Posts Tagged ‘region’
MIRAMSHAH, Pakistan News: At least 5 people were killed and several injured when a US drone hit a suspected militants’ hideout in Deghan, North Waziristan on Tuesday. According to sources, the US drone fired two missiles at a house in Deghan, killing 5 people. Several drone strikes have been carried out in the above-mentioned area in the last few days
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: SC Issues Detailed Verdict in NRO Petitions, Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued its detailed verdict in the petitions against the legality of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), A 17-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry had unanimously declared the NRO void ab initio on Dec 16, 2009 following days of hearings in several identical petitions filed against the law.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: The Spokesman of Foreign Office Monday said Indian Foreign Secretary’s vitriolic remarks against Pakistan yet again reveal that the Indian government persists in its propaganda campaign that only vitiates the atmosphere, darkens the horizon and dampens hopes for peace and tranquility in South Asia. Abdul Basit, in a statement, said “We have seen the remarks made by the Indian Foreign Secretary in a television interview yesterday.” He said Pakistan firmly rejects the assertions of state- sponsored terrorism and invites India to a deep introspection of its own policies and conduct, notably in Jammu and Kashmir as elsewhere
New Delhi: Sania Mirza Says She Will Quit Tennis After Marriage, India’s most successful female tennis player Sania Mirza revealed that she will hang up her racquet after getting married. Sania, who got engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza in July 2009, did not elaborate when she plans to marry but said she will bid adieu to the game after tying the nuptial knot
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Pakistan warned India on Wednesday against its relentless pursuit of military preponderance and said it would have severe consequences for peace and security in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region. The National Command Authority, which met here under Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, took serious note of recent Indian statements about conducting conventional military strikes under a nuclear umbrella and said such irresponsible statements reflected a hegemonic mindset, oblivious of dangerous implications of adventurism in a nuclearised context. The NCA also took note of the developments detrimental to the objectives of strategic stability in the region.




