Pakistan Senate Committee

The US needs to "squeeze out" safe havens from Pakistan for achieving a long-term stability in Afghanistan, a top American General nominated to head the US and NATO forces in the war-torn country said today.

Pakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-range tactical ones, that bring more risks to the region, America's intelligence chief warned today.

Pakistan is "harbouring terrorists" and using them as "reserve" in Afghanistan, a top US intelligence official has told lawmakers. Pakistan wants to see an Afghanistan that "does not have heavy Indian influence," Lt Gen Vincent Stewart, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency told members of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee during a Congr...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Rana Afzal Khan raised the issue during a meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Sports

A Pakistani Senate committee on Tuesday declared the conversion of Hindu girls to Islam as un-Islamic and also expressed concern over the practice.

Two top Republican lawmakers have accused Pakistan of "duplicity" when it comes to fighting terrorism as they criticised the Obama administration for giving away US taxpayers' money to Islamabad.

The US government said on Friday that it had approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. The deal includes up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment valued at $699 million.

The US has been under pressure from foreign governments to be more transparent in accounting for the civilian deaths caused by drone strikes.

A Pakistani parliamentary panel wants to bar foreign security contractors from working in Pakistan and is also against foreign military bases, especially American ones. Members of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security led by Senator Raza Rabbani on Saturday unanimously agreed on the two clauses, the Dawn reported. The draft said any ac...

The United States wants its relations with Pakistan to remain positive, but their interests sometimes differed as Pakistan considered India as an existential threat, Washington's intelligence chief told the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.

A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said on Sunday that the U.S. should consider military action against Pakistan if it continues to support terrorist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan.

Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Standing Committee on sports claims to have contacted the ICC to discuss allegations of match-fixing in Pakistan cricket.

Pakistan's Senate Standing Committee on sports and culture has summoned PCB officials to explain why Younus Khan was ignored for the tour of England.

Pakistan's Senate and National Assembly committee on sports announced that they would be holding inquiries into the team's poor show in World T20.

Pakistan National Assembly and Senate Standing Committees on Sports have been left stunned by the Cricket Board's administrative expenses.

The US needs to "squeeze out" safe havens from Pakistan for achieving a long-term stability in Afghanistan, a top American General nominated to head the US and NATO forces in the war-torn country said today.

Pakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-range tactical ones, that bring more risks to the region, America's intelligence chief warned today.

Pakistan is "harbouring terrorists" and using them as "reserve" in Afghanistan, a top US intelligence official has told lawmakers. Pakistan wants to see an Afghanistan that "does not have heavy Indian influence," Lt Gen Vincent Stewart, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency told members of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee during a Congr...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Rana Afzal Khan raised the issue during a meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Sports

A Pakistani Senate committee on Tuesday declared the conversion of Hindu girls to Islam as un-Islamic and also expressed concern over the practice.

Two top Republican lawmakers have accused Pakistan of "duplicity" when it comes to fighting terrorism as they criticised the Obama administration for giving away US taxpayers' money to Islamabad.

The US government said on Friday that it had approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. The deal includes up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment valued at $699 million.

The US has been under pressure from foreign governments to be more transparent in accounting for the civilian deaths caused by drone strikes.

A Pakistani parliamentary panel wants to bar foreign security contractors from working in Pakistan and is also against foreign military bases, especially American ones. Members of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security led by Senator Raza Rabbani on Saturday unanimously agreed on the two clauses, the Dawn reported. The draft said any ac...

The United States wants its relations with Pakistan to remain positive, but their interests sometimes differed as Pakistan considered India as an existential threat, Washington's intelligence chief told the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.

A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said on Sunday that the U.S. should consider military action against Pakistan if it continues to support terrorist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan.

Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Standing Committee on sports claims to have contacted the ICC to discuss allegations of match-fixing in Pakistan cricket.

Pakistan's Senate Standing Committee on sports and culture has summoned PCB officials to explain why Younus Khan was ignored for the tour of England.

Pakistan's Senate and National Assembly committee on sports announced that they would be holding inquiries into the team's poor show in World T20.

Pakistan National Assembly and Senate Standing Committees on Sports have been left stunned by the Cricket Board's administrative expenses.