Pak goes to polls; coalition government likely

The US has said it is too early to comment on Pakistani Taliban's peace talks offer to Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif. "It would be premature for us to comment on any potential negotiations," a State Department spokesperson told PTI when ...

ISLAMABAD — The election of Nawaz Sharif as Pakistani prime minister may bode well for a wider détente with India, but dealing with the Taliban insurgency and relations with the military are uncertain, analysts said. Salma Malik, an assistant ...

Pakistani Taliban detonated bombs at the campaign offices of two politicians in the countrys northwest on Sunday killing nine people in an escalation of attacks on secular, left-leaning political...

That largely means Pakistan where top terrorist leaders of al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Taliban remain some in plain sight and some in hiding. There will be fewer strikes, no doubt, and only after they meet a higher threshold but Pakistan will ...

The Taliban are not willing to lay down arms; they do not accept Pakistans constitution and they do not believe in democracy! A couple of weeks before elections I had written that this election seemed to be between the pro-Taliban political parties ...

PESHAWAR: At least 16 Pakistani security personnel and two civilians died in two separate bomb attacks on Thursday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for a bomb that killed at least 12 Pakistani security personnel and two civilians in the ...

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani political party led by former cricket star Imran Khan is reportedly planning to hold immediate talks with the Taliban if, as expected, it takes control of the provincial assembly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The Pakistan ...

Islamabad: Pakistan, seen as critical to efforts to stabilize Afghanistan, is finding it difficult to work with President Hamid Karzai due to mistrust and is reaching out to others to advance the peace process, senior Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials say.

ISLAMABAD - US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson said holding of dialogue with Taliban is prerogative of the Pakistani government. Talking to media in Islamabad on Wednesday, Olson said any reservations regarding these proposed talks will depend ...