US accuses Pakistan’s Geo TV of bias

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Late former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto had asked the country's now-disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan to provide nuclear weapon know-how to Iran, a British newspaper reported Sunday.

September 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Sixteen Indian fishermen have been arrested for entering Pakistan's territorial waters, authorities said Sunday. Maritime Security Agency (MSA) caught the 16 Indian fishermen over violation of Pakistans sea limits and their three vessels were also taken into custody, Geo TV reported.

September 13th, 2009 KARACHI - At least 16 Indian fishermen along with their three boats were nabbed by Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on Sunday for violating Pakistani waters. "16 Indian fishermen boarding three vessels were arrested over intruding Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) within Pakistan sea limits," The News quoted MSA spokesperson, as saying.

August 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Thursday criticised the expulsion of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh from the party for his praise of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah saying India still has prejudice and bias against the country even 62 years after partition. The PML-N said Singh's expulsion shows the real face of India that boasts of great democracy in the world, the Online news agency reported.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Dr. Samar Mobarakmend, member, planning commission for science and technology, Government of Pakistan, has said that the country's first satellite would be launched in April, 2011.

June 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wants the world at large and the US in particular to play a role in resolving its disputes with India, including that of Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday. The resolution of Pakistans core issues would help it focus on the war against extremism and terrorism on its western border to ensure peace and stability in South Asia, APP news agency quoted Gilani as saying when visiting US National Security Advisor James Jones called on him here.

June 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan cannot remain oblivious to the dangers posed by India's nuclear weapons but its own programme was purely of defensive nature, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani declared Monday. Pakistans emphasis on nuclear energy for peaceful purposes had shifted towards concerns for national security when India detonated a nuclear device in 1974, Gilani said while addressing scientists at the Quaid-e-Azam Universitys National Centre for Physics here.

June 18th, 2009 Israel accuses IAEA chief of bias on SyriaVIENNA — Israel accused the head of the U.N. atomic agency of political bias in its probe of Syria Thursday, provoking a bitter response by the agency chief.

May 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan's nuclear weapons are the cornerstone of its deterrence and there is complete national consensus on this, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani maintained Friday. "We are determined to retain nuclear deterrence at all cost and no compromise will be made on our core security interest," APP news agency quoted him as saying while chairing a meeting of the Strategic Planning Division (SPD) at the PM House in Islamabad.

May 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - About 10,000 security personnel are guarding Pakistans nuclear arsenal and Western fears about the safety of the weapons are unfounded, a senior official has said. Air Commodore Khalid Banuri, director of arms control and disarmament affairs at the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), said that Pakistans command and control structure for the weapons was better than that of many other nuclear-armed states, and many countries had officially acknowledged this, DawnNews reported Thursday.

April 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A blast took place in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province Wednesday, authorities said. The blast occurred when a funeral procession was passing by a house under construction in Muryali area of Dera Ismail Khan Wednesday, the News International reported.

April 22nd, 2009 PCB official accuses ICC of double standardsISLAMABAD — Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed has accused cricket's governing body of adopting double standards in removing Pakistan as co-host of the 2011 World Cup due to security fears, local media reported Wednesday. "The decision reflects the double standards of the body whose primary job is to take all important decisions with utmost impartiality.

March 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The 325 megawatts (MW) Chashma Nuclear Power Plant has been reportedly shut down after it developed some technical snag. According to The News, the plant was closed down after a fault was detected in the special motor which ensures the cooling of reactor.

February 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six suspects, including Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, allegedly involved in the Mumbai terror attacks were sent to 14-day remand by a court here, Geo TV reported Sunday. Officials at Pakistan's foreign office said Saturday that the Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court has issued a 14-day physical remand of the six alleged suspects, into the custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

December 23rd, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's interior ministry has alerted the provinces that two militant organisations could attempt attacks at gatherings and processions during the holy month of Moharram. 'It said this in a communication sent to the four provincial governments and law enforcing agencies,' The News reported on its website.