- Atlas Copco Opens a Customer Center in Pakistan By : Country News
Atlas Copco (STO:ATCOA) (STO:ATCOB) has established a fully-owned customer center in Lahore, Pakistan, to grant customers direct access to products and to provide local service to rapidly developing industries in this country..... - Eight suspected suicide bombers arrested in Karachi By : Pakistan News
Pakistani police have arrested eight suspected suicide bombers in Karachi, who were planning to attack Shia processions and some religious scholars in the port city. - I saw people burning in front of my eyes: Pakistani Hindu By : Pakistan News
For the survivors of the Samjhauta Attari special train - bombed Sunday while ferrying passengers from India to Pakistan - the traumatic sight of people burning, the sound of their trapped cries and the growing pile of charred bodies make up an endless nightmare. - 30 visas been issued for relatives of Pakistani victims By : Pakistan News
The Indian High Commission here has issued 30 visas overnight for relatives of the Pakistanis killed in the blasts on the Samjhauta Express. - PoK govt. to hold "Kashmir Festival" from March 23-31 By : Pakistan News
The Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (Pok) government has decided to hold nine-day-long "Kashmir Festival" from March 23 in Mirpur, where participants from different countries would participate. - US Defence Secretary Gates arrives in Islamabad By : Pakistan News
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived here to meet President Pervez Musharraf. - US defence secretary visits Pakistan By : Pakistan News
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived here Monday on a brief visit to Pakistan, said media reports. - Musharraf 15th in list of worst dictators By : Pakistan News
A widely circulated US magazine has listed President Pervez Musharraf as one of worlds worst dictators, moving him up two places to No 15 this year. - Pakistani minister wants Urdu as official language By : Pakistan News
Nearly six decades after becoming the national language of a new Pakistan, Urdu is facing "prejudices", a senior minister said, asking that it should be made the country's official language. - Pak rules out handing over of Rauf to UK until domestic case decided By : Pakistan News
Pakistan Interior Ministry has ruled out handing over Rashid Rauf, the main accused of London terror plot, to the UK until his ongoing case in Pakistan was decided. - Mosques on encroached land un-Islamic: Pakistan religious body By : Country News
A religious advisory body in Pakistan has ruled that the construction of mosques on encroached land is illegal and un-Islamic. - No Pakistan visas for three CAS state nationals without clearance By : Pakistan News
Pakistan government has decided to stop issuance of visas to citizens of three Central Asian States of Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan without clearance from its intelligence agencies. - Benazir ready for polls under Musharraf, party rejects deal possibility By : Pakistan News
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has declared that her party the PPP was ready to participate in general elections under the country's President Pervez Musharraf. - President Musharraf to visit Iran, Turkey next week By : Pakistan News
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf will visit Iran next week for talks on Middle East and regional security, it was official announced here on Friday. - It happens only in Pak - Police custody for a camel over murdering a buffalo! By : Pakistan News
A camel had to spend a night in police custody for murdering a buffalo! - Pakistan begins fencing on its border with Afghanistan By : Country News
The Pakistan Army has started fencing and mining work at Pakistan-Afghanistan border . . . . - About 300 people hospitalised for food poisoning in Pakistan By : Pakistan News
About 300 people were admitted to hospitals for food poisoning after they ate sweets infected with fungus in Ghotki town in Pakistan's Sindh province. - Pakistan fails to find place for its Consulate in Mumbai By : Pakistan News
Pakistan has failed to find a place for its Consulate in Mumbai, putting a question mark on early fructification of plans by the two countries to reopen their missions in each other's commercial capitals. - New Year, Bakr-Id less 'flowery' than Valentine's Day in Pak! By : Country News
If the quantum of flowers sold is any indication, it's Valentine's Day that's celebrated with more fanfare in Pakistan as compared to New Year..... - Israel calls Saddam's execution 'historic justice' By : Pakistan News
Jerusalem, Dec 31: Israel has called the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein "historic justice." Vice Premier Shimon Peres said," there was an historic obligation to end this tyranny. He brought it upon himself." - No better ally for US than Musharraf: ex-CIA official By : Pakistan News
Islamabad, Dec 31: A former Central Intelligence Agency official has alleged the United States seldom had an ally like Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who has been more than willing to further its interests. - Eid on three different days in Pakistan province By : Pakistan News
Islamabad, Dec 31 : Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is celebrating Eid over a long weekend on three different days - Saturday, Sunday and Monday. - Pakistan Post release stamps to commemorate Muslim League centenary By : Pakistan News
Karachi, Dec 31 : Pakistan Post has released eight commemorative postage stamps on the Centenary Celebration of Muslim League (1906-2006). - 2006: Pakistan's vulnerable revolution By : Country News
By Nasim Zehra: Throughout 2006 President Pervez Musharraf led the call for moderation in Pakistani politics and society. In the closing weeks of 2006 he also shepherded state institutions and parliament to take concrete steps like the passage of the Women's Protection Bill and introduction of an additional bill to end illegal, unconstitutional and un-Islamic practices against women including domestic violence. - Resolving Kashmir will ensure lasting peace in region: Aziz By : Country News
Karachi, Dec 29: Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz today said a resolution of the Kashmir issue was needed to ensure long-lasting peace in the region. - Mirwaiz finds Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir 'worth discussing' By : Country News
Srinagar, Dec 29 : Chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Friday said that the four-point proposal suggested by Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf were "worth discussing" and that the Hurriyat was willing to talk to the Centre, "provided a framework is formed on which the peace process can move forward". - Karzai accuses Pakistan of trying to enslave Afghanistan By : Pakistan News
In what could further heighten the tension between Kabul and Islamabad, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has now accused Pakistan of trying to turn his countrymen into "slaves". - Menon makes farewell call on Pak Prime Minister By : World News
Pakistan today expressed hope that the new anti-terror mechanism agreed with India would work successfully. - Musharraf, Karzai square off on Pak-Taleban nexus By : Pakistan News
Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan traded charges on Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly over the issue of Islamabad allegedly going soft on the Taleban. - Pakistan still in the eye of the storm: Musharraf By : Pakistan News
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan was in the eye of a storm during the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and sadly, was in the eye of that storm even now. - Musharraf positive about resolving Kashmir issue By : Pakistan News
Striking a highly positive note about the future of Indo-Pak relations, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has expressed confidence that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir would be resolved given the determination of the leaders and the people of the two countries to achieve peace. - US cannot ignore Pakistan: Musharraf By : Pakistan News
President Pervez Musharraf says the United States cannot afford to ignore Pakistan as Washington had vital security interest in the region. - When Musharraf roams, means Pak is problem-free! By : Pakistan News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that there were no domestic problems in his country, and it could be proved by the fact that he was roaming freely there. - When Musharraf roams, means Pak is problem-free! By : Pakistan News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that there were no domestic problems in his country, and it could be proved by the fact that he was roaming freely there. - Pakistan arrests 25 Indian fishermen By : Pakistan News
Pakistan athorities have arrested 25 Indian fishermen for illegally entering Pakistani territorial seawaters for fishing, Geo Television reported Sunday. - Sharif denies holding meeting with Pak Govt official By : World News
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said he had no meeting with any government official in Paris while Benazir Bhutto-led PPP dispelled the impression that the party was making any secret deal with the regime in Islamabad. - Manmohan accepts Musharraf's invitation to visit Pakistan By : World News
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today accepted in principle an invitation by President Pervez Musharraf to travel to Pakistan and said he was looking forward to a "purposeful visit". - Pak to send women protection bill to parliamentary committee By : World News
Pakistan Government has decided to ask a parliamentary committee to reconsider the controversial women protection bill, which aims to change the islamic law that makes rape victims liable to prosecution for adultery if they fail to produce four male witnesses. - CPJ demands Pakistan conduct inquiry into newsman's killing By : World News
Slamming Pakistan for "seldom investigating" the work-related killings of scribes, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has demanded that the country conduct a thorough inquiry into the recent shooting death of a newsman there. - Dr A.Q. Khan committed to Pakistan's cause By : World News
Nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan's sister, Begum Razia Hussain Khan, has said that her brother is committed to the cause of Pakistan. - No separatist movement in Balochistan, says tribal leader By : World News
There is no movement for the separation of Balochistan and the Baloch are a patriotic people, says a senior tribal chief and politician from the troubled Pakistan province. - Bugti's killing has put Pakistan's integrity at stake By : World News
Pakistan can steer itself out of its present political and constitutional crisis only if an independent and impartial Election Commission is appointed, the country's opposition leaders said on Tuesday. - PoK Premier seeks NAM's help to restart Indo-Pak peace process By : World News
Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Pervez Musharraf on the margins of NAM summit in Havana later this week, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) Premier Attique Khan has sought the grouping's help to "restart" the Indo-Pak peace process. - Pakistan to begin registration of Afghans from next month By : World News
Pakistan will start the process of registration of Afghans, who were enumerated in the 2005 census of the country, and will issue them identity cards, UN refugee agency has said. - Former Pakistan Foreign MInister Agha Shahi dead By : World News
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Agha Shahi died at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences here on Wednesday morning after protracted illness. - Pakistan observes Defence Day By : World News
Pakistan's armed forces celebrated Defence Day on Wednesday with traditional zeal and solemnity. - `I would love to come to India': Nawaz Sharif By : Pakistan News
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that he would love to visit India, but added that the present political situation in Pakistan and his being self-imposed exile was preventing him from undertaking such a trip. - Pakistan accuses India's RAW for Balochistan's troubles By : World News
India's spy network, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has been blamed for the troubles in Balochistan province at a meeting chaired by President Pervez Musharraf. - Pakistan's first 'Miss Bikini' crowned in China By : World 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 : World 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. - 'Balochis will rise again' By : Pakistan News
As a correspondent in Pakistan I had an insight into Balochistan for the first time in 1960-61. The area was in the news when Western wire services reported rumblings of revolt in Pakistan's largest province. - Pak papers turn ‘Bugti heat’ on Musharraf By : World News
The hasty manner in which Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akhar Khan Bugti was buried a week after he was killed in a Pakistani military operation in Kohlu, will make matters more complicated for the Musharraf government, according to reports in the Pakistani press. - Pakistan needs to honour, protect people like Dr. A.Q Khan By : Pakistan News
He was furious and had difficulty in controlling his anger, and my efforts to cool him down were not fruitful. 'He is our hero. He saved Pakistan; and if it was not for Dr Qadeer Khan's.... - Pakistani minister involves India in Bugti affair By : World News
In an attempt to blame India for its internal political crisis, Pakistan's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi charged in the National Assembly that the "huge quantity of ammunitions and currency recovered from the cave" was provided by "our neighbouring country to Akbar Bugti via Kabul". - Present Govt has put Pak in hot waters: Ejaz By : Pakistan News
Amir Jamaat-i-Islami Sardar Ejaz Afzal Khan Tuesday said that present government has pushed Pakistan into deep waters with their so called prudent policies. - Pakistani premier survives no-trust move By : World News
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Tuesday survived a no-confidence move in the country's federal legislature, the National Assembly. - Committee says Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's burial at Dera Bugti By : Pakistan News
The burial of late Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti would be held here in which only his relations will participate, the Bugti Conciliation Committee said. - Aziz Government faces no-trust motion in Pakistan National Assembly By : Islamabad News
The National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday will have a final discussion and debate on the Opposition's no-confidence motion against the Shaukat Aziz Government. - Pakistan claims India violated ceasefire along LoC twice By : World News
Claiming that India "violated" the ceasefire along the LoC on two separate occasions recently, Pakistan today said it has lodged a protest with New Delhi but received no response. - SANA calls on Pak govt to resign By : Pakistan News
The Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) has condemned the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti as a “heinous crime against the people by the military-dominated Pakistan government”. - Quetta shutdown after Bugti's killing By : Pakistan News
Balochistan's capital Monday observed a shutdown, amid sporadic violence, as a strike was called to protest and mourn the killing of powerful local politician Nawab Akbar Bugti, whose.... - Bugti's killing is like the hanging of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto By : Pakistan News
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Mr. Shahid Bugti, the son-in-law of the slain Baloch leader Akbar Khan Bugti said that "the killing of Bugti saheb is the second most dreadful political assassination in Pakistan, the first being that of Zulifqar Ali Bhutto." - Former Pak PM Jamali is new PHF Chief By : World News
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has been appointed as the new President of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF). - Press freedom in Pakistan, still a distant dream By : World News
Freedom for the Fourth Estate in Pakistan it seems, is still a distant dream. - Pak to contribute to international Peace Keeping force in Lebanon By : World News
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has said that Pakistan will contribute to the 15000 strong international peace keeping force to South Lebanon. - Pak FO denies charity link to UK foiled plot By : World News
Pakistan Foreign Office has denied as “absurd” the press reports suggesting that Islamic organisations in Pakistan had diverted the charities meant for earthquake relief to fund the London terror plot which was foiled earlier this month. - Pakistan seeks proof of terror from India By : World News
Pakistan has said it will not co-operate with India in fighting terror as long as New Delhi doesn’t provide any concrete evidence that terror acts in India had their origins in Pakistan. - Pak backtracks on troops to Lebanon issue By : World News
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri has said that his country had not yet decided to send its troops to Lebanon. He said this while talking to reporters after a visit to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad last evening. - Two Pakistani terrorists remanded to police custody By : Pakistan News
A court in North 24 Parganas district today remanded two suspected Pakistani terrorists arrested at Hingalganj on Saturday to police custody for 14 days. - Pakistan envoy reiterates strengthening of ties with India By : India News
The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi celebrated the country's 60th Independence Day on Monday. - India wrong to blame Pakistan as terrorist sponsoring state: Poll By : Pakistan News
An overwhelming 89 percent of Pakistanis polled have said that India is wrong in accusing Pakistan of state-sponsored terrorism. - No construction activity along Indo-Pak border: Pak By : Pakistan News
Pakistan has denied the allegation made by an Indian minister that the former was involved in construction activity on international borders. - Pak officials to study Indian temples for restoration of Katas Raj temples near Lahore By : Pakistan News
India’s Leader of Opposition, LK Advani has invited the top three officials of Punjab Archaeology Department (PAD) to study temples in India and then make an attempt to restore the Katas Raj temples in Pakistan. - Pak parliamentarians make govt pay through its teeth! By : World News
Pakistani parliamentarians have demanded of the federal government that it must bear the cost of replacing their teeth, instead of just paying for getting them removed. - Musharraf told wife he was on 'war manoeuvres' when he was actually playing bridge! By : Pakistan News
In his early army days, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf used to sneak off for all-night sessions along with three other friends to play bridge. He revealed that the four friends used to tell their wives that they were on “war manoeuvres,” which proved a successful ploy until the ruse was discovered by one of the wives who sent a message saying that there would be a real war unless they returned home immediately. - World powers pushing for Indo-Pak back channel diplomacy By : Pakistan News
Major world powers including the US are pushing for back channel diplomacy between India and Pakistan following the thaw in the peace process over the July 11 serial Mumbai blasts. - Pak asks Iran to keep an eye on Indian consulates By : World News
Pakistan is learnt to have asked Iran to monitor the activities of the Indian consulate in Zahidaan, which, according to Islamabad, was ‘fermenting unrest’ in Balochistan. - Pakistan alleges Indian consulate in Iran aiding Balochistan rebels By : Pakistan News
Pakistan has asked Iran to monitor the Indian consulate in the Iranian border city of Zahidan, alleging it was aiding nationalist rebels in the southwest Balochistan province. - India's non-paper proposed more autonomy for Kashmir: report By : Pakistan News
Prior to the Mumbai blasts, India had proposed to Pakistan large doses of autonomy to Kashmir within constitutional limits, freedom for non-terror detainees and troop reduction in the valley if militancy ended, a newspaper claimed today. - Musharraf's laser guided bullet never misses its mark! By : Pakistan News
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf wears many hats, but being a General comes before everything else it seems, though it might sound ominous for his bete noire Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto. He always carries a gun with him on his hip holster much like the Texas cowboys of old western blockbusters. - Pak govt reacts angrily to Sharif claim that he came to know about Kargil invasion from Vajpayee By : World News
Pakistani establishment today reacted angrily to the claim by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that he had come to know about Kargil invasion by his Army from his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee and accused him of distorting the facts. - Pakistan given evidence on terror, says Indian envoy By : Pakistan News
Differences in perception of India and Pakistan on terrorism was played out here Thursday when Pakistan repudiated Indian envoy Shivshankar Menon's assertion that there was enough evidence for Islamabad to follow up on involvement of Pakistan-based groups in last month's Mumbai terror blasts. - Pak parliament has a leaky roof! By : Pakistan News
It’s rain rain everywhere in Pakistan…..even inside the Parliament House! Due to a leakage in the roof, rainwater is trickling down into buckets kept inside the National Assembly. - Efforts on to trace kidnapped Pakistani national in Iraq By : World News
Pakistan has asked its embassies in Kuwait and Jordan to trace the kidnapped Pakistani in Iraq, foreign office spokesman Suhail Mehmod said Sunday. - US Congress urged to press for re-opening case against Khan By : World News
Despite Pakistan's assertion that the case relating to proliferation activities of A Q Khan has been closed, a top US nuclear expert has asked the Congress to press for re-opening of the case to probe his alleged supply of nuclear weapons designs to Iran. - PM's meeting with Kashmiri leaders a step forward By : World News
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri leaders was a "movement forward" in resolving the Kashmir issue. - Ball is in India's court: Pakistan By : Pakistan News
Pakistan Wednesday said it had a "positive attitude" towards carrying the peace process forward but "the ball was now in India's court" to resume the composite dialogue between the two countries. - Pak calls US report on terrorist camp "absurd" By : Pakistan News
Terming as "absurd" a US terrorism expert's remarks that satellite pictures hinted at a militant training camp in its territory, Pakistan today said Washington should have passed on any such information to it through official channels. - Pak bans import of films featuring Indian or Pak actors By : Pakistan News
Pakistan has banned import of cinematographic films featuring Indian or Pakistani actors in lead roles. - Heavy rains damage Moenjodaro site in Pak By : Country News
Due to the laxity on the part of the Pakistan Government, heavy monsoon rains damaged the 5000-old structures of Moenjodaro situated in Pakistan. No proper arrangements were.... - Foreign fighters moving from Pakistan to Afghanistan By : Pakistan News
Tribals of Pakistan's North and South Waziristan areas have had enough of their "Arab Mujahideen" guests who have overstayed for a decade and are increasingly "interfering" in local matters. - Pakistan must commit to end terrorism: India By : Country News
Ahead of likely talks with his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan here Monday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said his country had done nothing to "adversely.... - Pakistan does not favour SAFTA membership for Afghanistan By : Pakistan News
Pakistan has decided not to include Afghanistan into the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) under which trade among the member states of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) has kicked off from July 1, 2006. - Pak not to emulate West Bengal on madrassa reforms By : Country News
Pakistan has denied media reports that it asked West Bengal for advice and help in a bid to improve the madrassa system of education in its country. - Pakistan F-16 deal goes through By : Country News
The United States' largest arms deal with Pakistan for the sale of F-16 fighter jets and related weapon systems in a $5.1 billion arms package has gone through unscathed.... - Pakistan to host donors on quake By : Country News
Pakistan has planned to host a second international donors conference to generate funds for various projects to rebuild areas hit by the devastating earthquake last year, Dawn reported Saturday. - Pak orders speeding up of work on Rs 1.34 bn 4-lane highway By : Pakistan News
Pakistan government has ordered speeding up of work on the Rs 1.34 billion four-lane highway, being built to improve road connectivity between Lahore and Wagah border. - China to help Pakistan build three 300 megawatt nuclear plants By : Pakistan News
Just as the US House of Representatives endorsed the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, China was reportedly going to help Pakistan build six 300 megawatt nuclear power plants. - Woman acquitted on Musharraf assassination bid yet to be freed By : Country News
At a time when many female prisoners in Pakistan are being released on bail, a woman arrested over an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf is still serving time in jail despite her acquittal by a military court, media reports said today. - Sherpao concerned over insecurity of media personnel in Pakistan By : Country News
Soon after the publication of a report of increase in violence against media in Pakistan, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that the government has made.....
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