Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has extended its deadline till today, saying, “It is the Central Council which would take any decision regarding a possible action against the NWFP government,” reported a private TV channel late on Tuesday, quoting TTP spokesman Maulvi Umar. Maulvi Umar said that there had been informal contacts between the NWFP government and TTP, after the deadline given by Commander Baitullah Mehsud. However, he said the government has not come up with a clear stance so far. The negotiation process is possible if the government halts its actions against Taliban, he said,
Read full storyBELGRADE (Agencies) - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, the man accused of masterminding the massacre of tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslims during the brutal Balkans conflict, has been arrested after more than 13 years on the run. Karadzic, accused of ordering the deadly siege of Sarajevo and some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II - including the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica - was arrested by Serb authorities on a bus in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday night, his lawyer said. The capture of the so-called ‘Butcher of
Read full storyISLAMABAD - The crucial two-day meeting of four parties alliance holding the reins of power is scheduled here on Wednesday (today) to take stock of the prevailing political and economic unrest in the country in the backdrop of the ongoing military operation in the tribal areas. In the light of the background interviews with the leaders of coalition parties, the meeting would unlikely break the impasse on the prime difference between the PPP and PML-N on judges’ reinstatement. However, the parties could address some of the irritants marring the smooth functioning of the coalition
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