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CNews ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Pervez has said that Pakistan’s borders will be safeguarded at all cost.General Kayani has said that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country will be defended at all cost and no external force is allowed to conduct operations against inside Pakistan. He was commenting on the recent incident where innocent civilians were killed in a cross-border raid by the Coalition Forces.He said that the rules of engagement with the Coalition Forces are well defined and within that, the right to conduct operations against the militants inside own territory is solely the responsibility of the respective armed forces. There is no question of any agreement or understanding with the Coalition Forces whereby they are allowed to conduct operations on our side of the border.Referring to his meeting with United States senior officers on USS Abraham Lincoln on 27th August, Kayani said that they were informed about the complexity o...

CNews WASHINGTON: The U.S. is "running out of time" to win the war in Afghanistan, and sending in more troops will not guarantee victory, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned Congress on Wednesday.Adm. Michael Mullen says investment and alternative crops will also be key to winning in Afghanistan.Adm. Michael Mullen made his statement to the House Armed Services Committee a day after President Bush announced the deployment of 4,500 additional troops to the poor, war-ravaged nation.Mullen said he is convinced the war can be won, but the U.S. urgently needs to improve its nation-building initiatives and its cross-border strategy with Pakistan."We can't kill our way to victory, and no armed force anywhere -- no matter how good -- can deliver these keys alone. It requires teamwork and cooperation," Mullen said, according to prepared remarks for his appearance before the House Armed Services Committee.Mullen's remarks came a day before the seventh an...

CNews KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement has called President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik and Governor of Sindh Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad to take serious notice of the conspiracy of Talibanization in Karachi to save the citizens from extremists.Deputy Convenor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Rabita Committee Dr. Farooque Sattar addressing a press conference here Tuesday said that the Taliban Spokesman Moulvi Umar in a recent interview confessed the presence of Taliban in Sindh and said that Taliban can act on orders of Baitullah Mehsud to curb lawlessness in Karachi. The statement proves that the process of Talibanization is rapidly increasing in Sindh and its capital city of Karachi, Sattar said.“Moulvi Umar has vowed to enforce their brand of Sharia in Karachi,” he said.He said it is an eye-opener for the political parties that had scoffed at the MQM warning. He called the people to foil the conspiracy of Talibanization with their unity.

CNews KARACHI: President Pervez Musharraf said that he remained silent purposely for a few months but he is not afraid of anybody as he has been in the army. He underwent offensive training and not defensive.Addressing at a ceremony of the business community in Karachi on Friday, he said that Pakistan is passing through a crisis and there is a grave situation in the country.He said that the country is facing the extremism, economic and political crisis and we have to work above our interests for the cause of the country and the nation.The president said that as a Pakistani, this is his duty to save the country and we have to work on ‘first of all Pakistan’.President Musharraf further said that foreign militants and armed Talibans are hidden in FATA who are involved in terrorism in the country and Afghanistan.He said that the present government has continued to implement his policies and if the Talibanisation is not checked to spread in the urban areas then Lal Mosques would be started ...