A polio case has been detected in Lahore in Eighteen-month-old Sana. She has been diagnosed with type P1 of the virus that has affected her left leg. The girl had not received any dose of vaccine since her birth, according to her father, Amir Ahmad.  Read more... (513 words, 1 image, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

An army transport helicopter crashed in the tribal region of Orakzai and Up to 26 Pakistani security personnel are feared dead as reported by BBC. The cause of the crash is unclear; the most likely explanation was a technical failure.  Read more... (210 words, 1 image, estimated 50 secs reading time)

Public opinion in Pakistan has turned sharply against the Taliban and other Islamist militants but Pakistanis still do not trust the United States and President Barack Obama, according to the results of a poll.  Read more... (485 words, 1 image, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

The noise of down fall of Musharraf is not silent yet. There has been scandals and news and views keeping him a popular personality for the media. Former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khwaja has sought a compensation of Rs700m for his alleged kidnapping and illegal confinement in 2007 and registration of “false” cases against him. According to the claimant, nothing incriminating had been proven against him. He said he had been detained on the orders of Musharraf and other former government functionaries were responsible for the misery he had undergone for “crimes which I did not commit”.  Read more... (453 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

After 9/11 and since last few years Pakistan had been on a roller coaster ride of crisis after crisis. We are paying the price of being the ally of US against war on terrorism although being a victim of the same. The terms Al Qaeda, Taliban, militants are now a nightmare for the world but why they all are hiding only in Pakistan? Osama is always searched in Pakistan; Afghan war can’t be conducted without our help than why only we are the sufferers, while we are the victims also?  Read more... (362 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

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The Pakistani military through its own channels has shared evidence with the U.S. military about Indian support for terrorism in Pakistan’s tribal belt and Swat.  Read more... (647 words, 1 image, estimated 2:35 mins reading time)

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The top American diplomat for Pakistan, Richard C. Holbrooke, said that he would give a boost to efforts to trace the sources of financing for the Taliban insurgency, with special scrutiny of private donations reported by New York Times.  Read more... (279 words, 0 images, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)