Islamabad: Unidentified armed men kidnapped a Hindu trader in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said. Sham Lal was travelling with his family to Karachi when the armed men intercepted his car in Rashidabad area of Khuzdar district and took him away to an unknown location. Following the incident, the local traders association and Hindu businessmen protested the kidnapping and demanded that authorities should steps to...
08:05 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before Supreme Court on Monday to face contempt charges that could decide his fate and plunge the country into a fresh political turmoil over his refusal to reopen graft cases against the President. Dealing a major blow to Gilani, 59, Pakistan's apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday had rejected his appeal against framing of contempt charges...
04:23 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Washington: Seeking to fortify its strategic ties with China amid strains in relations with US, Pakistan is considering a proposal to lease the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region to Beijing for 50 years, an eminent US-based think tank has claimed, citing local media. The Pakistani move is aimed at cementing its all-weather relations with China amid the irreparable rupture in US-Pak ties over the past year, said Middle East Media Research Institute...
09:29 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Lahore: Pakistan and India are determined to normalise trade and economic ties and discussions are on to introduce multiple-entry visas for businessmen, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim said on Saturday as he inaugurated the largest ever India-specific trade exhibition in Pakistan. Nearly 200 Indian exhibitors are participating in 'The India Show' at the Lahore Expo Centre. Diverse products, ranging from gems and textiles to heavy machinery, are being showcased at...
12:47 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Islamabad: The court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks on Saturday adjourned proceedings till February 14 after prosecutors informed the judge that authorities were awaiting fresh dates for a Pakistani judicial commission's visit to India. Chief prosecutor Chaudhry Zulifqar Ali told anti-terrorism court Judge Shahid Rafique that Pakistani authorities were awaiting a new schedule from the Indian government for the judicial commission's visit...
05:37 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has called for stepping up efforts to boost bilateral trade with Sri Lanka from the current $375 million to $2 billion in the next three years. Zardari made the appeal during his meeting with visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Islamabad on Friday. He also called for exploring a currency swap agreement. Zardari said it will provide huge incentives to businesses in both...
08:35 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan's rally in Swabi was hit by hand grenade explosions on Friday. A police mobile was targeted by two had grenades and firing following Imran Khan's rally. Six police officers, including a female constable were injured as a result of the explosions. Police opened retaliatory fire following the explosions. The area has been cordoned off by the police and the bomb disposal squad also...
07:45 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Islamabad: Mansoor Ijaz, the star witness in Pakistan's memo scandal, will be allowed to record his testimony via a video-link from London, the judicial panel probing the episode ordered on Friday after his repeated failures to appear before it threatened to derail the investigation. The judicial commission set a February 22 date for Ijaz's testimony that will be recorded from the Pakistani High Commission in the UK. The development came...
07:32 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Islamabad: In a major blow to beleaguered Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected his appeal, asking him to appear before it on February 13 to frame contempt charges for not reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. "Our appeal was rejected. As a result of this, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be charged for contempt of court on February 13. Inshallah, the...
01:21 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Islamabad: A crucial hearing is set to take place in Pakistan on Friday on a plea filed against the powerful spy agency, the ISI, over the death of a man who was in its custody. And taking over the agency is none other than the man's mother, a 60-year-old. "This was Abdul Saboor before he was taken into a custody by the ISI. This is what he looked like after,"...
09:51 AM, Feb 10, 2012
London: A UK court on Thursday jailed 9 British-Asian men for plotting to bomb various London landmarks, including the London Stock Exchange, and organise a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. The men of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin pleaded guilty during the trial and were convicted last week. The court also noted that the nine were trying to recruit more British Muslims to forward their cause. The terrorists or perhaps, the...
07:09 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Beijing: Concerned over the Chinese troop presence in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, India has taken up the issue with the top leadership here. The matter was raised by visiting External Affairs Minister SM Krishna during his talks with the Chinese leaders on Wednesday. Krishna, who met four Chinese leaders including Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, said India's concerns in this regard were conveyed during the talks. "On the issue of Chinese presence in...
06:57 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Islamabad: Al Qaeda's chief in Pakistan, who once fought in Jammu and Kashmir, was among four terrorists killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday. Badar Mansoor, a former commander of the banned Harkat-ul-Mujahideen militant group that was active in Kashmir, was killed with three others when a spy plane fired two missiles at a compound in Miranshah, the main town of North...
04:25 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Islamabad: American businessman Mansoor Ijaz on Thursday failed to avail a final opportunity to depose before a Pakistani judicial commission investigating the memo scandal, with his lawyer saying that he was prepared to record his statement at the Pakistani mission in London. The Supreme Court-appointed commission observed that Ijaz had made a U-turn on the issue of coming to Pakistan to depose despite all sorts of assurances given by the...
02:24 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Islamabad: A blast went off outside the headquarters of a security agency near the airport in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday. However, there were no reports of casualties, and rescue and emergency services were rushed to the site. According to officials, the blast occurred outside the headquarters of the Airport Security Force. A wall collapsed following the explosion though there were no reports of anyone being...
01:16 PM, Feb 09, 2012
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