- Pakistan Assembly Speaker sees 'conspiracy' in criticism of Parliament's spending By : Pakistan News
The fury of floods eased a little in Surat city after three consecutive days Thursday with the water level coming down and the railways partially restoring traffic on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line. - Standard Chartered buys Pakistan's Union Bank By : Pakistan News
Pakistan's Union Bank has been acquired by Standard Chartered, making it the sixth largest bank in the country. - Pakistan puts LeT founder Hafeez Sayeed under house arrest By : Pakistan News
Pakistan today put Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed, who figures in the list of wanted persons forwarded by India, under one month house arrest at his residence in Lahore. - Pak Opposition to bring no-trust against Aziz on 23rd By : Pakistan News
The Opposition parties in Pakistan have decided to bring their no-confidence motion against the country’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on August 23, demanding his removal on charges of “mega corruption”. - Pakistan minister upsets media over parliament spending By : Pakistan News
Journalists walked out of Pakistan's parliament in protest after a minister accused them of indulging in "yellow journalism" by highlighting the annual expenditure of the National Assembly. - US, Pak, Afghan officials hold tripartite meeting By : Pakistan News
A tripartite meeting comprising military officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US discussed cross-border movement of militants along the Pak-Afghan border. - World This Week: Aug 5-11 By : Pakistan News
Pakistan expels a senior Indian diplomat claiming he has been caught red-handed with sensitive documents. Visa Councillor in the Indian High Commission Deepak Kaul.... - Four Islamic groups suspected to be behind Heathrow plot By : Pakistan News
Investigators probing the plot to blow up several aircraft from Britain to US suspected involvement four Islamic militant groups including Pakistan- based Lashkar-e-Toyaba and.... - Musharraf cautions India against any military adventure By : Pakistan News
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, in a speech at a midnight function to mark the country's 59th anniversary of independence, cautioned India against any military adventure against his country, local news reports said Monday. - Pakistan celebrates 60th Independence Day By : Pakistan News
Pakistan is celebrating its 60th Independence Day today with traditional zeal and enthusiasm. - Benazir says there’s little to rejoice on Pak Independence Day By : Pakistan News
Former Pakistan prime minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that her country had little to rejoice on its 59th Independence Day as “a handful of adventurers.... - Kasuri to visit Syria and Lebanon By : Pakistan News
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri will visit Syria and Lebanon in the near future to assess the situation created in the aftermath of the over month-long Israeli attacks. - Manmohan, Ahmedinijad, Musharraf may discuss pipeline at NAM By : Pakistan News
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Havana, Cuba, next month may provide the venue for a discussion among heads of India, Pakistan and Iran on the tri-nation gas pipeline project, The Nation newspaper speculated. - Two killed in Pakistan blast By : Pakistan News
At least two persons were killed and four injured when a bomb exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's volatile Balochistan province today. - Change mindset about threatening Pak By : World News
Days after BJP president Rajnath Singh demanded that India attack Pakistan to dismantle terrorist centres, President Pervez Musharraf today said there should be a change in mindset about threatening his country. - Pakistan says its High Commissioner to Lanka unharmed in bombing By : World News
Pakistan said its High Commissioner to Sri Lanka was safe and back in office after a powerful landmine targeted his convoy in Colombo today. - Musharraf better than wife at making French toast By : World News
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf doesn't do much cooking, but when it comes to the art of making the perfect French toast, even his wife cannot challenge him. - Top Pakistani honour for analyst By : World News
Pakistani security analyst Nasim Zehra has been conferred the Sitara Imtiaz, the country's top civilian award. - Musharraf scuppered Kargil probe because it didn't suit him By : World News
Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that President Pervez Musharraf did not set up an inquiry commission to probe the Kargil issue, “because it did not suit him”. - Musharraf advised to follow Indian model to ensure fair polls By : Pakistan News
A former ISI chief has asked Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to follow the Indian model in appointing a person with "experience in civil administration" as Chief Election Commissioner to make the next year's general elections "more credible and acceptable". - Al Qaeda top man behind plane bombing plot By : World News
"Al Qaeda's No. 3" was the mastermind behind the plot to blow up transatlantic flights, Dawn Wednesday quoted an intelligence source as saying. - Pak President, PM clear Shahid Malik's name as new envoy to India: Paper By : Pakistan News
The name of Shahid Malik, who is currently serving as Pakistan High Commissioner to Canada, is learnt to have been approved by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, as the next High Commissioner to India. - ISI officers punished for involvement in neighbourhood dispute By : Pakistan News
Three officers of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have been removed from their present assignments for kidnapping a retired brigadier and family members over.... - Pakistan, China sign two defence pacts By : Pakistan News
Pakistan and China have signed two defence pacts aiming to provide further military and security assistance to the Pakistani armed forces. - Pak may restrict movements of Indian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move By : Islamabad News
In a reciprocal move, Pakistan may impose restrictions on Indian diplomats posted at the Indian Embassy in Islamabad from moving outside the municipal the limits of its Capital. - Musharraf on a 10-day US visit next month By : Pakistan News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to make a 10-day visit to the US during the last leg of his 17-day European tour beginning Sept 11. - Musharraf to visit Brussels, United States next month By : Pakistan News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would spend most of next month abroad during which he plans to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Havana NAM Summit, hold talks with US President George W Bush in Washington and address a meet on Kashmir in Brussels. - Partition stories continue to fan Indo-Pak mistrust: Study By : Pakistan News
A research carried out recently on the after effects of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in July- August 1947, has found that even 59 years later, the stories connected to.... - Musharraf divides opposition over women's protection legislation By : Islamabad News
The Pakistan government succeeded in dividing the opposition ranks while introducing in the National Assembly a controversial bill that seeks to amend the Hudood Ordinance perceived as weighted against women. - Pakistan to extend logistic support for foreign troops in Afghan By : Islamabad News
Pakistan will extend logistic support to the NATO-led 'International Security Force in Afghanistan' (ISAF) and facilitate transit of equipments through the country. - Politicians and bureaucrats are the worst traffic offenders in Pak By : Islamabad News
Islamabad Model Traffic Police (IMTP) have issued tickets for traffic violation to 40 federal and eight provincial ministers, 55 parliamentarians and 13 federal secretaries, over.... - Pakistan National Assembly passes one-dish wedding meal bill By : Islamabad News
Pakistan's National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday permitting one dish meal at weddings. - Flood kills 233 in Pakistan By : Islamabad News
The death toll in the monsoon flash floods has risen to 233 in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), media reports said Tuesday. - Row over Jinnah's 'replaced' portrait By : Islamabad News
There have been huge protests in Pakistan's National Assembly over the alleged removal of a portrait of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the father of the nation, and replaced with one of opposition leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman's father. - Pak PM Shaulat Aziz has the biggest media team compared to ex-premiers By : Islamabad News
Compared to former prime ministers in Pakistan, the present incumbent has a relatively a bigger media team assisting him in daily official chores. The government’s reasoning for the same is that the number of newspapers and TV channels have increased manifolds as compared to the past. - ADB finalising gas pipeline project from Turkmenistan By : Islamabad News
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is currently in the final stages of revising the framework agreement and inter-state agreements to include India in the $7-billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gas pipeline project. - Pakistan-Afghan row over ancient gateway to India By : Islamabad News
A traditional gateway to India on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has become the subject of a row between Islamabad and Kabul that New Delhi is accused of fanning. - Khan will get best possible treatment: Pakistan By : Islamabad News
Detained nuclear scientist Abdul Qader Khan, diagnosed with prostate cancer, will get the best treatment and the public would be kept informed of his health conditions, the government has said. - TAP pipeline: India seeks guarantees for contracted gas volume By : Islamabad News
India, which is interested in joining the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) gas pipeline project, has sought guarantees that the volume of gas contracted by it should not be disturbed if Islamabad enhances its intake. - Pak treating AQ Khan as Greeks treated Socrates By : Islamabad News
Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist, Dr. AQ Khan has been compared to ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates by a leading Opposition politician in Pakistan. - MQM presses for action against MMA for committing blasphemy By : Islamabad News
Stepping up its campaign against the opposition Islamic alliance, a key ally of the ruling coalition in Pakistan took out a huge rally in protest against the "blasphemy" committed by hardline leaders who tore down copies of a bill containing references to Quran in Parliament. - MMA protests LeT founder leader's house arrest By : Islamabad News
Members of an Islamic alliance in Pakistan's Parliament protested against the house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, the founder leader of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and demanded.... - Delhi student is Pakistan Kashmir's president By : Islamabad News
Raja Zulqarnain Khan, who did part of his schooling from New Delhi's Modern School, is the new president of Pakistani Kashmir after elections the opposition said was rigged, media reports said Sunday. - Profile and highlights of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti By : Islamabad News
Following is the profiled highlights of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, senior Baloch leader and president of the Jamhoori Watan Party. - Baloch leader Bugti killed, violence erupts By : Islamabad News
Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, one of Pakistan's top insurgents, was killed in a massive military operation in which around 60 other guerrillas were also gunned down. The killings fuelled arson, forcing the authorities to clamp indefinite curfew in the heart of Balochistan. - Musharraf says Pakistan committed to peace By : Islamabad News
Pakistan is committed to peace with India, President Pervez Musharraf has told the new president of "Azad Kashmir" who in turn accused New Delhi of derailing the peace process with Islamabad. - Pakistani court orders release of founder chief of Lashkar-e-Toyaba By : Islamabad News
A Pakistani court today ordered the release of Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, founder leader of banned Lashkar-e-Toyaba, on the ground the government has failed to provide strong reasons for his arrest. - Bugti’s killing to lead to further instability in Balochistan, say Pak leaders By : Islamabad News
Leading political leaders in Pakistan have dubbed the killing of tribal chief Nawab Akkbar Khan Bugti as a “very sad incident” which would lead to further instability in Balochistan province and rest of Pakistan. - Pakistan court orders ex-militant chief released By : Islamabad News
A Pakistani court Monday ordered the release of the former chief of Islamic militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), declaring Hafez Muhammad Saeed's detention since Aug 10 as illegal. - Musharraf links peace in SA to Kashmir By : Islamabad News
Peace and stability in South Asia could not be restored without a sustainable solution of Kashmir dispute in accordance with aspirations of Kashmiri people, said Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf while talking to the newly elected PoK President Raja Zulqernain in Islamabad last night. - Sharif wants ruling PML leaders to quit over Bugti killing By : Islamabad News
Former Premier Nawaz Sharif has said the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti has sown the seeds of hatred against Pakistan and asked ruling PML-Q politicians to quit the military-backed government. - Musharraf unhappy over pro-Bugti statements By : Islamabad News
President Pervez Musharraf has expressed unhappiness over remarks by some prominent leaders of ruling PML-Q praising Baloch rebel leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, who was killed in an encounter with Pakistan Army two days ago, reports said today. - Musharraf offers to talk with Baloch rebels By : Islamabad News
Hours after the top Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in an army operation, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly offered to resume political dialogue with the Baloch rebels. - Bugti's death internal matter: Pakistan By : Islamabad News
Pakistan Monday cautioned foreign countries against commenting on the death of Balochi leader Akbar Khan Bugti as this was an "internal matter of pakistan", Online news agency reported. - Pak rejects India's concern on Bugti's killing By : Islamabad News
Strongly rejecting India's comments on the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Pakistan today said New Delhi's "ill-advised" concern amounted to "blatant interference in the internal affairs" of a neigbouring country. - Now, Pakistan Government backtracks on Bugti's killing By : Islamabad News
Concerned over the national and international backlash that it is facing over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Khan Bugti on Saturday, the entire Pakistan Government machinery now appears to be backtracking from its earlier position of claiming a "great victory" against Bugti and the rebel Baluch Liberation Army (BLA). - Pak court directs govt to respond on releasing A Q Khan By : Islamabad News
A Pakistani court has directed the government to report within 15 days to a petition seeking the release of disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan from house arrest. - 4 killed in bomb blast in Balochistan By : Islamabad News
At least four people were killed and several injured today when a blast ripped through a hotel in Pakistan's Balochistan province, where violence erupted for the third straight day following the killing of rebel tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in a military operation. - Pak Oppn slams govt for Bugti killing, overall failure By : Islamabad News
Pakistan's opposition lawmakers today slammed the government for the military operation in Balochistan that killed Baloch rebel leader Nawab Akbar Bugti as also for corruption, price hikes and failure to maintain law and order. - Musharraf congratulates Aziz on defeat of no-confidence motion By : Pakistan News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has congratulated Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the defeat of the no-confidence motion tabled by the Opposition against him in the National Assembly and said that the victory demonstrated the confidence reposed by people in his policies. - Attique returns home from Saudi Arabia By : Islamabad News
Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Attique Ahamd Khan arrived here after six day official visit to Saudi Arabia. - Opposition accuses Musharraf of being extra-constitutional authority By : Islamabad News
Although Premier Shaukat Aziz's government managed to defeat the no-trust motion moved against it in Parliament, leaders of the opposition parties made full use of the opportunity to criticise President Pervez Musharraf accusing him of being an extra-constitutional authority perpetuating the military rule. - Pak army finds Bugti's body from cave By : Pakistan News
Pakistani soldiers searching a cave in Kohlu in southwest Balochistan province have found the body of slain tribal leader Nawab Akhtar Bugti but expected to retrieve it in a day or two as it was pinned under a boulder. - Three killed in building collapse in Pakistani resort city By : Pakistan News
At least three people were killed and several trapped under debris when a multi-storeyed residential apartment collapsed early today in the Pakistani resort city of Murree near here. - Nine dead in Pakistan van-truck collision By : Islamabad News
Nine people were killed and several others injured Thursday as a van collided with a roadside truck in Pakistan. - Four killed in building collapse in Pakistani resort city By : Islamabad News
At least four people, including three from the same family, were killed today and several trapped under debris when a multi-storeyed residential apartment collapsed today in the Pakistani resort city of Murree near here. - Nationwide strike in Pakistan against Bugti's killing By : Islamabad News
Pakistan opposition parties enforced a nationwide strike today to protest the killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti as authorities in southwest Balochistan braced for violence during the funeral of the Baloch leader whose body was dug out late last night from a demolished cave. - Bugti's funeral held, relatives not present By : Islamabad News
The decomposed body of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was today buried by Pakistani authorities in his native Dera Bugti town in the absence of his relatives and fellow tribesmen. - Pakistan's former envoy to Lanka alleges Indian hand in mine attack By : Islamabad News
Pakistan's former High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Bashir Wali Mohammad, who survived a claymore mine attack in Colombo recently, has alleged that Indian intelligence agency, RAW, was behind the strike. - Akbar Bugti laid to rest in Dera Bugti By : Islamabad News
Baloch leader Akbar Khan Bugti was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard at Dera Bugti in Balochistan, a local private TV channel reported. - Pak-US joint naval exercise from Sept 6 By : Pakistan News
Pakistan will hold a joint naval exercise with the US in the Northern Arabian Sea from September 6. - China keen on piped Saudi gas via Qatar, Pakistan By : Islamabad News
Energy-starved China is exploring ways to tap Saudi Arabian gas through a tie up with Gulf-South Asia (GUSA) Gas Company of Qatar that already has a joint venture for a deep sea pipeline with Pakistan. - Bugti killing; opp demands judicial commission be set up By : Islamabad News
In the backdrop of mounting protests against the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Pakistan's opposition alliances have asked the Chief Justice to set up a judicial commission to inquire into the incident. - Pak investigators find new group targeting Shia leaders By : Islamabad News
Pakistan's Pukhtoon militants, who fought against the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, have formed a new anti-Shia militant group and were planning to target a number of leaders of that community, investigations into the killing of Shia cleric Allama Hassan Turabi have revealed. - Pakistanis want Musharraf to quit one of the two offices: poll By : Islamabad News
A majority of Pakistanis feel that President Pervez Musharraf should quit one of the two offices he currently holds and want former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif to return from exile. - Pakistan claims Bugti was killed for working against Government By : Islamabad News
Accusing India of creating law and order problems in Balochistan, Pakistan has said that Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed during a security forces' operation for resorting to confrontation with the Government and working against the country's national interests. - Floodwaters inundate 200 villages in Pakistan By : Islamabad News
Nearly 200 villages in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province have been inundated as rivers flow above danger mark and heavy rains lash the area. - Pakistan's first 'Miss Bikini' crowned in China By : Islamabad News
Mariyah Moten, a 22-year-old US-based Pakistani, is being billed as "Pakistan's first Miss Bikini" after she topped the 'Best in Media' category at the Miss Bikini Universe pageant in China last week. - Some relief for Pakistani women in draft Hudood law By : Islamabad News
In what appears a partial victory for women in Pakistan, a draft law to amend the 1979 Hudood ordinance has a new provision against publicising of the names of a rape victim and her family. - UK's request to extradite Rauf under process: Pak By : Islamabad News
Pakistan Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao has said that Britain's request for the extradition of Rashid Rauf, a British national arrested in Pakistan for allegedly plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners, was under process. - Balochistan opposition spurns Islamabad’s talks offer By : Islamabad News
Key opposition parties of Baluchistan today spurned Islamabad's offer for talks to resolve the developing imbroglio in the country's largest province following last month's killing of Baloch leader Akbar Khan Bugti. - Kargil, 1999 coup figure in Musharraf's memoirs By : Islamabad News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s autobiography – “In the Line of Fire – A Memoir” – includes details about controversial issues such as the Kargil war, the alleged hijacking of his plane by the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and the 1999 military coup. - Former Pakistan Foreign Minister passes away By : Islamabad News
India-born former Foreign Minister and veteran diplomat Agha Shahi, a typical establishment man who strongly advocated Pakistan going nuclear, died today after protracted illness. - Army called to help in flood-affected Pakistan By : Islamabad News
At least seven people were killed after torrential rains flooded vast areas in southern Pakistan, news reports said. - Musharraf is a US “poodle”: Imran Khan By : Islamabad News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's policy on the tribal region bordering Afghanistan has proved to be a “disaster”, and he is not more than a “poodle” of the US, Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricketer-turned politician, has said. - Pakistan: Sons want Bugti's body exhumed By : Islamabad News
Sons of Baloch tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti have demanded the exhuming of his body under supervision of an international commission as also setting up of an international medical board to ascertain the cause of his death. - Pak rights body wants Northern Areas’ status defined By : Islamabad News
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the violations of fundamental rights of the people living in Northern Areas (NA), and has asked the federal Government to assure them their constitutional rights. - 'Substantial discount on F-16s deal to Pakistan in the offing' By : Islamabad News
US President George W Bush plans to announce a "substantial discount" on the five billion dollar deal to sell F-16s to Pakistan during President Pervez Musharraf's visit to Washington as a gesture of approval of his handling of the war on terror, a media report said today. - No troops withdrawal from tribal region, says NWFP Governor By : Islamabad News
Pakistan government will not withdraw troops from the restive North Waziristan tribal region despite a peace agreement with pro-Taliban leaders there, a provincial governor said today. - Ruling, Opposition Pak senators join hands in assailing Bugti killing By : Islamabad News
The killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in a military operation on Aug 26, brought the Treasury and Opposition benches in Pakistan’s upper house – Senate – on a common platform yesterday, when they jointly condemned the incident. The Senators also the Government’s use of force in Balochistan. - Pakistan moots division of Punjab By : Islamabad News
Pakistan is contemplating splitting its most populous province Punjab into two, newspapers reported Thursday. - 11 dead as bus falls in ravine near Muzaffarabad By : Islamabad News
At least 11 people have been reported to be dead after a passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine near Muzaffarabad on Thursday. - Time running out, find a quick solution for Balochistan: ex-CM urges Pak govt By : Islamabad News
Former Balochistan Chief Minister Taj Jamali has asked the Pakistan federal government to carry out a “negotiated settlement” of the Balochistan issue at the earliest, otherwise the situation would get out of control and become “detrimental to the federation of Pakistan”. - Pakistani lawmakers ask Pope to retract remarks on Islam By : Pakistan News
Both houses of Pakistan's parliament Friday passed unanimous resolutions calling on Pope Benedict XVI to retract his recent remarks regarding the Prophet and the Quaranic philosophy of jihad, Radio Pakistan said. - No hype in Pakistan media over Musharraf-Manmohan meet By : Islamabad News
Expectations from the scheduled talks between Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Havana are modest, with no hype in the media about a meeting that would normally attract huge attention. - Talks with Singh augur well for solving Kashmir issue:Pak Prez By : Islamabad News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said that his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the margins of the NAM summit in Havana "augured" well for resolving bilateral issues, including the Kashmir problem. - Pro and anti Musharraf rallies in NY on Tuesday By : Islamabad News
The showdown between the supporters and opponents of President Pervez Musharraf will be held in front of the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, the day he is scheduled to address the General Assembly. - Al Qaeda hijacked IC-814 to Kandahar, says Osama's former guard By : Pakistan News
Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda hijacked Indian Airlines jetliner IC-814 to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on the Christmas eve of 1999 to secure the release of Pakistani militant Maulana Masood Azhar. - Musharraf siding with Bush against Muslims: Taliban By : Pakistan News
Charging President Pervez Musharraf with opposing Taliban at the behest of the US and the Afghan President, a senior militia leader has warned that any violation of Pakistan government's agreement with the local Taliban in Waziristan would destabilise the area. - Indo-Pak Secy level talks in New Delhi next month: Report By : Pakistan News
The Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks, postponed after the Mumbai blasts, would resume next month in New Delhi following an understanding reached between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana, the official media said here today.
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