Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to pressure President Bush to halt its recent policy of escalating attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas during their upcoming meeting in New York. The recently elected President Zardari is under increasing pressure to...
A group calling itself Fedayeen Islam has claimed credit for Saturday's attack on the Islamabad Marriott Hotel. Though the authenticity of the claim could not be verified, Al-Arabiya television reported a correspondent received a text message containing a phone...
The rescue effort continues after yesterday's deadly suicide bombing on Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, and with the full toll of the blast still not known a nation which has become increasingly accustomed to terrorist attacks is now reflecting on the consequences of what...
A truck containing a metric ton of explosives slammed into the front gate of the five star Marriott Hotel in Islamabad today, in an incident some officials are already calling "Pakistan's 9/11". The attack has killed at least 60 people and injured 257 more, though it...
A truck filled with some 1,000 kilograms of explosives rammed into the front gate of the five star Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan today, killing at least 60 people and injuring some 200 others. The 290 room hotel is a popular location for foreign envoys and the...
Updating a previous story, it has now been three weeks since Pakistan's government declared its Ramadan ceasefire. With the Muslim holy month more than half way over the ceasefire still hasn't materialized, and though Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the...
Tensions between the United States and Pakistan continued to deteriorate today after Defense Secretary Robert Gates insisted that the United States has the right to launch attacks into Pakistani territory. Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani released a statement...
Updated 9/18 8:10 PM EST If last night's attack in South Waziristan threw into doubt Admiral Michael Mullen's earlier promise that the United States would respect Pakistan's sovereignty over its tribal areas amid reports of further planned US escalation in the region,...
Updated 9/18 10:35 AM EST US ties with Pakistan took another hit today after US drones launched yet another attack in the South Waziristan Agency, killing seven and injuring three others. Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani condemned the strike, which is just the...
Admiral Michael Mullen made a surprise visit to Pakistan yesterday. and according to the US Embassy he "reiterated the US commitment to respect Pakistan's sovereignty". Just hours later, US drones fired four missiles into South Waziristan, killing at least seven and...
