PRESIDENT of the Republic Asif Zardari was surprisingly in Pakistan at the end of last week, and more surprisingly in Karachi, considering his concerns about security as evidenced by his current penchant for building high walls around his various abodes, for one, it is said, blocking off a magnificent view of the Margalla Hills from […]
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26: Pakistan has reiterated its call for implementation of relevant UN resolutions to pave the way for a sovereign state of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital. "We remain steadfast in extending our full support for the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to exercise self-determination and sovereignty in […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The federal cabinet on Wednesday discussed the economic recovery plan against the background of a bailout package approved by the International Monetary Fund and expressed satisfaction that the danger of default had been averted. A meeting of the cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was informed that most of […]
ISLAMABAD: Gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead a retired major general of Pakistan Army and his driver in the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday. Major General (R) Ameer Faisal Alvi from the Special Services Group (SSG) had retired more than two years ago. He was heading for his Islamabad office at 9:30am on Wednesday […]
WASHINGTON: President Asif Ali Zardari has voiced the hope that President-elect Barack Obama's administration in the US will recognise Islamabad's key anti-terror role and understand the fact that Pakistan has been a victim of terrorism. ‘We think we need a new dialogue and we're hoping that the new (US) government will understand that Pakistan has […]
The Council for Islamic Ideology (CII) under the chairmanship of one of Pakistan's top scholars of Islam, Dr Khalid Masud, has recommended that divorce laws in the country be brought in line with the edicts of the Quran by giving the right of divorce to wives too. It says that a woman has the right […]
After a period of intense inter-party jousting, the two mainstream parties, the PPP and the PMLN, have come together again and made contact at the apex. On Saturday, President Asif Ali Zardari got Mr Nawaz Sharif over to dinner and discussed the political situation with him, vowing that he would move the country forward in […]
KARACHI, Nov 6 (IPS) – The most watched polls ever in the world had their share of attention in Pakistan, complete with news updates, TV talk shows, call-ins from Pakistanis living in the United States and speeches by President-elect Barack Hussein Obama. Chatter in tea-stalls and living-rooms continues to be dominated by the U.S. presidential […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 5: A deadly attack on a US outpost in eastern Afghanistan in July was executed with the support of local police and government leaders as well as villagers there, according to an internal US military report. The report, released on Tuesday, recommended that the district's Afghan police chief and governor be replaced, if […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) ‚ Suspected U.S. missiles hit a house frequented by an Arab militant near the Afghan border Friday and killed 20 people, intelligence officials said, in the latest alleged American attack on targets inside Pakistan. It was unclear if the Arab, identified as Abu Kasha Iraqi, was among those killed in […]
ISLAMABAD: Not only the opposition but also some sympathisers of the PPP-led government in the Senate on Thursday opposed loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They said that if at all such a step was unavoidable, the matter should be debated threadbare in parliament.However, all that fell on deaf ears as no one from […]
WAM, Pakistan , Children begged for food from trucks passing through Pakistan's quake zone Thursday as the death toll rose to 215 and survivors prepared for another frigid night camped out amid wrecked mountain villages. Provincial government minister Zamrak Khan said 215 people died and hospitals were still treating dozens of people who were seriously […]
WAM, Pakistan , Soldiers handed out blankets, tents, jackets and sleeping bags to earthquake survivors in the frigid mountains of southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, as a provincial official reported that the death toll had risen to 215. The 6.4 magnitude quake hit an area of Pakistan's Baluchistan province near the Afghan border before dawn Wednesday, […]
WAM, Pakistan (AFP) , Thousands of villagers in southwest Pakistan waited for aid in freezing conditions Thursday after a powerful earthquake that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 215 people. The 6.4-magnitude pre-dawn quake on Wednesday flattened mud-brick houses and triggered landslides in the impoverished province of Baluchistan bordering Afghanistan, killing or injuring […]
The 50-member Pak-Afghan "jirgagai" or mini-jirga has concluded its session in Islamabad on Tuesday with a call to initiate peace talks with the Taliban, "including all who are involved in the conflict situation". Two committees have been formed, one to ensure that the resolution of the "jirgagai" is implemented, and the other to actually engage […]