United Nations: With the world commemorating November 10 as 'Malala Day' in honour of Pakistani child activist Malala Yousafzai, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon extended his support to the young girl and her fight for education, describing her as the "global symbol" of every girl's right to an education. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Special Envoy for Global Education, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said November 10, a...
07:24 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Regretting the attack on teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan's Minister of Education and Training Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf on Friday described her as a symbol of "courage" and "confidence" who stood up for girls' education and said she would be back soon. The 15-year-old girl, who was shot in the head by Taliban for leading a campaign for girls' education, is currently recuperating at a hospital in Birmingham,...
03:47 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday left for a week-long tour of Pakistan at the invitation of chief ministers of Punjab and Sind provinces of the neighbouring country. He left for Delhi on Thursday morning from where he would fly to Pakistan via Dubai on Friday, officials in Patna said. During his tour, Kumar would meet leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement which has the support of migrant...
09:15 AM, Nov 09, 2012
London: Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by the Taliban, continues to make satisfactory progress, the doctors have said. "Malala continues to make satisfactory progress at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The medical team supervising her care described her condition as comfortable and stable," the hospital said in a statement on Thursday. Earlier, the sister of a man suspected in the shooting of Malala Yousufzai has...
06:10 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has dispatched an official letter asking Swiss authorities to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari on the condition that such a move will be linked to the international immunity available to the head of state. The government has written the letter to Swiss authorities in the light of the Supreme Court's directions and it was sent to Switzerland through the Foreign Office on Monday, state-run media...
08:27 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Parliament is likely to be dissolved in January 2013 and a caretaker government installed to oversee elections to be held by April. Speculation has increased in political circles about the government preparing a preliminary roadmap for the next general election, which is scheduled for early 2012. The National Assembly or lower house of Parliament is likely to be dissolved on January 16 or 17, The News daily quoted...
01:20 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai continues to recover in the UK. Doctors say that the young activist is now able to stand up with help and can communicate by writing. Malala was shot in the head and shoulder earlier this month by the Taliban in Pakistan for speaking out against them. Malala was flown to the UK last Monday to receive specialized medical care and protection from further attacks. ...
08:34 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Islamabad: Most of the girls enrolled at the school run by Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai's father have stopped attending classes due to threats against the institution in the wake of an attempt on her life by the Taliban. Parents and students were uncomfortable with the attention given to the school by the media and the threats received by the institution, members of the school's administration were quoted as...
12:56 PM, Oct 18, 2012
London: The 14-year-old Pakistani teenager activist Malala Yousafzai undergoing treatment in a British hospital continues to make good progress, doctors attending to her said. Dr David Rosser, the medical director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in a statement on Tuesday night said that the team of specialists from hospitals had been "impressed with her strength and resilience." Her condition on Tuesday afternoon was described as "stable" and her...
11:41 AM, Oct 17, 2012
Lahore: Days after he aired his grievances against the government for failing to prevent the arrest of his son, former Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has reconciled with his successor Raja Pervez Ashraf on the intervention of President Asif Ali Zardari. Gilani's son Ali Musa Gilani, named as an accused by the army-run Anti-Narcotics Force for alleged irregularities in the import of the controlled drug ephedrine, was recently arrested at...
02:09 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Islamabad: Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai on Saturday continued to be on ventilator at a military hospital after being shot in the head by Taliban militants though doctors treating her said her vital signs were normal and her condition was satisfactory. Rallying behind Malala, people across Pakistan offered special prayers for her speedy recover. "Malala is still on ventilator...According to the doctors, her condition is satisfactory and her vitals (signs...
10:49 PM, Oct 13, 2012
More than 50 clerics associated with the Sunni Ittehad Council and a former Pakistani minister have joined hands against the Taliban and issued a fatwa that declared the attempted assassination of the teenage activist as "un-Islamic". A spokesman for the Taliban's Swat Valley chapter says its leadership had decided two months ago to kill Malala and then sent out a hit squad to carry out the job. The Pakistani police ...
09:05 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Washington: The outpouring of nation-wide sentiment in Pakistan against the Taliban following its attack on teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai is a "silver lining" from this horrible tragedy, United States has said. "Well we've seen in the past in Pakistan that when the Taliban commits truly heinous and outrageous acts like this, it galvanises popular opinion against them not only in the cities, but also in those towns and neighborhoods...
08:58 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday telephoned the father of Malala Yousafzai and strongly condemned the barbaric act of the militants. Zardari expressed grief and shock over the incident during his telephonic conversation with Zia-ud-Din Yousafzai, Geo News reported. The president said that through such acts, militants have shown their real face to the world. He said the militants would never succeed in shaking the resolve of the...
04:10 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Islamabad: After weeks of wrangling, Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday approved a third draft of a letter that will ask Swiss authorities to revive graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari, with the government making it clear that any proceedings in that country would be conditional to the immunity available to the President. Law Minister Farooq Naek submitted the draft letter to a five-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa,...
01:59 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Islamabad: Former Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that things had became unbearable for him to continue living at the presidency after his son was "held" at the gate. Gilani was reportedly living in a presidential suite of four bedrooms on the sixth floor of the Aiwan-e-Sadr since his ouster in July. Gilani said there was no political prisoner during his rule but his son was made one....
05:00 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Lahore: Differences between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Yousuf Raza Gilani have come to the fore, with an "unhappy" former premier speaking out for the first time against PPP-led government for its inability to avert his son's arrest and for "unceremoniously" changing bureaucrats appointed by him. Gilani was convicted of contempt and disqualified as a lawmaker by the Supreme Court in June after he refused to act on orders...
04:47 PM, Oct 07, 2012
United Nations: India on Monday hit out at Pakistan for making an "unwarranted" reference to Jammu and Kashmir at the UN, asserting that the state was an integral part of the country. In an apparent reference to remarks by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Jammu and Kashmir at the UN General Assembly last week, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said India's principled position on the issue has been consistent...
09:07 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will be addressing the United Nation General Assembly in New York on Monday. Several issues are going to be on his agenda, terrorism being the foremost. Other focus areas will include UN Security Council reforms, the piracy issue and the conflict in Syria. Krishna is also likely to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the session to discuss the ...
09:28 AM, Oct 01, 2012
President Zardari did the nation and Muslim Ummah proud at the UN General Assembly session when he stood tall amidst world leaders to forthrightly present ...
07:09 PM, Sep 27, 2012
