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US drone attacks, military operation not linked: Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 19:22

Pakistan Thursday said the recent series of US drone attacks in North Waziristan tribal region are not linked with the army`s ongoing massive military push against local and foreign militants.

23 militants killed in Pakistani operations

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 18:39

The Pakistan Army said Thursday that 23 more foreign and local terrorists were killed in North Waziristan tribal region as the security forces continued their major offensive.

Lahore violence toll rises to 9

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 18:14

The death toll in the violent clashes between supporters of an influential Canada-based Pakistani cleric and Lahore police today rose to nine as one more victim of the riot succumbed to his injuries.

26/11 attacks: Trial in Pakistan adjourned till Jun 25

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 18:09

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case?has adjourned the hearing till June 25 after prosecution lawyers failed to turn up.

Heat wave in Pak`s Sindh province kills 53 at sufi saint`s urs

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 18:02

At least 53 people, attending an annual festival of a sufi saint, have died due to a heat wave in Pakistan`s southern Sindh province.

Pak army and air force chiefs review Operation ``Zarb-i-Azb``

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 17:51

Pakistan`s Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif, visited Air Headquarters in Islamabad on Thursday.

Pro-Abdullah protest as Afghan election dispute deepens

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 17:04

About 100 supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah demonstrated in Kabul today against alleged election fraud in the first public protest of a growing political crisis.

One lakh flee Pak tribal belt as military operation continues

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 16:53

About 100,000 people have fled the troubled North Waziristan tribal region as curfew was relaxed in the area where the Pakistan Army has launched an all-out offensive against the Taliban, officials said today.

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk to challenge Rajapaksa

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 15:38

Reformist monk Maduluwawe Sobhitha said given an opportunity, he is ready to fight Rajapaksa as the common opposition candidate.

Persecuted Pakistani Muslim minority seek refuge in China

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 13:26

Fleeing discrimination and violence, members of a Muslim sect have abandoned their homes in Pakistan to find an unlikely refuge in China.