- 'Bakra' business goes online in Pak for Eid
This Eid-ul-Azha, Pakistanis could face fewer hassles while buying sacrificial animals -- instead of markets, they will just have to go online. - 'Balochis will rise again'
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. - 15 killed as rain water sweeps away vehicle in Rawalpindi
Fifteen people were killed when a van was swept away by flood waters while trying to cross a nullah in Chahan village on Chakri road here Friday morning. - 30 visas been issued for relatives of Pakistani victims
The Indian High Commission here has issued 30 visas overnight for relatives of the Pakistanis killed in the blasts on the Samjhauta Express. - About 300 people hospitalised for food poisoning in Pakistan
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. - About 300 people hospitalised for food poisoning in Pakistan
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. - After threats, barbers in Bajaur Agency stop shaving beards
Following threats to barbers by some unidentified men against shaving beards, barbers in the Bajaur Agency have decided not to carry on activity, and are learnt to have displayed notices in front of their shops requesting their customers not to push for shaves. - Al Qaeda hijacked IC-814 to Kandahar, says Osama's former guard
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. - Ball is in India's court: Pakistan
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. - Balochistan becoming hub of human trafficking to UAE
Smugglers in Pakistan reportedly earn about Rs.10 billion through human trafficking to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). - Beleaguered BJP-led Opp to corner govt over Bofors
Armed with former Minister of State for Defence Arun Singh's remarks regarding kickbacks in the Bofors gun deal, the BJP today said it would "pursue" the issue in Parliament in the session. - Benazir ready for polls under Musharraf, party rejects deal possibility
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. - Benazir says there’s little to rejoice on Pak Independence Day
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.... - Bugti's killing is like the hanging of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
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." - China to help Pakistan build three 300 megawatt nuclear plants
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. - Committee says Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's burial at Dera Bugti
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. - Eid on three different days in Pakistan province
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. - Eight suspected suicide bombers arrested in Karachi
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. - Foreign fighters moving from Pakistan to Afghanistan
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. - Four Islamic groups suspected to be behind Heathrow plot
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.... - I saw people burning in front of my eyes: Pakistani Hindu
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. - India wrong to blame Pakistan as terrorist sponsoring state: Poll
An overwhelming 89 percent of Pakistanis polled have said that India is wrong in accusing Pakistan of state-sponsored terrorism. - India's non-paper proposed more autonomy for Kashmir: report
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. - Indo-Pak Secy level talks in New Delhi next month: Report
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
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.... - Israel calls Saddam's execution 'historic justice'
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." - It happens only in Pak - Police custody for a camel over murdering a buffalo!
A camel had to spend a night in police custody for murdering a buffalo! - JWP demands investigation into Nawab Bugti’s death
The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) has demanded an investigation into the death of Baloch nationalist leader and party chief, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. - Karzai accuses Pakistan of trying to enslave Afghanistan
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". - Kasuri to visit Syria and Lebanon
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. - LeT founder Hafeez Sayeed put under house arrest in Pakistan
Restrictions are being placed on Islamic fundamentalist organisations before the Pakistan’s Independence Day. To start with Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed.... - Make way for the Rawalpindi Express
IMAGINE Wayne Rooney trotting out for Moor Green FC this weekend as part of an injury comeback.... - Manmohan, Ahmedinijad, Musharraf may discuss pipeline at NAM
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
Former Pakistan premier and PPP president Benazir Bhutto has condemned the arrest of Baloch leader and BNP-Mengal chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal . . . . - Musharraf 15th in list of worst dictators
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. - Musharraf advised to follow Indian model to ensure fair polls
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 cautions India against any military adventure
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
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 must quit say eight prominent personalities
Eight prominent personalities have written another letter to President Pervez Musharraf urging him to quit his uniform and form a caretaker government consisting of judges of the Supreme Court three months before the next general elections. - Musharraf on a 10-day US visit next month
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 positive about resolving Kashmir issue
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. - Musharraf seeks peaceful solution on Kashmir issue
Days after he met Hurriyat leadwer Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that those who believed violence could bring a resolution to the Kashmir dispute "cannot be taken onboard." - Musharraf siding with Bush against Muslims: Taliban
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 visit Brussels, United States next month
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 told wife he was on 'war manoeuvres' when he was actually playing bridge!
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. - Musharraf's laser guided bullet never misses its mark!
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. - Musharraf, Karzai square off on Pak-Taleban nexus
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. - No better ally for US than Musharraf: ex-CIA official
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. - No construction activity along Indo-Pak border: Pak
Pakistan has denied the allegation made by an Indian minister that the former was involved in construction activity on international borders. - No Pakistan visas for three CAS state nationals without clearance
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. - Pak army finds Bugti's body from cave
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 bans import of films featuring Indian or Pak actors
Pakistan has banned import of cinematographic films featuring Indian or Pakistani actors in lead roles. - Pak calls US report on terrorist camp "absurd"
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 court deports Indian women, 5 children to Afghanistan
Two Indian women and five children, who were detained on Pak-Afghan border closed to Miranshah in the North Waziristan Agency around 14 months ago on the charges of spying, have been deported to Afghanistan by the NWFP Home Department. - Pak maritime agency arrest 25 Indian fishermen for illegal fishing
Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) on Saturday apprehended 25 Indian fishermen along with four boats for illegally fishing in Pakistani territorial waters. - Pak officials to study Indian temples for restoration of Katas Raj temples near Lahore
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 Opposition to bring no-trust against Aziz on 23rd
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 orders speeding up of work on Rs 1.34 bn 4-lane highway
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. - Pak parliament has a leaky roof!
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. - Pak President, PM clear Shahid Malik's name as new envoy to India: Paper
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 rules out handing over of Rauf to UK until domestic case decided
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. - Pak-US joint naval exercise from Sept 6
Pakistan will hold a joint naval exercise with the US in the Northern Arabian Sea from September 6. - Pakistan alleges Indian consulate in Iran aiding Balochistan rebels
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. - Pakistan arrests 25 Indian fishermen
Pakistan athorities have arrested 25 Indian fishermen for illegally entering Pakistani territorial seawaters for fishing, Geo Television reported Sunday. - Pakistan Assembly Speaker sees 'conspiracy' in criticism of Parliament's spending
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
Pakistan is celebrating its 60th Independence Day today with traditional zeal and enthusiasm. - Pakistan does not favour SAFTA membership for Afghanistan
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. - Pakistan fails to find place for its Consulate in Mumbai
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. - Pakistan given evidence on terror, says Indian envoy
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. - Pakistan minister upsets media over parliament spending
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. - Pakistan needs a responsible government to survive: Shimon Perez
Pakistan needs to have a responsible government in place to ensure its credibility on the world stage, said Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Perez said in an interview with ARY television on Friday. - Pakistan needs to honour, protect people like Dr. A.Q Khan
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.... - Pakistan Post release stamps to commemorate Muslim League centenary
Karachi, Dec 31 : Pakistan Post has released eight commemorative postage stamps on the Centenary Celebration of Muslim League (1906-2006). - Pakistan puts LeT founder Hafeez Sayeed under house arrest
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. - Pakistan still in the eye of the storm: Musharraf
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. - Pakistan U-19 squad overhauled after mauling in Tests
Stunned by the two heavy defeats against arch-rivals India in the 'Tests', Pakistan's junior selection committee has gone for an overhaul of the Under-19 squad, making as many as nine changes for the one-day series starting on Tuesday in Lahore. - Pakistan, China sign two defence pacts
Pakistan and China have signed two defence pacts aiming to provide further military and security assistance to the Pakistani armed forces. - Pakistani forces attack Baloch rebel camps
Pakistani security forces destroyed several militant bases during helicopter gunship strikes in the restive Balochistan province . . . . - Pakistani lawmakers ask Pope to retract remarks on Islam
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. - Pakistani minister wants Urdu as official language
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. - Paranoid US agents question two Pakistanis for buying cellphones in bulk
Paranoid U.S. Homeland Security agents are questioning two men from Pakistan over their recent acquisition of pre-paid cell phones in bulk from a local computer store. - Partition stories continue to fan Indo-Pak mistrust: Study
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.... - PoK govt. to hold "Kashmir Festival" from March 23-31
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. - Present Govt has put Pak in hot waters: Ejaz
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. - President Musharraf to visit Iran, Turkey next week
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. - Quetta shutdown after Bugti's killing
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.... - SANA calls on Pak govt to resign
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”. - Standard Chartered buys Pakistan's Union Bank
Pakistan's Union Bank has been acquired by Standard Chartered, making it the sixth largest bank in the country. - Three killed in building collapse in Pakistani resort city
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. - Two killed in Pakistan blast
At least two persons were killed and four injured when a bomb exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's volatile Balochistan province today. - Two Pakistani terrorists remanded to police custody
A court in North 24 Parganas district today remanded two suspected Pakistani terrorists arrested at Hingalganj on Saturday to police custody for 14 days. - US cannot ignore Pakistan: Musharraf
President Pervez Musharraf says the United States cannot afford to ignore Pakistan as Washington had vital security interest in the region. - US Defence Secretary Gates arrives in Islamabad
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived here to meet President Pervez Musharraf. - US defence secretary visits Pakistan
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived here Monday on a brief visit to Pakistan, said media reports. - US, Pak, Afghan officials hold tripartite meeting
A tripartite meeting comprising military officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US discussed cross-border movement of militants along the Pak-Afghan border. - When Musharraf roams, means Pak is problem-free!
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!
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. - World powers pushing for Indo-Pak back channel diplomacy
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. - World This Week: Aug 5-11
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.... - Zawahiri's son-in-law was mastermind of Heathrow plot: Pak intelligence
Pakistan intelligence sources believe that one of the sons-in-law of al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman Al-Zawahiri was the mastermind of the plot to blow up transatlantic flights taking off from UK airports.
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