Ahmed Mukhtar

In a U-turn from his earlier remark, Pakistan's former defence minister Ahmed Mukhtar on Wednesday denied that top civilian and military leadership had knowledge of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's presence in the country.

Mukhtar Ahmed is hoping for some normalcy in his life, now that he's back in his home village in Poonch in Jammu. Mukhtar is not just any villager of the area. A militant, training for 10 years in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), he decided to give up arms and returned to India last week, with his Pakistani wife and three kids hoping to lead a life...

Political turmoil deepened in Pakistan as the country's anti-corruption agency barred Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar from leaving the country and has also banned 250 other officials from going abroad following the Supreme Court striking down the graft amnesty.

Pakistan's Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, one of the beneficiaries of a graft amnesty struck down by the Supreme Court, was on Thursday barred by authorities from travelling to China.

In a U-turn from his earlier remark, Pakistan's former defence minister Ahmed Mukhtar on Wednesday denied that top civilian and military leadership had knowledge of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's presence in the country.

Mukhtar Ahmed is hoping for some normalcy in his life, now that he's back in his home village in Poonch in Jammu. Mukhtar is not just any villager of the area. A militant, training for 10 years in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), he decided to give up arms and returned to India last week, with his Pakistani wife and three kids hoping to lead a life...

Political turmoil deepened in Pakistan as the country's anti-corruption agency barred Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar from leaving the country and has also banned 250 other officials from going abroad following the Supreme Court striking down the graft amnesty.

Pakistan's Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, one of the beneficiaries of a graft amnesty struck down by the Supreme Court, was on Thursday barred by authorities from travelling to China.