Islamabad

ISLAMABAD - The Afghan Taliban has rejected reports about its chieftain Mullah Mohammed Omar being arrested in Karachi in March this year.

ISLAMABAD - The All Parties Conference planned by the Pakistan government to chalk out a strategy to counter the ever-expanding terror threat, is unlikely to recommend any military operation in Punjab, which has been hit hardest by militants in the recent past.

ISLAMABAD - Six years old Rabia is the latest casualty which has shocked Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province, where target killings, road side bomb blasts, land mine explosions, attacks on police check posts, trains, gas pipelines and electricity lines have become a routine affair now.

ISLAMABAD - Continuing their offensive against militants in the Federally Adminitered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistani fighter jets pounded several extremist hideouts killing at least 12 Taliban in the Orakzai Agency.

ISLAMABAD - Taking a cue from the Pakistan Government, the Taliban has said that it would launch its own 'media regulatory authority' to monitor television, radio channels and newspapers to desist them from running an anti-Islam 'propaganda'.