ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Sunni rebel leader accused of masterminding the recent suicide attack in Iran is not in Pakistan, the Pakistani interior minister said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Pakistani army chief of staff will decide the appropriate time to launch an offensive against militants in South Waziristan, the interior minister said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistani fighter jets bombed suspected Taliban hideouts in South Waziristan as the battle against regional insurgents escalates.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Further terrorist attacks in Pakistan will be met with swift military action, warned Pakistani Foreign Minister Rehman Malik.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Public opinion in Pakistan is turning against militants with the escalating terrorist violence in the country, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the operational headquarters of the Taliban are based in the Pakistani city of Quetta, U.S. officials claim.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Taliban leader Mullah Omar and al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden are hiding in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the Pakistani interior minister said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Pakistani security arrested two sons of Yemeni al-Qaida leader Al-Alawi and returned them to Saudi Arabia where they are wanted, sources told Dawn newspaper.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Without concrete proof of allegations, blaming New Delhi for promoting terrorism in Pakistan is harmful to bilateral relations, Pakistani officials said.