Pakistan Media

Pakistani media reports Kasab hanging blandly

Islamabad: The Pakistani media reported terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging Wednesday blandly, with some reports quoting him as saying that he had not received a fair trial in India.

Kasab, the only one among 10 Pakistani terrorists caught after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, was "quietly hanged" in Pune, about four years after he was caught during the killing spree, Geo News reported.

It quoted Indian reports as saying that he was transferred to Pune's Yerawada jail from Mumbai "in a covert manner as the Indian government did not want to draw too much hype to this high-profile hanging".

Most English-language Pakistani newspapers' websites used international news agencies to report Kasab's hanging. Some leaned on the Indian media for the story....more    

'Indian troops may move away from Pak border'

Islamabad: India is likely to thin out troops from wartime positions on the border with Pakistan, where they were deployed after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, according to a media report on Monday. The two countries reached an understanding on withdrawing troops during President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to New Delhi on April 8, 'The Express Tribune' quoted unnamed military and diplomatic officials as saying. The withdrawal of troops to...  

Never placed bounty on Hafiz Saeed, says US

Lahore: The US Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, on Sunday claimed that the US government never offered a bounty on JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed, a suspect in the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, and argued that the Pakistani media had misreported the issue. "Pakistani media is very active and responsible but it misreported the issue of Hafiz Saeed. Though Hafiz Saeed is a suspected accused of the Mumbai terror attacks, the US...  

Pak media ridicules army after naval base attack

Islamabad: Pakistan's military was ridiculed and accused of complicity in the media on Tuesday after a small group of militants laid siege to a naval air base, holding out for 16 hours against hundreds of commandos and rangers. As few as six militants infiltrated the PNS Mehran naval base in Karachi, the headquarters of Pakistan's naval air wing, on Sunday night, killing 10 security forces and wounding 20. "Our mujahideen...  

Taliban warns journos in Swat, asks them to 'mend ways'

Militants accuse newspapers and TV channels of being pro-Western. ...  

26/11 chargesheet facilitated by Pak media probe

Many intitial news reports in Pak nailed their own government's lie. ...  

Watch: Pak media reporting Mumbai mayhem

Pakistani media took it as another chapter of tension in Indo-Pak relations. ...

Pak media praises India's 'restraint' after blasts

Sydney: Teenage fast bowler Pat Cummins remains hopeful of returning to international cricket on Australia's limited-overs tour to England in June. A heel injury has kept the 18-year-old Cummins out of international cricket since his Test debut against South Africa in Johannesburg five months ago, when he took 6 for 79 to bowl Australia to a stunning two-wicket win. He recently played three games for the Australia under-19 team in...