- '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. - '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. - '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. - '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. - '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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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). - 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. - 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.... - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.... - 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. - 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 below Bangladesh and Pakistan in sanitation facilities By : Islamabad News
Bangladesh has better sanitation facilities than Pakistan, but both are miles ahead of India. - 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." - 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. - 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.... - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 . . . . - 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. - 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.... - 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. - 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". - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 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 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. - 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 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 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. - 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. - 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.............. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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). - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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". - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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”. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Pakistan celebrates 60th Independence Day By : Pakistan News
Pakistan is celebrating its 60th Independence Day today with traditional zeal and enthusiasm. - 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.
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