Lahore: Pakistan's nuclear arsenal deterred India from carrying out any attacks and made the country's defence impregnable, former premier Nawaz Sharif has claimed. "India could have attacked Pakistan many times but Pakistan being an atomic power country,India could not gather the courage to do so," said Sharif, who heads the main opposition PML-N party. Pakistan emerged as a nuclear power after conducting a series of nuclear tests in 1998, when...
03:55 PM, May 29, 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
New Delhi: Cricketers Virat Kohli and Zaheer Khan along with some more members of IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore visited the Ajmer Sharif dargah to offer their prayers on Sunday. ...
02:29 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Lahore: Former premier Nawaz Sharif has welcomed Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's recent visit to India and his efforts to normalise relations between the two countries, especially a proposal to revive cricketing ties. "There should be negotiations between India and Pakistan on all issues, including Kashmir, so we can move forward on resolving these issues," the PML-N chief said. Sharif described Zardari's day-long visit to India, where he met Prime...
08:37 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Beijing: China on Sunday lauded Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India, saying better ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours will benefit both countries and bring regional stability which is vital for China's own modernisation drive. "Better ties between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed heavyweight neighbours on the South Asian subcontinent, will benefit both countries and regional stability," a commentary by state-run Xinhua news agency said. "The two countries...
09:59 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Ajmer: Residents whose houses face the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti have been asked to keep their windows shut while the Pakistan president is inside the shrine later on Sunday afternoon. A police official said people residing near the dargah have already been given a list of dos and don'ts. All the stores catering to pilgrims situated along a one kilometre-long narrow lane leading to the shrine will have to...
03:18 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived on Sunday afternoon in Rajasthan's Ajmer town to offer prayers at the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. The Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter in which Zardari travelled from Jaipur landed at the Ajmer helipad after 4 pm and he left in a convoy for the dargah, 12 km away. A Pakistan Air Force jet had earlier flown Zardari to Jaipur...
12:17 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Lahore: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that he was asked to leave the country but he had refused to do so. "I was told to leave the country and that a plane was ready but I refused as I am not a weak-hearted man like others," Zardari said while talking to a group of journalists and lawyers at the Governor's House. He did not say who had...
10:25 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in his visit to Ajmer Sharif Dargah on Sunday will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over lunch. And his visit is grabbing all the attention and a lot of speculation on what discussions might take place during that meeting. While officials say that all issues will be discussed between the leaders, it's the American reward for Hafiz Saeed that is now taking centre...
07:10 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Mumbai: Ahead of Asif Ali Zardari's pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday took a dig at the Pakistan President, wondering how could the prayers of those who have an "evil eye" on India could be answered. Thackeray sought to remind Zardari, who is at the centre of a tense stand-off between the government and the judiciary over corruption charges,...
05:42 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to visit Ajmer on April 8 to pay obeisance at the famous Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. A request for a "private visit" by the President has been forwarded to the Indian side though a final date for the trip is yet to be set, sources in the Pakistan government said. However, sources in Delhi said the visit is likely...
11:16 AM, Apr 01, 2012
Lahore: Pakistan should buy electricity from India to overcome a crippling energy shortage if it is provided at an affordable rate, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday. "We should take this offer if India is providing electricity at an affordable rate," Sharif, the head of the main opposition PML-N party, said while interacting with reporters at Khanewal in Punjab province. Sharif said the situation today was in...
05:57 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: While twists and turns continue in RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder case, here is something that not many would have expected. Aarsh Sharif, a 22-year-old boy who happens to be Shehla's brother, went for the audition of MTV Roadies 9 in Hyderabad and has also been selected as one of the Roadies. Like any other contestant, when Aarsh was asked to introduce himself, he spoke just about himself,...
08:33 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf (PTI) chief and former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan came out strongly against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday, saying that he must step down immediately. Khan was speaking in the aftermath of the Pakistan Supreme Court indicting Gilani for contempt of court over his failure to act on its orders against President Asif Ali Zardari in money laundering cases. "PM Gilani must...
03:15 PM, Feb 13, 2012
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