By Lisa Lundquist While the US has been distracted by the presidential election, the Syrian conflict, and jihadist outbursts in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, the Gaza strip and elsewhere, Pakistan has been moving at a glacial pace to restore NATO's critical oil supply line to Afghanistan. The logistical supply lines, but not the oil supply lines, were opened in July after an apology two months earlier by Secretary ...

By Claudette Roulo The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said yesterday that a post-raid assessment concluded there is no evidence that the Pakistani government knew the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. [caption id="attachment_3855" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Navy Adm. William H. McRaven, right, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, talks with Charlie Rose, a CBS executive editor and ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi For nearly 200 years, the measure of a nation’s progress has been its capacity to westernise. Today, to a great extent, China has shifted this narrative.In the last three decades, China has lifted more than 500 million of its people out of poverty, according to the World Bank. The scale and speed of China’s growth are unprecedented. The world has never seen anything like the rise o ...

Israel made history Wednesday when it began live-tweeting its own strike on the Gaza Strip. Now that the initial shock is over, the questions are setting in: Are governments allowed to use Twitter that way? And even if they can, should they? A rumor widely circulated Thursday morning claimed that the Israel Defense Forces’ Twitter account, @IDFSpokesperson, went down for a 40-minute period, but neither Twit ...

Rawalpindi—The Chief Minister of Indian Province Bihar Natish Kumar has said that the borders cannot become a hurdle in the relations of love, affection and culture between India and Pakistan. He expressed these views during his visit to Katas Raj Temple at Choa Saiden Shah Wednesday. via Borders no hurdle in relations between India, Pakistan: Bihar CM. ...

LAHORE: The Multan police, led by RPO Aamir Zulfiqar, have arrested five terrorists of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP’s) Qari Yasin Group during a successful operation in Multan.This was stated by Inspector General of Police (IGP), Punjab, Muhammad Habib-ur-Rehman while addressing a press conference at the Police Club, Lahore, on Wednesday. via Five TTP terrorists arrested in Lahore: IGP - thenews.com ...

Pakistan has major problems with its system of governance, but there have also been many positive developments in recent years that have strengthened democracy in the country, said MNA Ahsan Iqbal of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Wednesday. via Report on political parties: ‘It’s not all bad news on democracy’ – The Express Tribune. ...

“The Security Council must urge Israel to immediately cease its military action and guarantee protection of the civilian population.” “This escalation is not in the interest of Palestine, Israel, the Quartet or the larger international community who are all striving to work for peace and stability, not for death and destruction.” via Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - At UN, P ...