A mob went on the rampage in a Christian-dominated neighbourhood in this eastern Pakistani city on Saturday following reports that a Christian man had committed blasphemy, burning scores of houses and driving out about 150 families. The trouble began, when over 2,000 enraged Muslims gathered around Joseph Colony at Noor Road and pelted stones at the homes of 150 Christian families. The mob was led by one Shafiq Ahmed, who...
09:45 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Pakistan's 2013 general election is not likely to be held on time and may be delayed for months or even years, a police unit in Punjab province has said, amid speculation that a caretaker setup will be installed for "a couple of years." The Special Branch of Punjab Police spoke of the likely delay in polls in a report prepared by it, which was recently submitted to Chief Minister Shahbaz...
02:30 PM, Dec 23, 2012
As Pakistani politicians go, Rehman Malik certainly stands out. A policeman who has made it up the ranks of a feudal political system, he was ...
02:30 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met Punjab Governor Latif Khosa and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday. Upon his arrival in Lahore, Krishna said, "Well, all this is going to help foster a much more cordial relationship between our two countries." "It is my earnest desire and the desire of Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, and the people of India that we would like...
03:47 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Lahore: A seven-year-old girl and two women were attacked with acid by two men at a busy market in eastern Pakistan on Sunday, witnesses and police said. The women and the girl were emerging from the Sunday Bazar in Sanda area when the two men, who were riding a motorcycle, threw acid at them and fled. The trio was rushed to Mayo Hospital. Salman Kazmi, a doctor at the hospital,...
08:02 PM, May 27, 2012
Lahore: The number of people who died after taking spurious drugs supplied by a state-run hospital in Pakistan's Punjab province has touched 100 even as scores more continue to be treated in hospitals across the province, officials said on Thursday. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who also holds the health portfolio, on Wednesday acknowledged that drugs supplied by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology had caused the deaths of 100 patients. Earlier,...
08:19 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Supreme Court had barred Opposition leaders from holding office in February. ...
04:04 PM, May 26, 2009
PML-N leader to govern Pakistan's most important province again. ...
04:15 PM, Mar 31, 2009
The verdict led to the fall of the PML-N government in Punjab. ...
09:03 PM, Feb 25, 2009
Identifying talented youngsters and playing them consistently was the key to our World Cup win, says Allan Border. ...
08:37 PM, Dec 03, 2007
The Emergency has only served to deepen Pakistan's political uncertainty. ...
10:20 AM, Nov 06, 2007
Pakistan will elect its new president on October 6, says election commission. ...
12:50 AM, Sep 21, 2007
Shahbaz Sharif may hold talks to negotiate a deal before Nawaz Sharif returns home. ...
11:25 PM, Aug 27, 2007
Pakistan Chief Justice says Shahbaz can't be stopped from returning to Pak. ...
12:38 PM, Aug 17, 2007
Musharraf's top aide had reportedly approached Shahbaz Sharif for a deal that excluded his brother Nawaz Sharif. ...
02:56 PM, Nov 06, 2006
