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Pakistan has "solid evidence" of India's alleged involvement in fomenting unrest in Balochistan province and the government is taking up this matter diplomatically with its Indian counterpart, Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed today.
The United Nations has condemned the killing of six aid workers who were gunned down in north-west Pakistan and asked Islamabad to ensure the safety of such people in that country.
Police say the death toll in a twin suicide bombing in Pakistan's Lahore city has risen to 39 and that nearly 100 others have been wounded.
Upset over Pakistan’s worst ever performance in the hockey World Cup, the national Federation on Thursday sacked its selection committee and team management while the entire 18-man squad resigned, taking up moral responsibility for the shoddy show.
The whereabouts of a British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Pakistan was unclear Thursday, with conflicting reports about whether he has been found and diplomats scrambling for confirmation.
Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a US-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan today, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organisation said.
Terming the 26/11 terror attack as Pakistan government sponsored one, the prosecution on Tuesday opened its final arguments in the case saying the neighbouring country's Army was also involved in the dastardly attack.
An American national said to be member of al Qaida was captured in a raid in this southern port city, but Pakistani officials later changed their version that the man picked up was the terror outfit's US born spokesman.
A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a building where police interrogated high value terrorist suspects here, killing 13 people and injuring about 80 others.
A suicide car bomber struck a building where police interrogate high-value suspects in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Monday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 61 more including women taking children to school, officials said.
Pakistan wants to establish friendly relations with all its neighbours, including India, but New Delhi needs to change its policies towards Islamabad, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday.
Police are investigating the possible involvement of the Taliban in the kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy of Pakistani origin who was kidnapped while visiting relatives in Punjab province.
Pakistani intelligence officials and militants say gunmen have killed a Pakistani Taliban commander in the country's North Waziristan tribal area.
A top Pakistani Taliban commander close to al Qaida is believed to have been killed in an army airstrike, officials said Saturday, in the latest apparent blow to insurgents who have attacked Pakistan and threatened US forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
A suicide bomber struck a convoy of buses near a market in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 10 people and injuring 15 others, including women and children.
Contending that dialogue was the only way forward with Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the decision to hold foreign-secretary level talks was a "calculated" one but there can be no meaningful discussion till terror from there is ended.
Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested a senior Afghan Taliban commander, the latest move in a crackdown on the insurgent network in Pakistan.
At least 30 militants and a soldier were killed in a gun battle in the restive Mohmand tribal region in northwest Pakistan today, military sources said.
European champions England virtually assured themselves a place in the semifinal of the hockey World Cup after thumping Pakistan 5-2 to continue their unbeaten run in the tournament here today.
The 20 men are wanted in connection with a case registered by the Federal Investigation Agency and have been booked under provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act, Pakistan Penal Code and a cyber crimes law.
The Pakistani intelligence agency ISI knows the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden but is keeping his location a secret and wants to use the al Qaida chief as leverage over the US.
Indian missions in Afghanistan are under fresh threat from terror outfits as intelligence inputs suggest that such groups are planning new attacks.
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday witnessed an interesting passage of arms when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened repeatedly and rejected BJP leader L K Advani's charge that US pressure was behind India's decision to talk to Pakistan.
Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has said dialogue is the only way forward for resolving all issues between India and Pakistan despite a perceived lack of progress during the recent Foreign Secretary-level talks.
An Afghan intelligence official on Tuesday blamed the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for last week's car bomb and suicide attacks that killed 16 people in the heart of the capital of Kabul.

