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Hillary Clinton hints at cutting Pakistan aid
Hillary Clinton said that US can cut aid to Pakistan until it sees some changes in relationship.
The United States is not prepared to continue the same levels of military aid to Pakistan unless it sees some changes in the relationship, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.
"When it comes to our military aid, we are not prepared to continue...
Marvi Memon resigns as MNA, PML-Q member
Marvi also vowed not to take back her resignation.
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) MNA Marvi Memon has resigned from the National Assembly as well as from the basic party membership on Wednesday.
Talking to the media outside the Parliament House, she said that PML-Q could not come to the expectations of the people. She said that the party leadership was...
Four Pak Army majors grilled over HT links
The Pakistan Army said it had questioned four majors over links to Hizb-ut-Tahrir.
Their questioning followed the arrest of a brigadier who was serving in General Headquarters (GHQ) in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
Brigadier Ali Khan, detained last month, was the highest-ranking serving officer arrested in a decade. His detention was announced only Tuesday.
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Nawaz, Zardari locked in verbal duel
Charging up political landscape, Nawaz Sharif hit back at Zardari for calling him “Maulvi Nawaz”.
Addressing an election rally in Pulandri, AJK, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif lashed out at “violators of the constitution”. He said Pakistan is going through a critical phase. He warned the country’s sovereignty was at stake and its future could be terrible.
On...
Osama’s widow to return to Yemen: brother
The youngest widow of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden will return home to Yemen from Pakistan in the coming days, her brother said Wednesday. Amal Abdulfattah’s family was informed by "the foreign ministries of Yemen and Pakistan of plans concerning the return of Amal and her five children to Yemen in the coming days," Zakariya Abdulfattah...
Justice Javed to head Abbottabad Judicial commission
Justice Saqib Nisar will head commission on Saleem Shehzad’s killing.
Earlier the government appointed Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Saqib Nisar but they reused as the CJP Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was not taken into confidence.
Journalists’ body moved the court for judicial commission on Saleem Shehzad’s killing.
The government will appoint rest of...
Miss California named Miss USA
A 21-year-old "history geek" representing California was named Miss USA at the annual beauty pageant in Las Vegas on Sunday. Alyssa Campanella, who was born and raised in New Jersey which she represented at the Miss Teen USA contest in 2007, was considered among the favorites by pageant experts. She will represent the United States at the Miss...
Angelina Jolie visits refugees who fled Libya and Tunisia
Angelina Jolie traveled to the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday to thank its residents for welcoming in the estimated 20,000 migrants who arrived after fleeing unrest in Tunisia and Libya. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, toured a migrant holding center, chatted with some refugees and then participated in...
"The Bold and the Beautiful" wins 4 Emmys as TV soap selection slims
"The Bold and the Beautiful" won four trophies — including drama series honors for the third consecutive year — at the Daytime Emmys, which will have two fewer soap operas to celebrate next year. The ABC shows "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" are leaving the air after more than 40 years because of declining ratings....
Venus back in the groove at Wimbledon
Five-time champion Venus Williams cruised into the second round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Uzbekistan’s Akgul Amanmuradova on Monday. Venus had missed most of the last five months after suffering a hip injury that forced her to pull out of the Australian Open during a third round match against Andrea Petkovic. But the 31-year-old has...