Bomb blast kills one in Pakistan's Karachi

KARACHI - AT LEAST one person was killed and another wounded when a bomb exploded inside a house in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi on Saturday, police said. They were investigating the blast but Mazhar Mashwani, a police official, said the victims ... "Read More

US legal experts in Pakistan to defend shooter

 Two American lawyers arrived in Pakistan on Saturday to provide legal assistance to a US undercover agent, who is on trial for killing two Pakistanis. The January shooting in the city of Lahore have caused serious ... Read More

Pakistan court gives police more time on Pervez Musharraf

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday gave police two more weeks to arrest exiled former president Pervez Musharraf over the assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf, who was president when Bhutto was ... Read More

Taliban commander and another killed in combat

KOHAT/ LANDI KOTAL, March 4: A Taliban commander was killed along with his accomplice during an operation by security forces near the Frontier Region of Kohat on Friday, official sources said.

Militants blow up three schools in Pakistan

Suspected Islamists Saturday blew up three schools in Pakistan's northwest region, a media report said. There were no casualties.

‘Intelligence sharing must to win war against terror’

HANGU/DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Culture Mian Iftikhar Hussain Friday said Pakistan, America and Afghanistan must share proper information on the movement of stateless elements in the region to make the war on ... Read More

Civilian deaths escalate in Afghanistan

PESHAWAR: The issue of afghan civilian deaths in Nato military operations and Taliban attacks has acquired importance again as a large number of civilians were killed in recent days and weeks.
President Hamid Karzai said a few days ago that more ... Read More

Uniform strategy urged against terrorists

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President of Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Afrasiyab Khattak Friday urged all the political forces to join hands and rid the society of the menace of terrorism. Addressing a press conference, he said extremism ... Read More

Three oil-tankers gutted in bomb blast

LANDIKOTAL: Three oil-tankers carrying fuel for Afghanistan-based Nato forces were destroyed in an explosion at Torkham border town, official sources said on Friday.
The sources said unknown people had planted a magnetic time bomb with an ... Read More

Possible shifting of Davis to Adiala Jail

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Friday dismissed a writ petition challenging possible shifting of Raymond Davis from the Kot Lakhpat Jail to Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi Advocate Ilamudin Ghazi filed the petition, ... Read More

Three die in Sukkur incidents

SUKKUR: Four people were killed while eight others sustained injuries in different incidents on Friday.
Unidentified accused kidnapped a girl Farzana Khoso on gun point from the Ali Khan Khoso village near Naushahro Feroz. She was later found ... Read More

Pakistan takes strong views of world reactions

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken a strong view of reactions from world capitals condoling the death of late Shahbaz Bhatti and said that this “tragic incident” should not be misconstrued as an example of persecution of Christians in Pakistan.
The ... Read More

U-bloc could gather only 22 members out of 81: Zaheer

LAHORE: PML-Q parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheer has alleged that the forward bloc, made by the minority chief minister in the Punjab, could only gather 22 members out of 81.
In a press conference here on Friday, Zaheer ... Read More

Hangu TTP kills rival group’s man

HANGU: Militants from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed killing a man and injuring two others belonging to a rival militant group in Sarkandana area on Friday.
Those at the receiving end belonged to the group led by Maulana Mohammad ... Read More

Fund asks govt to reveal exact size of power subsidy amount

ISLAMABAD: Raising severe concerns over the rising power tariff subsidy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday asked Pakistan to furnish the exact size of subsidy amount required from budgetary resources in the current fiscal year by ... Read More

Costly power being preferred to cheaper one

ISLAMABAD: Recent events show that power industry is not being governed and operated on merit but on political considerations. Among the mushrooming power generation plants in the country, gas-fired power plants (after hydro power plants) are the ... Read More

SC takes notice of DMG promotions

ISLAMABAD: The issue of controversial promotion of seven officers of District Management Group (DMG) has landed in the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of Pakistan has taken notice of an application moved by a female officer, documents available ... Read More

US soldier gets hard labour in murder case

SEATTLE: A fifth member of an army unit accused of going rogue in Afghanistan, killing civilians and mutilating their corpses has been convicted and sentenced to 60 days hard labour.
Specialist Corey Moore, 22, was on Wednesday found guilty of ... Read More

President, PM resolve to defeat militant mindset

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday reiterated that the government would not surrender to terrorism and would continue to fight the militant mindset till final victory.
Prime Minister Gilani called ... Read More

Major leads to Bhatti’s killing found: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday said that considerable leads to the assassination of Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti had been found.
However, he did not disclose details of what he called “good clues”. The ... Read More

Chaudhrys move SC against ADG FIA

ISLAMABAD: PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, along with three of his family members, here on Friday filed an application before the Supreme Court, seeking registration of a criminal case under Sections 193 and 500 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) ... Read More

US warns of punitive action if Davis issue not resolved WASHINGTON: US national security officials say progress is being made to persuade Pakistan to free a CIA contractor held on murder charges but that Washington could take punitive diplomatic and financial action if the case is not resolved ...

WASHINGTON: US national security officials say progress is being made to persuade Pakistan to free a CIA contractor held on murder charges but that Washington could take punitive diplomatic and financial action if the case is not resolved ... Read More

Punjab Assembly Support to PML-N unconditional: U-Bloc

LAHORE: A unanimous resolution was adopted during a meeting of the parliamentary party of Pakistan Muslim League here on Friday, expressing complete and unconditional support to the PML-N.
It was also decided by the party to immediately ... Read More

‘237 more Pakistanis to be airlifted from Libya’

ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Pakistan in Turkey has chartered a special plane to airlift 237 more Pakistanis stranded in the Libyan city of Sirte.

The chartered plane will land in Sirte by mid day on Saturday to take the Pakistanis to Istanbul. A ... Read More

‘India to discuss Kashmir with Pakistan’ JAMMU: India’s prime minister said on Friday he was approaching new peace talks with Pakistan with an “open mind”, saying all disputes including a long-running feud over Kashmir would be discussed. New Delhi and Islamabad announced on February ...

JAMMU: India’s prime minister said on Friday he was approaching new peace talks with Pakistan with an “open mind”, saying all disputes including a long-running feud over Kashmir would be discussed.
New Delhi and Islamabad announced on February ... Read More

50 percent reduction in POL prices’ hike notified

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday slashed down the 9.9 percent hike in the POL prices by 50 percent with effect from today (March 5).
However, the visiting IMF staff mission, which is currently holding talks with the government over the ... Read More

Shahbaz Bhatti buried in ancestral village

FAISALABAD: The body of slain federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti was buried here Friday at his ancestral village, Khushpur, near Samundri, amid moving scenes of protest and condolences.

His body was laid to rest along the grave of his father, ... Read More

Bill moved to disqualify MPs holding assets abroad

ISLAMABAD: A member of the National Assembly has put all the top political leaders into a bind by initiating a constitutional amendment bill that provides for disqualification of a member of parliament if he possesses any bank account, assets, ... Read More

SC annuls decision of MPs’ body

 

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the Parliamentary Committee’s decision to reject recommendations of the Judicial Commission for one-year extension to six additional judges of the Lahore and Sindh high courts and directed the ... Read More

Altaf urges Ulema to evolve consensus

KARACHI: MQM founder Altaf Hussain has appealed to Ulema of different schools of thought to evolve a consensus over the blasphemy law in the light of the Holy Quran and Hadith and remove flaws, if any, in it. Altaf was making a telephonic address from ... Read More

UK to continue helping flood-affectees

ISLABABAD: British High Commissioner Adam Thomson has said that the Britain would continue its contribution for flood victims in Pakistan, adding that the British government had given the 134 million pounds aid money to Pakistanis. ... Read More

Uncle Sam's dam?

Having little cash of our own to spare for building the infrastructure resources that we so desperately need we have turned again to our perennial 'frenemies' the Americans. If ever there was a textbook example of a love/hate relationship at the level ... Read More

Transporters call off strike

The Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) unconditionally called off its strike on Friday after being assured by Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad that the grievances of the transporters would be resolved. It is pertinent to mention here that the transporters ... Read More

Transporters not to raise fares despite hike in POL prices

PESHAWAR: The operators of local public transport Friday announced not to raise fares of vehicles plying on various routes in the provincial metropolis despite the recent hike in the prices of petroleum products. Speaking at a press conference, ... Read More

Shahbaz Bhatti's replacement in NA will be automatic

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari's decision to give the PPP ticket for the National Assembly seat, fallen vacant due to assassination of Minorities' Minister Shahbaz Bhatti to his wife or any of his family members cannot be implemented under the ... Read More

Start giving us good starts, Afridi tells his openers

COLOMBO: Shahid Afridi is urging his openers to get their acts together ahead of the 'important' World Cup game against New Zealand at Pallekele on March 8. The Pakistanis have recorded three wins in a row but so far their opening batsmen — Mohammad ... Read More

SC verdict takes away MPs' powers under 19th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) order, annulling parliamentary committee's rejection of recommendations of the Judicial Commission (JC) about six additional judges of the high courts, has rendered meaningless a vital proviso of the 19th amendment, ... Read More

IMF wants power consumers left at mercy of Nepra

ISLAMABAD: The visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, which is holding technical-level talks with Pakistan's economic managers, has asked the government to erase its role in notifying power tariff, and immediately empower the National ... Read More

Inspired Pakistan hold Palestine to goalless draw

KARACHI: Pakistan improved from their previous showing to hold Palestine to a goalless draw in their second game of the four-match series here at the Peoples Sports Complex on Friday. With the draw, Palestine clinched the first phase 1-0 and Pakistan ... Read More

No ill will against Pakistan, says Israeli diplomat

NEW YORK: Israel has shared its expertise with India in agriculture and water management and its relations with India have gone into a new orbit in nine years since 1992 when India established diplomatic relations with Israel.  Read More

Kidnapping victims freed unharmed

Two alleged kidnappers were arrested while an accomplice of theirs was killed in an encounter with the personnel of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell in Surjani Town early Friday morning. Read More

Bhasha Dam security GB govt to induct 600 scouts

The federal government will induct 600 personnel in the Northern Area Scouts to provide foolproof security to the workers during the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam.

Court charges Babar Awan in robbery, kidnapping case

ISLAMABAD: A Rawalpindi court on Saturday charged federal minister Babar Awan in a robbery and kidnapping case, DawnNews reported.

Court issues third arrest warrant for Musharraf in Benazir case

RAWALPINDI: A non-bailable arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf was issued for the third time in the Benazir Bhutto murder case on Saturday, DawnNews reported.

Top AJK cops in Britain

LONDON: Two senior ranking police officers from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are on an exchange tour of Britain to enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields. Read More

Matric students protest as exams start

RAWALPINDI: Students in Rawalpindi on Saturday protested against the non-issuance of roll number slips by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE).

Opposition leaders discuss political, economic crises

ISLAMABAD: In an unusual happening, leaders of opposition parties in Parliament held a joint meeting here at the residence of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday night in an attempt to bring the country out of economic and political crises. ... Read More

11 killed in Nowshera mosque bomb blast

NOWSHERA/PESHAWAR: Eleven persons were killed and over 40 others injured in a bomb blast in a crowded mosque, located in the compound of the shrine of revered saint Akhund Panju Baba in Akbarpura village, Nowshera district, 15 kilometres east of the ... Read More

Pak widens probe into Bhatti murder to include Taseer killing

Pakistani Christians rally against the killing of a Catholic government minister Shahbaz Bhatti, in Lahore. Pakistani authorities have widened the probe into the assassination of Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti to include members of his ... Read More

Punjab seminaries are safe havens for terrorists: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Legislators from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) as well as the opposition parties in the National Assembly on Friday raised their voices for seeking the resignation of Interior Minister Rehman Malik for the security lapse in the killing ... Read More

Govt seeks more time from SC for action against DG FIA

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has requested the Supreme Court to accord further time for taking action in the case of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Wasim Ahmad who has already attained superannuation, but he has been given ... Read More

US concerned about Davis' safety

An effigy of a US embassy employee Raymond Allen Davis hangs next to a banner reads "Terrorist...... Voicing concern over the safety of its national Raymond Davis arrested in Lahore for double murder, the US has asked Pakistan to take appropriate ... Read More

Gilani assures international community against misuse of Pak's blasphemy law

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reassured the international community that his government is serious about stopping the misuse of the country's laws, including the one on blasphemy. Read More