New Delhi: Literature, the soul of cultural exchange, is giving conventional diplomacy a run for its space in South Asia with the mushrooming literary festivals that are provoking, discussing and building new bridges across cultures. Five major literature festivals - the Jaipur Literature Festival, Mountain Echoes in Bhutan, the Kathmandu Literary Yatra, the Galle Literary Festival in Sri lanka and the Karachi Literature Festival - which have been showcasing literature...
10:45 AM, May 28, 2012
Islamabad: Three senior officers of the Pakistan Navy have been penalised after a court martial found them guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty during a deadly Taliban attack on a key naval airbase in Karachi last year which also destroyed two US-made surveillance aircraft. The navy's media arm confirmed that the three officers were tried "under the naval law and were accordingly penalised." It did not identify the officers...
12:31 PM, May 22, 2012
Karachi: Pakistan's ailing virologist Khaleel Chishti on Wednesday reunited with his family after nearly two decades amidst moving and tearful scenes at the Karachi airport where hundreds of people gathered to welcome him. Chishti, who spent 20 long years away from home in Indian jail on charge of involvement in a murder, was brought out of the Jinnah international airport in a wheelchair, looking frail and weak but with his...
11:47 PM, May 16, 2012
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Dr Khalil Chisty to visit Pakistan within two weeks of depositing Rs 5 lakh in the registry of the apex court. ...
01:14 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Dr Khalil Chisty to visit Pakistan within two weeks of depositing Rs 5 lakh in the registry of the apex court. The court said that Dr Chisty will have to deposit his passport to the Indian consulate in Karachi upon his arrival in Pakistan. Dr Chisty will return back to India on November 1. Earlier senior counsel UU Lalit had pleaded that...
12:17 PM, May 10, 2012
Islamabad: A teenaged girl and three members of her family have been granted bail by a Pakistani court after she was charged with mutilating the genitals of a man who jilted her, according to a media report on Friday. The court in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi granted interim bail to the girl, her two brothers and her father and called them for confirmation of the bail on May...
02:20 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly one month after he was granted bail, the Supreme Court on Friday will decide if Pakistan scientist Khaleel Chishti can return to Karachi. The 80-year-old Pakistani scientist was granted bail by the Supreme Court in April this year after having spent several years in prison for his alleged involvement in a 1992 murder. He then filed a petition seeking his return. The apex court had admitted his...
10:47 AM, May 04, 2012
Karachi: A Pakistan International Airlines flight on Friday made an emergency landing at the Karachi airport after a passenger allegedly threatened to hijack the aircraft. PIA flight PK-586, which was flying from Karachi to Bahawalpur in Punjab province, turned back to the port city after an air hostess alerted the captain about the passenger's threat, TV news channels reported. The passenger who made the alleged threat was arrested by commandos...
04:35 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Islamabad: Hope is fading for news of any survivor in the plane crash in Pakistan as over 12 hours has passed since the incident. Over 127 people were on board the Bhoja Air Boeing 737. The flight had taken off on Friday evening from Karachi and crashed 9 km away from Islamabad, most likely due to bad weather. Meanwhile, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that an FIR will...
08:12 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said the authorities are trying to retrieve the black box of the Boeing 737 aircraft. ...
09:30 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Karachi: A senior assistant editor and head of magazines at Dawn was murdered in the early hours on Thursday morning in Karachi, the police said. Murtaza Razvi's body was found in an office apartment in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area, according to the police. His hands were tied and his body bore torture marks and he had apparently been strangled to death. However, the real cause of his death...
11:44 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday released 26 Indian fishermen, including a cancer patient, from a jail in Karachi. After their release from Malir Jail, the fishermen said the authorities treated them well and they were happy to return to their homes, the Online news agency reported. Samat Lakshman Bambhaniya, the fisherman suffering from cancer, thanked Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari for issuing orders for his release. He said he had entered...
05:04 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Kolkata: Mehboob Elahi is happy that his old prison mate Asif Ali Zardari is coming to India but is crestfallen that he will not get to meet the Pakistani president during his short visit Sunday. Elahi, a former Indian spy, was Zardari's jail mate at the Karachi Central Jail for a few months between 1986-87. Elahi had decided that if he gets to meet Zardari he would request the Pakistani...
01:11 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: It is the festival of colours on Thursday as the entire country celebrates Holi. Since early morning, devotees have been out in temples, offering prayers. Elaborate preparations have been on in several pilgrim towns like Mathura and Kashi where tourists from across the world have also landed to take part in the festivities. In Rajkot, the trend of using organic colours is catching on fast as youngsters say...
07:11 AM, Mar 08, 2012
Islamabad: The plane was full but the toilet wasn't. So, throwing all rules and caution to the wind, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) captain blithely decided to accommodate two passengers in the toilet of the Lahore-Karachi flight instead. The incident took place on a flight from Lahore to Karachi due to non-availability of seats, Geo News said on Wednesday, adding tongue in cheek that the national carrier was introducing "its...
12:57 PM, Feb 15, 2012
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