By Tahir Siddiqui
KARACHI, Nov 25: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday accused “a handful of political actors” of trying to destabilise the elected government which, he said,

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Mudassir Raja
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: Seven men accused of being involved in the Mumbai terrorist attack pleaded not guilty on Wednesday when the trial court formally indicted

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Pakistan’s energy crisis is feared to worsen next year with the gas shortfall likely to almost double to more than two billion cubic feet a

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Azaz Syed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Omar Saeed Sheikh, a detained Pakistani militant, had made hoax calls to President Asif Ali Zardari and the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Ashfaq

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday appointed Justice (retd) Rana Bhagwandas as chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC).

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: The United States and India have agreed to work jointly to deal with terrorism “emanating from India’s neighbourhood” and to defeat

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Zulfiqar Memon
NAWABSHAH, Nov 25: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and PML leader Nawaz Sharif met at Nawabshah airport on Wednesday.

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Syed Rashid Husain
MINA (Saudi Arabia), Nov 25: Early Thursday morning over two million faithful, including more than 164,447 Pakistanis, begin the emotional journey towards the

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting of the PPP that made a big splash in the media last week exposed more than just the dissent

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) suggested to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that former chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM)

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered conditional talks to Pakistan to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries,

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

 
JEDDAH: Heavy rains and floods killed 13 people and stranded thousands of the faithful in Jeddah on Wednesday. The heaviest rainfall in years flooded many

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: An offer of dialogue with “estranged brothers”, promises of probes into political murders, army pullout from a key area, halt to new

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Baloch and Pakhtoon legislators, including those belonging to ruling parties, rejected the Balochistan package on Tuesday, terming it

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov 24: US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has confirmed that Saudi Arabia has initiated a dialogue with the

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Shahid Iqbal
KARACHI, Nov 24: The State Bank of Pakistan lowered its policy interest rate by 0.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 24: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday re-emphasised Pakistan’s key position in the American strategy for South Asia, telling a joint news

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov 24: About 200 Kashmiris protested outside the White House on Tuesday, while US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Our Correspondent
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 24: Security forces killed at least 23 terrorists during a fresh operation in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

 
LONDON, Nov 24: The British government’s terrorism watchdog on Tuesday criticised counter-terrorism police who arrested and then released without charge 12 men

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

 
QUETTA, Nov 24: Gunmen in Balochistan torched four vehicles carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan, police said on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Pakistan accused on Tuesday India of “preparing for a limited war” against it and asked the international community to take notice of New

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov 24: US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he intended to “finish the job” in Afghanistan after eight years of conflict there.

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The government has set up a committee of experts on the instructions of the Supreme Court to remove lacunae in the oil pricing mechanism that

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009

By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, Nov 24: With the first anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack falling on Thursday, defence lawyers of the accused in Pakistan want extradition of Ajmal

Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009