Islamabad, Apr. 11: The Swat Taliban has established its grip over new areas in the Buner region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
A day earlier, the Taliban had announced that it would move out of the region.
According to sources Taliban fighters have also taken control of the shrine of Sufi saint Pir Baba in the region.
"They (Taliban) have taken control of vast areas in Buner. They are freely moving around while police and other law-enforcement personnel remain confined to their posts," the Dawn quoted a local living near the shrine, as saying.
Lahore, Apr. 11: Pakistan is banking upon its spinners to tackle the new but exceptionally talented Australian batting line-up in the forthcoming UAE one day international series.
Coach Intikhab Alam said he would be relying more on spinners in the series as the Kangaroos are not great players of spin bowling.
"I noticed them going down to spin against South Africa and luckily we have three quality spinners, which we could use against them," The Nation quoted Alam, as saying.
Lahore, Apr. 11: Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has once again come under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-doping scanner ahead of the forthcoming one-day international series against Australia in the UAE.
Sources said Akhtar’s mysterious and sudden increase in fitness levels just weeks after suffering a major knee injury could attract the ICC’s attention.
The ICC has made an International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) which includes top players from the eight leading ODI teams in the world.
Islamabad, Apr. 11: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to discuss the arrest of eleven Pakistani-origin citizens in Britain and other issues such as the European Union-Pakistan Summit and the Friends of Democratic Pakistan meeting.
According to sources, Miliband asked Islamabad for more cooperation in order to stop alleged terrorists from travelling to Britain.
Washington, Apr. 11 : Pakistan has expressed its unhappiness over the `stringed' US aid, terming the conditions put under the new AFPAK policy as `intrusive'.
Addressing delegates at the Washington think-tank, the Atlantic Council, with his Afghan counterpart, Pakistan's envoy to the United States Hussain Haqqani said America must understand the root cause of extremism in the region.
"Once again there's talk of fixing Afghanistan and Pakistan. Please do not fix us. The world is not a problem for America to fix. The world is a place for the Americans to understand," the Dawn quoted Haqqani, as saying.
Lahore, Apr 10 : Pakistan on Friday claimed that it has credible evidence of Indian involvement in the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team last month.
"With the help of intelligence agencies, there has been considerable progress in this case. One thing is for sure that there is an Indian hand behind the attack. I must tell you that there is credible evidence of Indian involvement in the attack," Lahore police chief Pervez Rathore told reporters here.
Islamabad, Apr. 11: The Swat Taliban has established its grip over new areas in the Buner region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Lahore, Apr. 11: Pakistan is banking upon its spinners to tackle the new but exceptionally talented Australian batting line-up in the forthcoming UAE one day international series.
Lahore, Apr. 11: Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has once again come under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-doping scanner ahead of the forthcoming one-day international series against Australia in the UAE.
Islamabad, Apr. 11: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to discuss the arrest of eleven Pakistani-origin citizens in Britain and other issues such as the European Union-Pakistan Summit and the Friends of Democratic Pakistan meeting.
Lahore, Apr 10 : Pakistan on Friday claimed that it has credible evidence of Indian involvement in the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team last month.
