Lahore, Apr. 23 : The United States while expressing serious concerns over the Pakistan Government's decision to implement Islamic law is Swat Valley has raised questions over Pakistan army's capability to counter insurgency inside the country.
Senator Jack Reed, who accompanied another Senator Ted Kaufman on a visit to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, said that the increasing writ of Taliban in the country posed the greatest threat to the region.
Islamabad, Apr 23 : Pakistani senators have asked the PPP-led Government to revisit the NWFP Government’s peace agreement with the Taliban in Swat and also review Islamabad’s role in the US war on terror.
Debating on President Asif Ali Zardari’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament, the lawmakers said the federal government should ensure implementation of the recommendations of Parliamentary Committee on National Security.
The members also demanded of the government to review its foreign policy in the light of recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee, The Nation reported.
Peshawar, Apr. 23 : With the Taliban gaining grip in the region, regular courts in the North West Frontier Province's Buner area have stopped their operations fearing retaliation by the extremists.
The Daily Times reports that people are avoiding filing petitions for addressing their grievances.
Lahore, Apr. 23 : The United States is finding convincing Pakistan that the internal threat posed by extremism is a bigger threat to it than India, a "tough sell".
Delivering a lecture at the Harvard University, Central Command chief General David Petraeus said Islamabad must change its attitude towards New Delhi.
"The existential threat facing Pakistan is internal extremists and not India," The Daily Times quoted Petraeus, as saying.
Islamabad, Apr. 23 : The Pakistan Government appears to have thrown in the towel insofar as attempting to control the surge of the Taliban.
Militants affiliated to the outfit have established effective control over Buner District, which is 70 miles from Islamabad, and a law enforcement official said it is just a matter of time as to when the Taliban will take charge of Pakistan.
Islamabad, Apr. 23 : Pakistan has blamed India for the turbulent situation in Balochistan. The Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik told Senate members that New Delhi is backing the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) to cause disturbance and ignite insurgency in the region.
"Militant organisation raised by Russia during the Afghan war is now being backed by India," Malik said.
Lahore, Apr. 23 : The United States while expressing serious concerns over the Pakistan Government's decision to implement Islamic law is Swat Valley has raised questions over Pakistan army's capability to counter insurgency inside the country.
Islamabad, Apr 23 : Pakistani senators have asked the PPP-led Government to revisit the NWFP Government’s peace agreement with the Taliban in Swat and also review Islamabad’s role in the US war on terror.
Peshawar, Apr. 23 : With the Taliban gaining grip in the region, regular courts in the North West Frontier Province's Buner area have stopped their operations fearing retaliation by the extremists.
Lahore, Apr. 23 : The United States is finding convincing Pakistan that the internal threat posed by extremism is a bigger threat to it than India, a "tough sell".
Islamabad, Apr. 23 : The Pakistan Government appears to have thrown in the towel insofar as attempting to control the surge of the Taliban.
Islamabad, Apr. 23 : Pakistan has blamed India for the turbulent situation in Balochistan. The Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik told Senate members that New Delhi is backing the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) to cause disturbance and ignite insurgency in the region.
