Taliban arrogance

PESHAWAR - Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan said on Sunday that selective targeting of the political parties and candidates was the decision of the Taliban Shura. Replying to a query about sparing PTI, JUI-F, JI and ...

Ehsanullah Ehsan says TTP is not involved in this attack. MIRANSHAH (AFP) - Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday denied anything to do with explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in Boston. "We believe in attacking US ...

The Taliban's offer for peace talks should be taken seriously as every issue cannot be solved through use of power and bullet, Pakistan's prime minister-designate Nawaz Sharif said Monday. Holding negotiations was the only way to effectively solve ...

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday threw his support behind peace talks with the country's Taliban insurgents, saying it would be a top priority for his new government."If Taliban have offered us an option to ...

ISLAMABAD: Restoring peace in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa will be a major challenge for the incoming provincial government, says Sirajul Haq, the finance minister-designate in the provincial cabinet. But it [the provincial government] will have little ...

The life of a Pakistani politician is fraught with life-threatening situations. In recent years, several high-profile politicians have been assassinated: former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, and Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and Minority ...

ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the outlawed umbrella of militant groups blamed for most violence in the country, said late Wednesday that they do not rule out a 'ceasefire' if the new government 'shows seriousness' to their ...

One of the daunting challenges that Mian Nawaz Sharif would be confronted with, soon after taking the reins of government as Prime Minister, would be how to deal with the Pakistani Taliban and their counterparts in Afghanistan. During his election ...

The party shall remain under watch for its preferences The way the PML-N tried to build bridges with erstwhile competitor Imran Khan has been widely noted. So were suggestions from the party to entrust the office of the National Assembly speaker ...