WASHINGTON – The CIA is decommissioning the secret overseas prisons where top Al-Qaida suspects were subjected to interrogation methods, including simulated drowning, that Attorney General Eric Holder , allied governments, the Red Cross and numerous …

KARACHI: On the IGP’s directives, SSP Security has deployed about 15,000 police officials and cops for security duty on the occasion of Eid-ul- Azha. Inspector General Police, Sindh, Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak issued instructions to …

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a change of pace and direction in Afghanistan, where the worsening security situation is hampering the efforts of the Government, the United Nations and international partners to …

ISLAMABA: Federal Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah has admitted that the suicide blast at Marriot Hotel was occurred due to the failure and incompetence of security agencies and Capital Development Authority (CDA). Briefing the Senate’s …

KABUL: Deteriorating security in Afghanistan is making it more difficult for aid organizations to carry out their work, the director of a group that lost four workers in a Taliban attack said. Ciaran Donnelly, director …

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said that the security of the parliament was the prime concern of the security agencies of the country and concerned departments have taken various steps …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday began debate on internal security situation and price hike in the country. Initiating the debate, leader of the opposition Kamil Ali Agha expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order …

Washington: Security of 150 US embassies around the world were tightened. A statement issued by US Department of State says that security measures of the 150 US embassies were not appropriate. Therefore appropriate steps were …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed provincial governments to make only necessary security arrangements and bare minimum protocol for him so as to spare the people of the inconvenience caused by …

KABUL: A contract has been signed for a $100 million highway project in Afghanistan intended to dramatically reduce travel time from Kabul to border areas near Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan. The 100-kilometer stretch …