Taliban gun down Pak provincial minister's son

The son of a provincial minister was gunned down by militants at Nowshera in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, the police said. Mian Rashid Hussain, the son of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Information......

9000 Blackwater agents in Islamabad, says Jamiat

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman has claimed that 9,000 agents of US-based private security firm Blackwater are operational in Islamabad. The Daily Times quoted Fazl as saying that......

Pakistan begins peace talks with Taliban

Pakistan government has started peace talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban and other militant groups across the restive northwestern tribal areas in anticipation of an early withdrawal of NATO troops......

5 killed in suicide attack in Peshawar

A suicide bomber on Monday struck a police vehicle in Peshawar, killing five persons, including a police official, officials said. The bomber struck Deputy Superintendent of Police Abdur Rashid......