Washington: Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman, has resigned from her post. Congratulating the new parliament on its election, Ambassador Rehman has sent in her resignation to the Prime Minister, saying that it is time a new envoy come in as quickly as possible so that there is no gap in the relationship, an Embassy spokesman said.
A political appointee of the previous government and a close aide of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Rehman came to Washington at the time when the US-Pak relationship was at its lowest ebb in post 9/11.
Rehman had succeeded in reviving the US-Pak relationship. It was one of the rare occasions when both the Indian and Pakistan Ambassadors to the US were women.
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09:30 AM, May 14, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistani police on Thursday arrested and interrogated beleaguered former President Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation, one of three high-profile cases that have dogged him since he returned to the country from self-exile. A team of Balochistan Police arrested the former military ruler and grilled him for nearly four hours at his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, which was...
06:27 PM, May 02, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistani investigators probing the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto have decided to quiz Rehman Malik after being told by Pervez Musharraf that the former interior minister had decided details of her security on the day she was killed. Malik was head of Bhutto's security when she returned to Pakistan from self-exile in late 2007. Federal Investigation Agency officials who questioned the former president after his arrest over...
01:48 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Tuesday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency to include former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a "proclaimed offender", in the probe into the assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007. Musharraf appeared before Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman for the first time since the Rawalpindi-based court began hearing the case in 2008. His lawyer asked the judge to withdraw orders declaring Musharraf a fugitive and freezing his...
08:52 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran actresses Waheeda Rehman, Asha Parekh and Helen were spotted with lyricist Gulzar during a play 'Paansa' at Privithi Theatre in Mumbai. ...
09:19 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Days after launching visa-on-arrival facility for senior Pakistani citizens, India has started the process of providing the 'group tourist visa' on a reciprocal basis. The 'group tourist' visa was to be launched from March 15 but it was put on hold after tension along the border following the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers. Besides, Pakistan has so far failed to send a list of authorised tour operators...
12:27 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the indictment of former Interior Minister Rehman Malik for contempt of court for interfering in a probe into alleged corruption in a state-run steel firm, after rejecting his mercy plea. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said Malik's response to a contempt of court notice issued to him last year was unsatisfactory. ...
05:04 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who will next be seen in period romance drama 'Lootera', says she took cues from yesteryear actresses like Madhubala and Waheeda Rehman for essaying her role in the film. ...
11:15 AM, Mar 16, 2013
In the wake of the application moved by the National Investigation Agency, which is probing the February 21 Hyderabad twin blasts, seeking further custodial interrogation of Indian Mujahideen operatives Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan, the Tihar Jail authorities were on Friday directed by the court to produce the duo before it on Saturday. ...
06:27 PM, Mar 15, 2013
Kareena Kapoor, who wed Saif Ali Khan last year, says being married is not a crime for an actress. She believes personal and professional aspects of life must not be mixed. ...
07:11 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Pakistani Taliban have warned the government of a severe backlash if it continues making claims of having broken the back of the militants in operations in different parts of the country's northwest. ...
12:39 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad. ...
04:16 AM, Mar 11, 2013
More than six months after being branded terror suspect and accused of plotting an attack, another Bangalore terror suspect, a sacked DRDO employee, will be released from jail on Tuesday. ...
06:12 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Across India dozens of young Muslims are being arrested, some tortured for their alleged links with terror. However, in many cases there is complete lack of evidence; the police are being forced to admit that the arrests were wrong. ...
11:59 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Absolved of all terror charges after six months in jail, two of the 15 arrested for being part of a terror module were released on Monday after a court acquitted them of all charges. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Absolved of all terror charges after six months in jail, two of the 15 arrested for being part of a terror module were released on Monday after a court acquitted them of all charges. The case, however, raises sharp questions on the credibility of the Bangalore Police. ...
11:32 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Year 2009 was the year when India made its presence felt at the grand awards ceremony Oscars with AR Rahman bagging two Oscars for his score in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and Resul Pookutty picking up one for Best Sound Mixing. On the whole though, few Indians have won or competed for the coveted trophy over the years. ...
10:13 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Six months after being branded terror suspects and accused of plotting an attack, two of the 11 arrested suspects, journalist Muthi-ur Rehman Siddiqui and Syed Yusuf Nalaband were released on a court order on Monday. ...
07:31 AM, Feb 26, 2013
