Problems remain for Swat people as Taliban turn common criminalsSeptember 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Problems for people in Swat and Malakand Divisions are far from over as the crime rate in the valley has witnessed a sudden rise in the recent past. With the incidents of kidnapping for ransom increasing, local residents say it is the remnant Taliban fighters who have taken to the petty crimes in order to survive.
Archaeologists stumble on gemstone with Alexander's portraitSeptember 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Archaeologists have uncovered a rare gemstone engraved with the portrait of Alexander the Great during excavations at Tel Dor in Israel. This tiny gem was dug up by a volunteer during excavations by a team from the University of Washington-Seattle.
Greek aid volunteer kidnapped in PakistanSeptember 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Greek aid volunteer was kidnapped in Pakistan's northern Chitral district bordering Afghanistan, media reports said Wednesday. More than a dozen gunmen invaded the house of Athanasius Lerounis Tuesday in the region's scenic Kalash Valley and seized him after killing a police guard, The News reported.
India still a threat for Pakistan: NizamiAugust 16th, 2009 LAHORE - Threat from India still looms large over Pakistan, well known Pakistani journalist and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has said. Addressing the seventh ideological training workshop of teachers organised by Nazria Pakistan Trust, Nizami criticised President Asif Ali Zardari for saying that India no longer remained a threat for Pakistan.
80 percent of Pakistanis consider Taliban a threat to their country: ReportJuly 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban is loosing support among the people of Pakistan, as about 80 percent of them are against the banned outfit and have termed it a threat for the country, a survey has revealed. According to a World Public Opinion (WPO) report, about 80 percent of the Pakistanis are against the Taliban.
Despite security concerns, Pak to hold festival at world's highest polo groundJuly 1st, 2009 PESHAWAR - Pakistan's traditional Shandur Polo Festival will be held from 7th to 9th of July at world's highest polo ground in Chitral. The NWFP Minister for Population Welfare, Saleem Khan, has announced that Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and NWFP Chief Minister Haider Khan Hoti would attend the final match on July 9th, the Dawn reports.
Pak military continues to pound Taliban hideouts, 15 militants killed in BajaurJune 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Army has reportedly killed 15 more Taliban insurgents, and injured seven others in its operation in the Charmang area of Bajaur Agency. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), intensifying its operation in the region, the security forces killed four more militants in Buner District.
Radical insiders, not Taliban real threat to Pak nukes: ExpertsMay 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - There has been a persistent tension in the international community regarding the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, and fears about it falling into the hands of the Taliban and other extremists has kept the world on tenterhooks. If concerns of experts are anything to go by, the real danger to Pakistan's nuclear establishments does not comes from extremists but from radical insiders within the government.
I knew Swat peace deal with 'irrational' Taliban wouldn't work: ZardariMay 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Asif Ali Zardari has said he knew the Swat peace deal with the Taliban would not work, even as the Pakistan Army intensified its operation against the militant group in the troubled region. The Pakistani Army's advance in Swat marks the failure of Islamabad's boldest attempt yet to compromise with the Taliban.
Taliban's 'nebulous' shadow impossible to control: Pakistani mediaMay 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban's 'nebulous' shadow is looming far beyond its strongholds, threatening large sections of the citizenry, particularly women, and is almost impossible to control, an editorial in a leading Pakistani English daily said Thursday. Another editorial said the ideology the Taliban sought to impose 'makes the worst excesses of fascist dictatorship pale by comparison'.
Taliban threat to mankind, admits Pak High Commissioner to BritainMay 6th, 2009 LONDON - Admitting that the Taliban pose an existential threat to his country, Pakistan High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan has said that the outlawed outfit is a threat to the mankind as well, and there was an immediate need to eliminate it. Speaking in the House of Parliament, Hasan said the Taliban should not be compared with Islam.
Pakistan expanding its nuclear capability: ReportMay 5th, 2009 LONDON - Despite the growing international concerns about the safety of the nuclear arsenals in the country amid the expanding writ of the Taliban, Pakistan is expanding its nuclear capability, the Guardian reports. David Albright, former weapons inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has claimed that two plutonium-producing reactors are nearing completion at Khushab, about 160 miles south-west of the capital, Islamabad.
Taliban threat to world peace: USApril 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has said on Wednesday that the Taliban are threat to the peace of world and it is not an easy task to get better of them. During a daily press briefing, the spokesman of US State Department, Robert Wood, said that the Taliban is threat to the peace of world.
Danger looms large over Islamabad due to Swat deal : HolbrookeApril 20th, 2009 LAHORE - The US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said that there is an increased risk of Islamabad being affected by the Swat deal inked between the Taliban and the government of Pakistan. "You cannot deal with these people by giving away territory.
Osama bin Laden hiding in Hindu Kush: United StatesMarch 16th, 2009 NEW YORK - World's biggest manhunt for Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has zeroed in on Chitral's stunning peaks and valleys. According to the "New York Daily News", Laden is somewhere in the impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan's Chitral region.
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