Differences among top Pakistani leaders over US drone strikes

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 18:03

Differences among top leaders of the Pakistan government over US drone attacks emerged on Friday, with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan questioning how the premier`s Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz had believed American assurances that there would be no strikes during talks with militants.

Plan for many US drone strikes are hatched in Germany: Report

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 15:04

Many of American drone strikes for targeted killing in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan are planned and carried out from US military bases in Germany as it has become as a crucial strategic hub for anti-terrorism operations, media reports said.

Silent, fearful support for US drones in tribal Pakistan

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 23:08

While Pakistani govt routinely denounces US drone strikes, locals say that a sizeable number of people in the country`s tribal areas support them.

Pakistan Army shows its anti-drone technology

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 13:55

Amid continued tensions with the US over drone strikes, Pakistan army has successfully shot down a "drone" during a military exercise that was watched by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

Imran threatens NATO blockade in KP province

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 23:32

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Monday threatened to cut the NATO supply lines in Pakistan`s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from November 20 if the US drone strikes do not end.

2,227 killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan: Minister

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 14:32

The Pakistani Senate was informed Wednesday that a total of 2,227 people have so far been killed in 317 US drone attacks in the country since 2008.

US lawmaker says drone strikes in Pak could end, if govt wants

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 13:16

A United States lawmaker has said that drone strikes in Pakistan could end the next day, if the country wanted, claiming that no such attacks take place without the approval of its government.

Two Pak soldiers killed in blast

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 12:27

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and four others injured on Wednesday in a blast in the country`s restive South Waziristan tribal region.

Hafiz Saeed claims US pressuring Pakistan to act against him

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 20:41

Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has claimed the US is demanding that the Pakistan government should take action against him because he had been opposing American drone strikes.

No explicit, implicit consent for drone strikes: Pakistan

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 12:17

Pakistan has strongly denied a UN report that members of its government had given consent to controversial drone strikes in the country and demanded an end to such attacks which incite hatred.

Pakistan makes UN call for end to US drone strikes

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 09:41

Pakistan has renewed demands for an end to US drone strikes on its territory as two UN experts called for greater transparency in the use of the weapons.

UN experts call for more US transparency on drones

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 09:40

Two UN human rights investigators called for more transparency from the United States and other countries about their drone strikes programme, saying their secrecy is the biggest obstacle to determining the impact pact on civilian casualties.