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As many as 1,000 vehicles became stranded as would-be tourists reportedly rushed to view the winter snowfall in the hilltop town of Murree. A policeman, his wife and their six children, as well as another family-of-five, are among the dead, according to local emergency services Rescue 1122. The military is attempting to clear roads and rescue those still trapped. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said the crisis had been caused by the number of people travelling to the area, north of the capital Islamabad. More than 100,000 cars had arrived in the colonial-era town in recent days, with social media in...

WASHINGTON: Troubled over Pakistan government's concession to the Taliban in the Swat Valley, a top Obama administration official has said the US would not like "bad guys" to get hold of any territory in the country. "We are troubled and confused in the sense about what happened in Swat, because it is not an encouraging trend," Richard Holbrooke, the Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan told the PBS news channel in an interview. Having just returned from South Asia wherein he met leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, Holbrooke said the Pakistanis are shocked at the fall of the...

MUMBAI: Mumbai police have said that terror groups have approached Dawood Ibrahim to kill Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive after the November 26 Mumbai attacks, said TV reports. Sources from the intelligence agencies said that underworld don Chhota Shakeel, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim, has been given a contract to kill Kasab. Shakeel is believed to be hiding in Pakistan with help coming from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. According to an intelligence sources, the plot came to light on January 29 when a Research and Analysis Wing branch of Gujarat's Bhuj district intercepted a telephonic conversation from...

Pakistan's army says an operation to flush out militants from a mosque in Islamabad is in its final stages - 24 hours after troops stormed the complex. Several explosions were heard after dawn on Wednesday and sporadic gunfire. During heavy fighting on Tuesday, the Red Mosque's militant cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi and some 50 of his supporters were killed, the army said. Students at the mosque and its attached religious schools have waged a campaign for months pressing for Sharia law. On Tuesday, eight soldiers also died, and some 50 women and children were freed. Pakistan's military spokesman Gen Waheed...

Jerusalem, May 30. (PTI): A Pakistan-born British national, Iyaz Ali, was arrested by the Israel Security Agency (ISA) and the police earlier this month, for assisting Hamas in transferring funds and helping its various institutions, the Prime Minister's office said. Ali, arrested on the 10th of this month, has admitted to being a member of the UK-based Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), which is suspected of supporting Hamas, it said in a statement. He has confessed of working for IRWF's Gaza branch as a project director since December 2005 and his involvement in transferring funds and assistance to various Hamas institutions,...

President Bush vowed that the world's most-wanted terrorists — al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden and Taliban ruler Mullah Mohammad Omar — would not elude authorities forever."It's not a matter of if they're captured or brought to justice, it's when they're brought to justice," Bush said during a five-hour visit en route to a long-planned trip to nearby India and Pakistan. Today's stop was the first opportunity for Bush to see first-hand how Afghanistan has changed since the U.S. overthrew the Taliban following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, sending bin Laden and Omar into hiding.The president's words were unusually...

PTI, Kabul, Oct 24: The Afghan Sikhs, slowly trickling back to their homeland after the ouster of the fundamentalist Taliban regime, have appealed to the Indian government to allow them travel between the two countries overland via Pakistan. Mr Ravinder Singh, a member of the Afghan Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee, complained to visiting Indian newsmen here recently that most of the Sikh families could not afford direct air travel to India. “We appeal to the Indian government to allow us entry overland via Pakistan,” he said. The Indian government had imposed a ban on overland entry of Afghan Sikhs following warning...

Pakistan's tribal fight in Waziristan Compiled by Ben Arnoldy from AP and Reuters March 16-28, 2004: A major Pakistani operation against foreign militants and their local supporters in Waziristan leaves 130 dead, including 48 security forces. The Power of the Tribe Part 1 of 2 Key to governing Afghans: the clans Related stories: 06/21/04 Pakistan killing weakens Al Qaeda, inflames tribes 06/14/04 Pakistan launches new tribal offensive 03/23/04 Pakistan marks pro-Al Qaeda clan E-mail newsletters Get all of today's headlines, or alerts on specific topics. Subscribe for free. E-mail this story Write a letter to the Editor Printer-friendly version April...