- Pearls of Wisdom From The Dali Lama By : Aazdak Alisimo
There are certain figures through history that grow in stature as the years pass and their words are reflected upon. The beauty of the Dali Lama is he is still with us today and continues to impart wisdom daily. - New 'Red Mosque' comes up in Pakistan's tribal area By : Country News
Dozens of masked pro-Taliban fighters Sunday occupied a mosque in Pakistan's restive tribal areas and named it after Islamabad's Red Mosque or Lal Masjid.............. - Pakistan seeks international help to meet calamity By : Country News
Initially refusing to accept international help, Pakistan has now sought it to meet the consequences of floods . . . . . . . - Man posing as suicide bomber scares journalists in Pakistan By : Islamabad News
A section of Pakistani journalists had the fright of their life today when a man entered a press conference and announced that he was a suicide bomber ready to explode himself. - Pakistan says no to extradite London plane-bombing suspect By : Islamabad News
Pakistan has told Britain that the alleged mastermind of thwarted bombings of transatlantic flights cannot be extradited until his trial in local courts concludes, news reports said on Friday. - Journalists in Pakistan faced arrests, threats in 2006: Watchdog By : Islamabad News
At least ten journalists were kidnapped by security forces in Pakistan last year and some of them tortured in custody, international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said today. - A. Q Khan will not be handed over to US: Pakistan By : Islamabad News
Disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist A Q Khan will not be handed over to Washington for questioning despite an American bill, which could force Islamabad to do so. - MMA chief to quit By : Islamabad News
Unhappy with his inability to forge a joint front against President Pervez Musharraf, the head of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA), Pakistan's main Islamic alliance, has said he would step down from the post shortly. - Families of missing Pakistanis ask UN for help By : Islamabad News
The families of about 110 missing people in Pakistan, who believe their relatives have been abducted by government agencies and held in violation of law, have turned to the UN for help. - Omar to step up fighting if troops fail to leave Afghanistan By : Islamabad News
Ruling out any negotiations with the Hamid Karzai government in Afghanistan until US and NATO forces left the country, reclusive Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar has said his group would step up fighting in the coming months to drive out foreign troops. - Pakistani reinstates kite festival By : Islamabad News
The traditional Basant kite festival will take place in Pakistan next month, authorities said Thursday, as they lifted a two-year ban imposed after a spate of fatal accidents. - Pakistan says problems in India due to Indian presence in Afghan By : Islamabad News
Pakistan has said it is facing "certain problems" in Balochistan and tribal areas because of the "Indian presence" in Afghanistan. - 'Nambiar's appointment could be source of discomfort to Pakistan' By : Islamabad News
The appointment of veteran Indian diplomat Vijay Nambiar as the chief of staff of the new United Nations Secretary General could be a source of "discomfort" to Pakistan, an official here said. - Talks between Bhutto, Musharraf at decisive stage: Pak Minister By : Islamabad News
Talks to work out a political rapprochement between President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have reached a decisive stage but no deal has been finalised due to opposition from leaders of ruling PML(Q), a senior Pakistani Minister has claimed. - Musharraf urges EU to play more active role in Kashmir resolution By : Islamabad News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has urged the European Union Parliament to take a "more active role" in resolving the longstanding Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. - Musharraf asks European Union to adopt 'balanced' approach on Kashmir By : Islamabad News
The European Union should adopt a "balanced" approach on the Kashmir issue and play an "active" role in dispute resolution between India and Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf said today. - Pak condemns grenade attack on Mirwaiz house By : Islamabad News
Pakistan today condemned the grenade attack by militants on the Srinagar residence of Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the Chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference. - Progress on Siachen, Sir Creek satisfactory: Musharraf By : Islamabad News
Expressing "satisfaction" over the progress of talks with India on bilateral issues including Siachen and Sir Creek, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said resolution of Kashmir was essential for achieving durable peace in the region. - Pakistani forces attack Baloch rebel camps By : Pakistan News
Pakistani security forces destroyed several militant bases during helicopter gunship strikes in the restive Balochistan province . . . . - Mengal's arrest a blow to unity and integrity of Pak, says Bhutto By : Pakistan News
Former Pakistan premier and PPP president Benazir Bhutto has condemned the arrest of Baloch leader and BNP-Mengal chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal . . . . - Balochistan becoming hub of human trafficking to UAE By : Pakistan News
Smugglers in Pakistan reportedly earn about Rs.10 billion through human trafficking to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). - 'Bakra' business goes online in Pak for Eid By : Pakistan News
This Eid-ul-Azha, Pakistanis could face fewer hassles while buying sacrificial animals -- instead of markets, they will just have to go online. - Pak HR body opposes Media Bill aimed at "pressurising newspapers to toe govt line" By : Islamabad News
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has opposed the Press and Publications Regulatory Authority (PAPRA) Bill, saying that it "intended to put pressure on newspapers to toe the government line". - Pakistan to begin fencing and mining its borders with Afghanistan By : Islamabad News
Notwithstanding vocal protests from Afghan leaders, Pakistan has said it will start mining and fencing its porous border with Afghanistan next month after addressing all reservations of the United Nations. - Pak jihadis planning attacks on Army, foreign troops to avenge Bajaur air strike By : Islamabad News
Pakistan intelligence agencies have reportedly submitted reports with the country's Interior Ministry, saying that militants belonging to banned jihadi outfits in Pakistan were planning suicide attacks on Army installations in Pakistan and foreign troops in Afghanistan. - 27 people, including bride, killed in a wedding mishap in Pakistan By : Islamabad News
Twenty-seven people lost their lives and several others have been injured in a fire mishap at a wedding reception in Dera Ghazi Khan, located 500 kilometres southwest from Islamabad. - Three Pak cities to have London-style cabs from next year By : Islamabad News
Three Pakistani cities will from next year have 'Black Cab' taxis like the ones plying on the streets of London. - Differences on Siachen down to 'minor details': Kasuri By : Islamabad News
Pakistan today claimed its differences with India on the Siachen issue had been boiled down to "minor details" that the two countries were trying to sort out. - Pakistan desires peace with honour: Kasuri By : Islamabad News
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri Thursday said Pakistan was ready to show flexibility to resolve the Kashmir dispute with India but not unilaterally. - Pakistan Islamists want cinemas to close during Ramadan By : Islamabad News
The Islamist alliance ruling Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) has asked cinemas in the provincial capital Peshawar to close down for the duration of the holy month of Ramadan, media reports said Tuesday. - I am normal, so is Pakistan's democracy: Musharraf By : Islamabad News
Countering rumours in Pakistan triggered by his unscheduled medical check-up last weekend, President Pervez Musharraf categorically said "I am normal" and the condition of democratic institutions back home was also "normal". - India is interfering in Pakistan: Musharraf By : Islamabad News
Responding to India's charge of Pakistani interference in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf returned the compliment alleging: "We also have reservations about interference in our country." - 'Total nonsense', says Musharraf to coup rumours By : Islamabad News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf angrily rebuffed rumours sweeping across the country Sunday ranging from his government being toppled in a coup to his heart surgery in the United States. - Musharraf awaits PM's 'outside the box' solution By : Islamabad News
President Pervez Musharraf says that he is still waiting for the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "outside the box" solution on Jammu and Kashmir. - Pakistan received millions for turning over Al Qaeda men By : Islamabad News
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says in his "In the Line of Fire" memoir that his forces captured hundreds of Al Qaeda fighters and turned them over to the CIA to earn millions of dollars in "prize money". - Pakistan doubts Osama death report By : Islamabad News
A report from a French intelligence service that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died in Pakistan last month was met with scepticism in Islamabad Saturday. - 13 killed in bus collision in Pakistan By : World News
At least thirteen passengers were killed and nearly 40 injured when two buses collided Saturday on a highway about 30 km from Islamabad, media reports said. - Bomb explosion kills two in Pakistan By : Islamabad News
An explosion at a crowded bus terminal in Pakistani province of Punjab killed two and injured over a dozen people Saturday, local police said. - Pakistan denies French media report of Osama bin Laden's death By : Islamabad News
The Pakistan Government on Saturday said that no foreign government had as yet corroborated a French newspaper report that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died of typhoid in Pakistan a month ago. - Baloch jirga, a call for a new social contract with Pakistan: Editorial By : Islamabad News
The holding of a Grand Baloch Jiga in Qalat on Thursday has clearly sent out the signal for a new social contract with the rest of Pakistan, claims a Daily Times editorial. - Aziz calls for flexibility to seek Kashmir solution By : Islamabad News
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the recent meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Havana could result in conflict resolutions through confidence building measures. - India below Bangladesh and Pakistan in sanitation facilities By : Islamabad News
Bangladesh has better sanitation facilities than Pakistan, but both are miles ahead of India. - Pakistan arrests militants fleeing US hunt By : Islamabad News
Pakistani security forces arrested 10 suspected Taliban militants in the North Waziristan tribal region following a US-led counter-insurgency operation in bordering Afghanistan. - Energy pact, Gwadar port high on Sino-Pak agenda By : Islamabad News
An "umbrella" energy pact and opening of the Gwadar sea port in Balochistan are on top of the agenda as the Pakistan government prepares for Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit in November. - Fgn, Home Min can be channel of anti-terror mechanism By : Islamabad News
Pakistan today said that the proposed anti-terrorism mechanism is likely to be channelled through Foreign and Home Ministries of the two countries to share information and provide assistance to prevent acts of terror. - Pakistan yet to decide on how to oppose Shashi Tharoor By : Islamabad News
Pakistan today said it had still not decided whether to field a candidate of its own or support any other candidate to oppose India's Shashi Tharoor for the post of UN Secretary General. - Foreign secretaries to resume dialogue soon: Pakistan By : Islamabad News
The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India would meet at the earliest to review the peace process in pursuance of the joint statement of President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the foreign office said Tuesday. - Women Protection Bill can be delayed by a fortnight: Shujaat Hussain By : Islamabad News
Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday said that the introduction of the Women Protection Bill in the National Assembly could take another fortnight. - Musharraf to assure Bush on women's bill By : Islamabad News
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf plans to remove "misperceptions" about the women's rights bill during his meeting with US President George W. Bush slated for Friday. The watered down provisions of the bill are being vehemently criticised by rights groups in Pakistan. - 'Havana handshake' marks shift in India's stance: media By : Islamabad News
India has implicitly acknowledged that Islamabad, too, is a victim of terrorism and this marks a shift in New Delhi's stance, says the Pakistani media. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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”. - 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. - Pakistan moots division of Punjab By : Islamabad News
Pakistan is contemplating splitting its most populous province Punjab into two, newspapers reported Thursday. - 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. - 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. - '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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 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. - 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 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.
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