakistan's city of Peshawar on Saturday, hospital authorities confirmed.

Peshawar, Pakistan news :- A suicide blast near Cattle Market in Matni area of Peshawar killed five people and injured several others including union nazim Abdul Malik on Sunday.

A U.N. team investigating the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto issued a request to speak to former President Pervez Musharraf .

The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education.

Washington, Nov.7 : While the Pakistan government has blamed the banned terror outfits such as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for the devastating car bomb blast in Peshawar's Meena Bazaar, in which over 100 people were killed, many Pakistanis believe it was countries like the US, India and Israel which were the real enemies of the state and not the ...