Ahmad Mukhtar

Explosions and gunfire rang out as terrorists stormed the elite American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, prompting desperate calls for help from students trapped inside classrooms, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital.

Pakistan's top civilian and military leadership knew about Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's presence in the country much before the US Navy SEALs killed him in a raid in 2011, the then defence minister of Pakistan has claimed.

A clerics' body in Varanasi has controversially extended support to one of the candidates after the end of campaigning.

Pakistan's Lower House of Parliament, the National Assembly, will elect the new Prime Minister at a special session to be convened on Friday. Minister for Textiles Makhdoom Shahabuddin and Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar are strong contenders for the post.

Pakistan today threatened to pull back its troops from the border with Afghanistan, as Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said his country could not afford to keep forces deployed there following the suspension of US military assistance.Reacting to the Obama Administration's decision to suspend USD 800 million aid to Pakistan, Mr Mukhtar said ...

Explosions and gunfire rang out as terrorists stormed the elite American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, prompting desperate calls for help from students trapped inside classrooms, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital.

Pakistan's top civilian and military leadership knew about Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's presence in the country much before the US Navy SEALs killed him in a raid in 2011, the then defence minister of Pakistan has claimed.

A clerics' body in Varanasi has controversially extended support to one of the candidates after the end of campaigning.

Pakistan's Lower House of Parliament, the National Assembly, will elect the new Prime Minister at a special session to be convened on Friday. Minister for Textiles Makhdoom Shahabuddin and Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar are strong contenders for the post.

Pakistan today threatened to pull back its troops from the border with Afghanistan, as Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said his country could not afford to keep forces deployed there following the suspension of US military assistance.Reacting to the Obama Administration's decision to suspend USD 800 million aid to Pakistan, Mr Mukhtar said ...