Sharif tells committee to initiate talks with Taliban

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 16:48

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday directed a recently formed four-member committee to immediately initiate peace talks with the banned Pakistani Taliban.

Taliban say Pakistan govt should show seriousness about talks

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 23:58

Pakistani Taliban, which carried out string of deadly attacks on security forces, on Friday claimed it was stronger than before and the government should show seriousness about holding talks with it.

Taliban say Pak military convoy attack in revenge for Mehsud`s death

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:07

Twenty soldiers were killed when a bomb hit a Pakistani Army convoy in Bannu near North Waziristan on Sunday morning.

Senior PLM-N leader escapes bid on life in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 16:31

Amir Muqam, an advisor to Pakistan`s Prime Minister, today narrowly escaped an attempt on his life in the country`s restive northwest though six security personnel were killed in the roadside bomb attack.

Senior PLM-N leader escapes bid on life in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 16:20

Amir Muqam, an advisor to Pakistan`s Prime Minister, today narrowly escaped an attempt on his life in the country`s restive northwest though six security personnel were killed in the roadside bomb attack.

Taliban invoke Sachin Tendulkar to defend `martyr` tag for militants

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 11:25

The Pakistani Taliban have contended that those opposed to referring to dead militants as martyrs are like persons who do not want cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar to be praised because he is an Indian.

`Pakistani Taliban threaten to target US Embassy`

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 16:45

The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened to attack the US Embassy here in the wake of the killing of its former chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone attack, a media report said today.

Stop misuse of Afghan territory against Pakistan: Spokesman

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

Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry Wednesday said Pakistan has made it clear to Afghanistan several times that it should not allow the use of its territory against Pakistan.

Not anti-US, anti-India, I am against their policies: Imran Khan

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 13:27

Amid growing perception that he is batting for the Pakistani Taliban, cricketer-turned- politician Imran Khan has said he is neither anti-US nor anti-India but was against "their policies".

Pakistani Taliban vows revenge after leader`s killing

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 11:47

Confirming the killing of senior leader of the Haqqani Network, Naseeruddin Haqqani, the Pakistani Taliban has vowed to take revenge of the murder.

TTP links release of former VC to Fazlullah`s father-in-law

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 21:12

The Pakistani Taliban on Sunday said it is ready to swap former Vice-Chancellor of a university kidnapped in 2010 for the arrested father-in-law of new Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah.

Pakistani Taliban put on hold naming of new chief

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 22:53

The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday put on hold a decision to make Khan Syed alias Sajna its new chief after the killing of warlord Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike when several militant commanders opposed the move.