Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Friday described as unfortunate the death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay following an assault in India and called for mechanisms between the two countries to address the issue of prisoners. "Both Pakistan and India should ensure timely and effective implementation of established mechanisms between our two countries to address the issue of prisoners, which is a humanitarian one and should be...
02:49 AM, May 11, 2013
Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. ...
11:50 PM, May 10, 2013
Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. ...
11:16 PM, May 10, 2013
Karachi: An independent candidate was on Friday shot dead, while a Pakistan People's Party nominee went missing in the port city of Karachi. Three people, including MQM (Haqiqi)-backed independent candidate Shakeel Ahmed, were killed in the shootout between two rival groups, police said. Shakeel had earlier filed nomination papers as a MQM (Haqiqi) candidate, but his papers were rejected by the Election Commission. He filed an appeal and was allowed...
11:12 PM, May 10, 2013
Karachi: Stung by the criticism over the manner in which he has become the first elected chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Zaka Ashraf on Friday insisted that the process adopted by the PCB was according to recommendations of the International Cricket Council. Ashraf has come in for sharp criticism from former heads of the Board and former players over the manner he was elected as PCB chief on Wednesday under...
11:06 PM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. Sixty three-year-old Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N is widely tipped to emerge as the single largest party in the polls. He could end up becoming a premier for the third...
10:39 PM, May 10, 2013
Elections in the subcontinent are always a riot of colours, but perhaps no election has quite the mix of tragedy and power that Pakistani elections ...
08:23 PM, May 10, 2013
Imran Khan will most likely not be able to vote on Saturday in the Pakistan elections as he is still in hospital due to his injuries. CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar spoke to musician Salman Ahmad about Imran's condition. ...
03:55 PM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistan cricket star Imran Khan's party was enjoying a late surge of support on Friday, the eve of a landmark election, raising the prospect of a fragmented Parliament that could lead to weeks of haggling to form a coalition government. The failure of the major parties to capture a commanding lead raises the risk a weak government will emerge, clouding optimism over the first transition between civilian governments...
02:34 PM, May 10, 2013
PTI leader Imran Khan, will most likely not be able to vote in the Pakistan elections on Saturday as he is still in hospital due to his injuries. CNN-IBN Foreign Affairs Editor Suhasini Haider spoke to his nephew Sher Shah Khan about the road ahead. ...
01:47 PM, May 10, 2013
Five people have plunged to their deaths trying to escape a burning government building in eastern Pakistan. The photos were clicked by an Associated Press photographer. ...
01:36 PM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider, kidnapped by gunmen while campaigning for Pakistan's landmark elections, had received threats from the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, Gilani and other members of his family told The Express Tribune that Ali Haider had been receiving "death and kidnapping threats" from the LeJ and Sipah-e-Sahaba. Ali Haider, 27, was kidnapped on Thursday while...
12:13 PM, May 10, 2013
Pakistan elections are widely being seen as Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf versus Nawaz Sharif's PML-N and Sharif told CNN-IBN again that he stands for better ties with India. ...
10:59 AM, May 10, 2013
Lahore: With just a day to go for elections in Pakistan, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider was abducted by a Taliban group in Punjab province. The news has shaken Pakistan. But As Taliban militants took away Gilani's son in the final hours of campaigning on Thursday, it was only the latest in a series of attacks on the election process. In the past month, more than...
08:59 AM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: India on Thursday said there was an urgent need to examine the recommendations of a judicial panel that visited Pakistani jails, in view of the deaths of two Indian prisoners, including Sarabjit Singh, following murderous attacks on them. The India-Pakistan Joint Judicial Committee visited Pakistani jails from April 26 to May 1. "Both sides also need to take stock of the measures currently in place for ensuring safety,...
03:06 AM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Thursday declared that US drone strikes on al-Qaeda and Taliban elements in the country's lawless tribal belt were tantamount to a "war crime" and the armed forces would have the right to shoot down the CIA-operated spy planes. The Peshawar High Court issued the verdict against the US drones in response to four petitions that contended the missile attacks killed civilians and caused collateral damage....
12:26 AM, May 10, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's most successful pace bowler in the current team, Umar Gul has had a successful knee surgery in Australia. An official source in the Pakistan Cricket Board said that Dr David Young, a well-known orthopaedic surgeon who has a lot of experience in treating sportsmen, had performed the surgery. "Gul is well and in high spirits but he has been told he can only began light exercises after two...
12:04 AM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistani security agencies have informed the government that the Taliban have plans to attack foreign election observers, foreign journalists, important candidates and officials of the Election Commission during the May 11 polls, according to a media report on Thursday. The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has formed a special force to carry out the attacks, the Urdu daily 'Dunya' quoted a secret document as saying. The document was prepared on the...
11:31 PM, May 09, 2013
Chandigarh: Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who was seriously injured after a scuffle with a fellow inmate in a Jammu jail last week, died in Chandigarh on Thursday and his body was flown back to Pakistan by a special PIA plane. The body of 52-year-old Sanaullah was handed over to officials of the Pakistan Embassy after completion of the post-mortem by a Medical Board at the PGIMER hospital and various formalities...
11:14 PM, May 09, 2013
