http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Category/Pakistan/96 Pakistan articles from Onlypunjab.com News Rss Follow Up Sat, 17 May 2008 02:42:35 -0500 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..... http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Atlas-Copco-Opens-a-Customer-Center-in-Pakistan/55056 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Atlas-Copco-Opens-a-Customer-Center-in-Pakistan/55056 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Eight-suspected-suicide-bombers-arrested-in-Karachi/50591 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Eight-suspected-suicide-bombers-arrested-in-Karachi/50591 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/I-saw-people-burning-in-front-of-my-eyes--Pakistani-Hindu/50405 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/I-saw-people-burning-in-front-of-my-eyes--Pakistani-Hindu/50405 The Indian High Commission here has issued 30 visas overnight for relatives of the Pakistanis killed in the blasts on the Samjhauta Express. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/30-visas-been-issued-for-relatives-of-Pakistani-victims/50374 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/30-visas-been-issued-for-relatives-of-Pakistani-victims/50374 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/PoK-govt--to-hold--Kashmir-Festival--from-March-23-31/50031 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/PoK-govt--to-hold--Kashmir-Festival--from-March-23-31/50031 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived here to meet President Pervez Musharraf. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/US-Defence-Secretary-Gates-arrives-in-Islamabad/49995 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/US-Defence-Secretary-Gates-arrives-in-Islamabad/49995 US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived here Monday on a brief visit to Pakistan, said media reports. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/US-defence-secretary-visits-Pakistan/49951 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/US-defence-secretary-visits-Pakistan/49951 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Musharraf-15th-in-list-of-worst-dictators/49560 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Musharraf-15th-in-list-of-worst-dictators/49560 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistani-minister-wants-Urdu-as-official-language/47521 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistani-minister-wants-Urdu-as-official-language/47521 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pak-rules-out-handing-over-of-Rauf-to-UK-until-domestic-case-decided/47374 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pak-rules-out-handing-over-of-Rauf-to-UK-until-domestic-case-decided/47374 A religious advisory body in Pakistan has ruled that the construction of mosques on encroached land is illegal and un-Islamic. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Mosques-on-encroached-land-un-Islamic--Pakistan-religious-body/45577 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Mosques-on-encroached-land-un-Islamic--Pakistan-religious-body/45577 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/No-Pakistan-visas-for-three-CAS-state-nationals-without-clearance/45418 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/No-Pakistan-visas-for-three-CAS-state-nationals-without-clearance/45418 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Benazir-ready-for-polls-under-Musharraf--party-rejects-deal-possibility/45400 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Benazir-ready-for-polls-under-Musharraf--party-rejects-deal-possibility/45400 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/President-Musharraf-to-visit-Iran--Turkey-next-week/45227 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/President-Musharraf-to-visit-Iran--Turkey-next-week/45227 A camel had to spend a night in police custody for murdering a buffalo! http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/It-happens-only-in-Pak---Police-custody-for-a-camel-over-murdering-a-buffalo-/43865 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/It-happens-only-in-Pak---Police-custody-for-a-camel-over-murdering-a-buffalo-/43865 The Pakistan Army has started fencing and mining work at Pakistan-Afghanistan border . . . . http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistan-begins-fencing-on-its-border-with-Afghanistan/42908 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistan-begins-fencing-on-its-border-with-Afghanistan/42908 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/About-300-people-hospitalised-for-food-poisoning-in-Pakistan/42384 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/About-300-people-hospitalised-for-food-poisoning-in-Pakistan/42384 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistan-fails-to-find-place-for-its-Consulate-in-Mumbai/37785 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistan-fails-to-find-place-for-its-Consulate-in-Mumbai/37785 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..... http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/New-Year--Bakr-Id-less--flowery--than-Valentine-s-Day-in-Pak-/36497 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/New-Year--Bakr-Id-less--flowery--than-Valentine-s-Day-in-Pak-/36497 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." http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Israel-calls-Saddam-s-execution--historic-justice-/36366 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Israel-calls-Saddam-s-execution--historic-justice-/36366 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/No-better-ally-for-US-than-Musharraf--ex-CIA-official/36364 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/No-better-ally-for-US-than-Musharraf--ex-CIA-official/36364 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Eid-on-three-different-days-in-Pakistan-province/36321 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Eid-on-three-different-days-in-Pakistan-province/36321 Karachi, Dec 31 : Pakistan Post has released eight commemorative postage stamps on the Centenary Celebration of Muslim League (1906-2006). http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistan-Post-release-stamps-to-commemorate-Muslim-League-centenary/36316 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Pakistan-Post-release-stamps-to-commemorate-Muslim-League-centenary/36316 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/2006--Pakistan-s-vulnerable-revolution/36223 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/2006--Pakistan-s-vulnerable-revolution/36223 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. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Resolving-Kashmir-will-ensure-lasting-peace-in-region--Aziz/35750 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Resolving-Kashmir-will-ensure-lasting-peace-in-region--Aziz/35750