Chasing 186, Pakistan won by five wickets thanks to their wicketkeeper's unbeaten 92 off 50 balls. ...
05:36 PM, Sep 17, 2012
PCB had suspended Raza from umpiring duties after his arrest for placing and taking illegal bets on the IPL. ...
10:26 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Islamabad: The possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out in the garment factory fire in Pakistan's port city Karachi that left at least 259 people dead, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday. Statements from fire-fighters and injured people that said all exit gates were closed when the fire broke out has caused suspicion about the possible motives behind the incident, Xinhua reported. Pakistan's parliament, opposition parties, rights and labour...
12:30 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Mumbai: The NCP on Monday defended the police action against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who was booked under sedition charges and demanded an apology from him. Talking to reporters, NCP spokesman Nawab Malik said Trivedi had been arrested for objectionable cartoons of the national emblem and Parliament. "People are being misled to believe that he has been booked for supporting anti-corruption agitation against politicians and the government," Malik claimed. According to...
06:21 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday released all Indian fishermen who have completed their jail terms as a goodwill gesture for External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's visit to Islamabad. "All Indian fishermen who have completed the jail term have been released as a goodwill gesture for Krishna's visit," Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said after signing the new liberalised visa agreement with the Indian Minister in Islamabad. He said the visa agreement...
07:36 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: India and Pakistan signed the much-awaited liberalised visa agreement on Saturday, introducing for the first time group tourist and pilgrim visas, separate visa for businessmen and visa on arrival for those over 65 years of age. The new pact replaces the existing visa regime that began in 1974. The agreement was signed between Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who is on a three-day...
05:39 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Pakistan PM's advisor Rehman Malik has refuted charges that his government is stalling investigations into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. ...
12:11 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: India and Pakistan will set the ball rolling on a new round of dialogue on Saturday when External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar meet in Islamabad. The two leaders spoke positively about the impending meet. "We look to the future our two countries are able to live together in the atmosphere of friendliness and all-round cooperation, free from terror and violence," said...
08:43 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has given India special consular access to Indian national Sarabjit Singh, on a death row in a Lahore jail for over two decades, following his complaints of ill treatment, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday. The special consular access was given on Wednesday, he said adding that Sarabjit would be kept properly. On the issue of pardon for the Indian national, he said the matter would be...
09:51 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: Just three days before the first anniversary of the 2011 Delhi High Court blast, a special court in Delhi on Tuesday fixed September 18 to frame charges against an accused, sources said. Fifteen people were killed and 79 others injured in the September 7, 2011 blast outside Gate No 5 of the high court complex. National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Judge HS Sharma, during the in-camera proceedings, found...
01:54 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: A special NIA court has framed charges against 2011 Delhi High Court blast accused Wasim Akram Malik under Sections 302, 120b, 307, 323, 325, 436, 440 and various sections of the UAP Act and Arms act. Nearly 15 people were killed in the blast that took place on September 7. The terror attack at the Delhi High Court was plotted with an aim to get the death sentence...
03:51 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: A New Delhi court is expected to pass an order on framing of charges against Wasim Akram Malik for his alleged role in the Delhi High Court blast case of 2011. Nearly 15 people were killed in the blast that took place on September 7. The terror attack at the Delhi High Court was plotted with an aim to get the death sentence of Parliament attack case convict...
10:22 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said his country was "still waiting" for sufficient evidence against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed in the Mumbai attack case, despite India's repeated insistence that enough corroboration was provided to it. Malik said the matter had been taken right up to the Supreme Court but evidence was required to prosecute him. India, which terms Saeed as one of the masterminds of the Mumbai...
11:47 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he respects the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death sentence of 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab. Reacting to the court verdict, Rehman Malik said, "This is the decision by a court and therefore, I am nobody to say why they have done it. The court must have had some reason to do it. Hence, I think, whether it is...
12:12 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Pakistan assures action will be taken against inflammatory content. Special trains from the Northeast to bring back those who left from Bangalore. ...
11:55 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Denying his country's role in spreading inflammatory messages against Northeast Indians, advisor to the Pakistan President on interior affairs Rahman Malik said that the perception that Pakistan exploited the situation in Assam to create trouble for India is absolutely wrong, motivated and baseless. Malik in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN said if there is any evidence from India and if it is sent through proper channel, the government of Pakistan...
07:46 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday said that the government would provide evidence on the role of Pakistan-based groups who are using social media networking sites to spread communal hatred and create a scare among Indians from Northeast in the country. "India will give proof to Pakistan very soon on the involvement of Pakistani websites," Shinde said. Earlier, Shinde in a telephonic conversation with his Pakistani...
11:06 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Srinagar: Authorities on Monday placed all senior Kashmiri separatist leaders under house arrest to maintain law and order during the congregational Eid prayers in Srinagar. "These measures have been taken to ensure that nobody disturbs peace and tranquility in the city on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr," a police official said. Those placed under house arrest include Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik and Muhammad Nayeem...
09:59 AM, Aug 20, 2012
