Pakistan's military on Thursday said it was poised to seize control...which triggered a series of attacks on urban centres in Pakistan."The major centres of congregation and communication used...said Major General Athar Abbas, the chief spokesman of Pakistan's armed forces, in a Financial Times interview. "The Tehreek-e-Taliban...

...Peshawar yesterday, killing 18 people, as Pakistan closed in on the last town known to have...the conflict to major urban centres.But Pakistan's military believes it will soon seize...taken back," Major General Athar Abbas, a Pakistan armed forces spokesman, told the Financial...

...corresponding to popular perceptions of national cultures. In the US, one in four respondents thought that capitalism was working well. Pakistan was the only other country to get above 20 per cent on that score.Across the sample, 51 per cent thought that free-market capitalism...

...drilling programmes, in both Uganda and Kurdistan. It will also use the funds to accelerate exploration at sites in Malta, Pakistan and Tanzania.However the deal is a potential blow to Tullow as Eni had been widely expected to be one of the most aggressive...

...troops can come back "with their heads held high". But he said he was not looking for reasons to call for withdrawal, which could lead not only to the fall of Hamid Karzai, Afghan president, but also to the collapse of the government in Pakistan.

...during his visit to Beijing particularly disconcerting," said Gopalapuram Parthasarathy, a former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan.New Delhi and Washington are still struggling to bridge their differences over India's reprocessing of US-supplied nuclear...

...during his visit to Beijing particularly disconcerting," said Gopalapuram Parthasarathy, a former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan.New Delhi and Washington are still struggling to bridge their differences over India's reprocessing of US-supplied nuclear...

...secretary of state Hillary Clinton's visit to Pakistan was a striking and impressive display...directly to such a wide cross-section of Pakistanis.Ms Clinton's energetic three-day trip...imposed on US security assistance to Pakistan by the Kerry-Lugar legislation. Stepping...

...Peshawar, the troubled city in northern Pakistan, and badly damaged the offices in the city used by Pakistan's main counter-espionage intelligence...immediately claimed responsibility, a senior Pakistani security official told the Financial...

...challenge in central and south Asia is Pakistan. There are three useful and overlapping ways of thinking about this.Pakistan is unstable, with nuclear weapons...appetite for violence.Stability in Pakistan - including the denial of its frontier...