There will never be a coup
says Pak prime minister Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday there was no chance of a military coup because the army favoured democracy and stability in the country. In an interaction with the media here on the sidelines of the annualmore
Bangladesh protesters, police clash
Police have fired guns and used batons on crowds of stone-throwing opposition activists in several Bangladesh towns, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100, a news report and doctors at two hospitals say. The opposition party says 1200more
Pakistan's high court to hear murder charges against spy agencies
Tom Hussain McClatchy Newspapers A Have more to add? News tip? Tell us McClatchy Newspapers ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military spy agencies face unprecedented public scrutiny when the country's Supreme Court on Monday begins hearing charges that operativesmore
Pakistan's high court to hear murder charges against spy agencies
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military spy agencies face unprecedented public scrutiny when the country's Supreme Court on Monday begins hearing charges that operatives murdered suspected militants in custody.more
Kabul says Pakistan FM to visit for talks on Taliban
Pakistan and Afghanistan will open a new phase of cooperation over the Taliban insurgency with the visit of Islamabad's foreign minister this week, an official said Sunday. Relations between the neighbours are often tense and Kabul has accused Pakistanmore
Pakistani TV host is sacked after haranguing couples for 'immoral behaviour' in public parks
A Pakistani TV host has been sacked after an episode of her morning TV programme showed her ambushing young couples and demanding to know whether they were involved in immoral behavior. Samaa TV host Maya Khan was filmed charging around a park in Lahore,more
Iran nuclear bid tipped to provoke Saudi bomb
BEN DOHERTY THE arrival yesterday of a senior United Nations team in Tehran has raised hopes that Iran may be in the mood to talk about its nuclear program. But there are growing fears that neighbouring Saudi Arabia will turn to Pakistan for its own bombmore
One drug smuggler booked under PSA in Kashmir
A notorious drug smuggler was detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) in south Kashmir district of Kulgam, a police spokesman said here this evening. He said District Magistrate under the recommendation of Kulgam police detained a notorious illicit liquormore
2 militants arrested for attempt to murder in Kashmir
Two militants of Tehreek ul Mujahideen (TuM) were arrested for attempt to murder in Baramulla district, a senior police officer said this afternoon. He said one Shahzad Khan was attacked upon by some unidentified masked and armed persons early this monthmore
Not Centre, 'aawam' to decide J&Ks fate: Mufti
Asserting that people s opinion was very important, Peoples Democratic Party patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said not the Centre but aawam has to decide the fate of Jammu and Kashmir. Support of people is must for a changemore
Yet another body recovered in Kashmir
Panic gripped in a south Kashmir village when a body was found by villagers today, official sources said. They said a large number of villagers gathered at Dadsara Tral in south Kashmir district of Pulwama when the body was found. The body was taken awaymore
Two Pak nationals granted five-yr imprisonment in Jammu
Two Pakistani nationals, who crossed over to this side of the border, were awarded five-year jail term, official sources said. The Sub-District Magistrate yesterday also imposed Rs 5000 fine on two Pakistani nationals namely Mohammad Anwar, son of Nadeemmore
Chalai-e-Kalan ends today, no respite from night cold in Kashmir
As the Chalai-e-Kalan , coldest period of winter ends today, people continue to shiver during night as the minimum remains below freezing point while day temperature improves considerably, providing some respite in the valley. There was further drop inmore
Kashmir Congress leader calls party minister corrupt
PM IST A Congress leader in Jammu and Kashmir has accused a minister from his own party of being corrupt. Former social welfare minister Abdul Gani Vakil, in a letter to Public Health Engineering Minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din, released Saturday night, allegedmore
Kashmir police in Punjab for poll duty
PM IST Jammu and Kashmir police personnel have left for election duty in Punjab where assembly elections will take place Monday, a senior official said Sunday. The Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police, veterans in effective policing during elections, weremore
Pak judicial commission to arrive in Mumbai on Feb 3
A Pakistani judicial commission will arrive here on February 3 to record the statements of key persons involved in Mumbai attack probe. Official sources said that officers of the crime branch have been asked to provide assistance to the Pakistanimore
Pakistan's high court to hear murder charges against spy agencies
- 11:46 am ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military spy agencies face unprecedented public scrutiny when the country's Supreme Court on Monday begins hearing charges that operatives murdered suspected militants in custody. The court in late February also willmore
Pakistan's high court to hear murder charges against spy agencies
_ ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military spy agencies face unprecedented public scrutiny when the country's Supreme Court on Monday begins hearing charges that operatives murdered suspected militants in custody. The court in late February also will take upmore
Pakistan's high court to hear murder charges against spy agencies
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military spy agencies face unprecedented public scrutiny when the country's Supreme Court on Monday begins hearing charges that operatives murdered suspected militants in custody.more
Iran nuclear bid tipped to provoke Saudi bomb
BEN DOHERTY THE arrival yesterday of a senior United Nations team in Tehran has raised hopes that Iran may be in the mood to talk about its nuclear program. But there are growing fears that neighbouring Saudi Arabia will turn to Pakistan for its own bombmore
Sunni Tehreek to launch political party on March 23
KARACHI: Sunni Tehreek (ST) chief Mohammad Sarwat Ejaz Qadri said on Sunday that it would contest the next general elections as a political party by the name of Pakistan Sunni Tehreek (PST). Its first public meeting would be at Minar-e-Pakistan inmore
Aghanistan seeks Taliban talks in Saudi:...
The Afghan and Pakistani governments are seeking peace talks with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia separate from US-brokered talks with the insurgents in Qatar, officials said Sunday. The Taliban, ousted from power by a US-led invasion in the wake of the 9/11more
Killing many birds with one stone
At the ?Islam Zindabad Conference? held at the Bagh-e-Quaid in Karachi on January 27, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of his faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, attempted a breakthrough on the basis of ?madrassa power? of the Deobandis in Karachi. If hemore
Attack on the PMA
If there is one thing the military should have learned from the embarrassment of having Osama bin Laden hiding in plain sight ? just a few hundred metres from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) ? it is that they should at least, have some knowledgemore
The challenge of real change
For the first time in half a century the idea of systemic change is beginning to grip the popular imagination in many countries of the third world stretching from Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America. The recent Arab spring in the Middlemore
Governance and citizen?s discomfort
Political uncertainty need not have produced poor governance. In Pakistan, however, the two came together. Poor governance has many meanings . It means the indifference of those in power towards delivering the services people need; to ensure security formore
Whatever happened to the Great People?
With staggering losses of 110 billion rupees in the last three years , and no chance of a financial turnaround, the only way I want to remember Pakistan?s national flag carrier, is what it was like in the prehistoric days. In fact, there was a timemore
Pakistan?s rush for more bombs ? why?
On January 24, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon vented his frustration at Pakistan?s determined opposition to a treaty that would limit fissile material production for use in nuclear weapons. For three years, Pakistan has single-handedly ? andmore
Iran nuclear bid tipped to provoke Saudi bomb
BEN DOHERTY THE arrival yesterday of a senior United Nations team in Tehran has raised hopes that Iran may be in the mood to talk about its nuclear program. But there are growing fears that neighbouring Saudi Arabia will turn to Pakistan for its own bombmore