Volcano ticking in Leepa Valley, Kaiserkote:AJK experts

G U KYANI

Rawalpindi, Aug 16: Experts based in AJK on Tuesday revealed that they have discovered a volcano and “fault line” in Leepa Valley and Kaisarkote areas adjacent to Karnah sector  near Line of Control (LoC) in AJK.  “A team of experts comprising professors and geologists of the AJK University More

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Nepalese parties stake claims to PM's post

SHIRISH B PRADHAN/PTI

Kathmandu, Aug 16: Nepal's major political parties today staked competing claims to lead a national government as the main opposition named Sher Bahadur Deuba as its prime ministerial candidate while Maoist party endorsed Baburam Bhattarai to lead a coalition. "Nepali Congress will field More

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Senior Chinese leader arrives in Kathmandu

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Kathmandu, Aug 16: Amid the political crisis in Nepal, China's top security czar arrived here today along with a 25-member delegation to discuss "mutual concerns" and promote bilateral ties. Zhou Yongkang, a Politburo Standing Committee member of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), More

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Violence revisits Karachi; 12 killed

Karachi, Aug 16: After a brief period of relative calm in Karachi, firing incidents claimed 12 lives in the last 24 hours, DawnNews reported. The dead included two people who were gunned down Tuesday morning. Assailants killed a man in Sector 4-F of Orangi Town while another person was targeted More

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12 killed in triple blasts in Khyber

Tirah Valley, Aug 16:  A series of three blasts took place in the Khyber Tribal region’s Tirah Valley on Tuesday killing 12 suspected militants and injuring several others, DawnNews reported. Security officers said that all of the dead were suspected militants. According to More

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A relief camp just for Gilani's visit

Islamabad, Aug 16: A relief camp was set up overnight ostensibly for those affected by the rains in Pakistan's Sindh province so that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could visit it to see firsthand what relief measures the government was providing, a media report said Tuesday. Dawn said More

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Pak denies giving China access to US chopper wreckage

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Aug 16: The Pakistani military today rejected reports in the Western media that it gave China access to the top secret stealth helicopter that crashed during the covert American raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May. Reacting to the media reports that quoted unnamed US officials More

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Islamabad residents say no to posters

Islamabad, Aug 16: Posters and flyers displaying information about upcoming events continue to be put up in the Pakistani capital. This has led to growing resentment among its citizens who say such posters were a nuisance. Residents lament that people who paste posters did not spare any public More

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US drone strike kills 4 militants in Pak

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 16: In a pre-dawn strike, a US drone today fired missiles at a compound and a vehicle in Pakistan's restive North  Waziristan tribal region infested by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants, killing at least four militants and injuring two others. The CIA-operated More

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Islamabad residents say no to posters

Islamabad, Aug 16: Posters and flyers displaying information about upcoming events continue to be put up in the Pakistani capital. This has led to growing resentment among its citizens who say such posters were a nuisance. Residents lament that people who paste posters did not spare any public More

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Pak police to issue sketches in American kidnapping case

M ZULQERNAIN/PTI

Lahore, Aug 16: Pakistani police today said they would issue sketches of suspects involved in the kidnapping of a US aid expert here even as officials considered the possibility of conducting a joint probe with the FBI. "We are going to issue sketches of one or two of the kidnappers that More

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Buddhist nun faces new ordeal in Nepal

SUDESHNA SARKAR

Kathmandu, Aug 16: Nearly two months after she was robbed and gangraped by five men in a bus in eastern Nepal and was controversially divested by the clergy of her right to remain a nun, a 21-year-old Buddhist nun from Nepal now faces a new ordeal with the district court opening the trial of her attackers More

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