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PILDAT says Feb 8 polls record lowest fairness score since 2013

  The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has issued a report detailing its assessment of the recently-concluded general election, expressing deep concerns over a decline in fairness scores compared to previous election cycles.

US announces 500 new scholarships for flood-affected students in Pakistan

  The United States government on Tuesday announced 500 new scholarships for Pakistani university students from flood-affected districts to “assist them in completing their degrees”. 

'US under Donald Trump has become unreliable’: Austrian chancellor

  Kurz and Merkel are not the only EU politicians to question Washington’s commitment to its European partners Austrian Chancellor has questioned the reliability of US and noted that The US, under Donald Trump's administration, is becoming increasingly unpredictable and “unreliable” to its European partners, joining a chorus of EU members urging for more unity and self-reliance. 

North Korea calls US Vice-President Pence's comments 'stupid'

A senior North Korean official has dismissed remarks by US Vice-President Mike Pence as "stupid".

US General Blames Russia of supplying arms to Afghan Taliban

The head of US forces in Afghanistan, Gen John Nicholson, has accused Russia of supporting and supplying arms to the Afghan Taliban.

Un Marked Helicopters ferrying IS fighters in Afghanistan, MFA Russia

Ministry of Foreign Russian (MFA) has tweeted that it  has noticed a lot of unmarked helicopters ferrying IS fighters in Afghanistan.

U Turn, US expresses frustration over Saudi embargo on Qatar

File Photo Washington:  United States on Tuesday have warned Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States that they have failed to justify their embargo over Qatar, it further added that United States is "Mystified" over the issue.

President Trump’s travel ban on Muslim Migrants halted by a US judge

Protests are increasing against Trump's controversial policies  The controversial nationwide travel ban imposed on the travelers and immigrants of seven predominantly Muslim countries by US President Donald Trumup is now halted by a US judge this Friday.

Pakistan blames US for decades of instability in the region

Adviser to Pakistani PM Sartaj Aziz Pakistan has blamed US for "decades of instability" in the region, as Washington's policies are behind the rise of Militant groups, reported in Iranian Media .

Iran Releases 10 detained US Navy Sailors

Iran Revolutionary guards releases picture of detained US Navy Sailors from an undisclosed location Tehran : Iran releases 10 United States Navy sailors after they were arrested from Persian Gulf. The release came with in 24 hours of arrest, which was hailed by both countries as a sign of evolving relations between both countries after signing of nuclear accord.

Spain launches inquiry into US spying allegations

El Mundo also published a graphic it say was obtained from ex-NSA Contractor Snowden Madrid: Spain has launched a legal inquiry into reports of spying by U.S intelligence agencies of the millions of its citizens, reported Reuters News Agency . Attorney general of Spain reacted on the news published in El Mundo that reported that U.S has gathered data of about 60 million phone calls of Spanish citizens. 

US Rejects the Drone strikes report of Amnesty International

People protest against drone attacks with play card displaying the pictures of killed children Washington : United States has rejected the charges of war crimes laid by Amnesty International on drone attacks in tribal areas of Pakistan which has killed around 1000 innocent people.

US sought Pakistani help in averting Al Qaeda attack

"I need your help"  Bill Clinton to Nawaz Sharif Washington : Former United States president Bill Clinton sought Pakistan's help to avert an Al Qaeda attack on United States according to declassified document. Bill Clinton, being president of United States, telephoned Nawaz Sharif and asked him to use his influence over Taliban to stop Al Qaeda attack, says the declassified memorandum of the telephonic conversation made available by Bill Clinton Library in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

UN asks US to reveal the identities of civilians killed by Drones

US drones have killed about 2200 men including 400 civilians according to the report New York: United Nations has asked United States to revealed the identities of killed civilians by its drones in worldwide. US drones are mainly operating in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and other countries for reconnaissance and search and kill purpose.

Majority of Americans are faded with congress, Want a Third Party, A recent poll shows ,

Washington : Six out of Ten Americans say that they are faded with the performance of current Congress and they would prefer to replace each congress member with new one if they could  according to NBC News which conducted the Poll. According to the poll 70 percent of Americans  blamed Republicans and 51 percent blamed President Obama for putting their own agenda ahead of what should be a good for the country. On recovery of economy within next twelve months about 41 percent are thinking that it will worsen and only 17 percent think that it may recover. Most of people favored the idea of a third party in United States.

US, UK against Pakistani Nuclear Programme, Pakistan Defence Secretary

Islamabad : The Defence secretary of Pakistan Lt Gen (retd) Asif Yaseen Malik has said that the US and Britain both were against Pakistan’s nuclear programme disclosing that following the orders of (then) British prime minister, the British intelligence MI-6 had arrested the very first Pakistani nuclear engineer. 

Thousands of Yemenis Protested against US and Israel

Yemenis Protesting against US during Friday prayers Sana'a : Thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets to pretest against US and Israeli interference in country's internal matters. The demonstrators shouted slogans against the United States and the Israeli regime and called on the Yemeni government to halt its political and military cooperation with Washington. 

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Between Drone and Al Qaeda, Human Rights Watch report

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Taliban freed US soldier in exchange with five Gitmo prisoners

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Warid Telecom to launch 4G LTE services in Pakistan

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