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- Pakistan's ISI cancels Britain visit
London, July 31: Talks between Pakistan's top intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Britain's security officials have been cancelled after British Prime Minister Dav....
- WikiLeaks disclosures will not change US policy towards Pakistan
Mumbai, July 31: The Indian belief that the disclosures by WikiLeaks will finally persuade the Americans to read the riot act to Pakistan is misplaced.
As US President Barack Obama ha....
- Black box of crashed Pakistan plane found
Islamabad, July 31: Pakistani authorities today said they had retrieved the flight recorder of a plane that crashed three days ago near Islamabad, killing 152 people on board.
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- Pakistanis see India as greater threat than Taliban, Al Qaeda
Washington, July 30: Pakistanis consider India a greater threat than Taliban and Al Qaeda with a quarter viewing Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for 2008 Mumbai attacks, favou....
- Qureshi could have handled press conference better: PM
New Delhi, July 30: In his first reaction on the talks between India and Pakistan earlier this month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi cou....
- China has assured Pakistan n-deal peaceful: India
New Delhi, July 29: China has assured India that its plans to build two additional nuclear reactors for Pakistan was for peaceful purposes, even as New Delhi stressed that it has conveyed its c....
- Pakistan plane crash: 58 bodies identified, DNA tests on others
Islamabad, July 29: Only 58 bodies of the 152 killed when an Airbus A-321 crashed in the Margalla Hills near this Pakistani capital have been identified, officials said today, adding that DNA t....
- India mourns victims of Pakistan plane crash
New Delhi, July 28: India today conveyed its condolences to Pakistan over the plane crash near Islamabad that killed more than 100 people.
In a message to his Pakistani counterpart Sh....
- Plane with 152 passengers crashes near Islamabad
Islamabad, July 28: An aircraft carrying 152 people crashed amid heavy rain in the thickly wooded Margalla Hills bordering the Pakistani capital today morning. Four bodies have been recovered f....
- WikiLeaks expose: Pakistan in damage control mode
Islamabad, July 28: The stunning WikiLeaks expose that showed the involvement of Pakistan's ISI in carrying out terror attacks against Indians in Afghanistan has received a mixed reaction h....
- Five survive Islamabad plane crash
Islamabad, July 28: Five people survived the passenger plane crash in Margalla Hills close to this Pakistani capital city today morning, a minister said. Some media reports, however, said that ....
- Plane crashes near Islamabad
Islamabad, July 28: A plane carrying 150 crashed into the Margala Hills near this Pakistani capital city today morning, media reports said.
The authorities are still trying to determi....
- Five killed in Pakistan blast
Islamabad, July 26: At least five people, including three police personnel, were killed and 10 injured in a powerful suicide blast today outside the residence of the information minister of Khy....
- We hope to get something from Pakistan on 26/11: Chidambaram
New Delhi, July 24: Striking a positive note after the recent talks with Islamabad, India today said it was hopeful of getting "something" from Pakistan on the dossiers provided to it l....
- Pakistan army chief gets three year extension
Islamabad, July 23: The Pakistan government has decided to extend the tenure of Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani by another three years.
Announcing the decision on Thursday nig....
- Rehman Malik happy Pillai ticked off
New Delhi, July 22: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's comments that Home Secretary G.K. Pillai had "ill-timed" his remarks on the ISI's role in the 26/11 attack ha....
- Islamabad, a capital in search of its identity
Islamabad, July 22: Fifty years after its founding, Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, has established itself as a modern city, but it continues to grow with no clear direction or identity, aw....
- India, Pakistan walk the tired road to peace
New Delhi, July 21: The India-Pakistan meltdown took place only days ago. But it seemed one was reading an old novel with a jaded storyline. Except that the leading protagonists were new.
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- Pakistan rejects India's allegations on Headley
Islamabad/New Delhi, July 20: Pakistan today refuted the assertion by India's National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon of links between Pakistan's establishment and David Coleman Hea....
- India, Pakistan showcase aviation wares at Farnborough airshow
Farnborough (Britain), July 19: Led by their respective state-run agencies, India and Pakistan are exhibiting their aviation wares at the Farnborough International Airshow that got underway tod....
- India, Pakistan say talks to continue, play down negatives
New Delhi/Islamabad, July 18: After two days of sharp rhetorical exchanges following foreign minister-level talks, India and Pakistan today played down differences, saying the talks have not co....
- Indian Army lodges protest with Pakistan on ceasefire violations
New Delhi, July 18: The Indian Army has lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan over the continuous ceasefire violations from across the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Bord....
- Krishna, Qureshi meet a 'positive step', tweets Rehman Malik
New Delhi, July 18: The India-Pakistan foreign minister talks should be seen as a "positive step" and not be "judged mathematically like 2+2=4", Pakistan Interior Minister Rehma....
- Never said Krishna received instructions from Delhi: Qureshi
Islamabad, July 18: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has denied having said that his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna was getting directions from New Delhi during the talks the two....
- 'Why is Pakistan silent on genocide in Kashmir?'
Islamabad, July 18: Why is Pakistan silent on the "genocide in occupied Kashmir" where Indian security forces are "brutally crushing the human, civil and political rights of the Kas....
- I won't visit India for a pleasure trip: Qureshi
Islamabad, July 18: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said he doesn't want to visit India for "a pleasure trip" unless New Delhi is "ready for meaningful, resul....
- Pakistan serious about normalising ties with India: Qureshi
Islamabad, July 17: A day after his tirade against India, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today toned down his rhetoric saying Pakistan is very serious about normalising bi....
- 'Why talk to India if it doesn't consider Kashmir disputed'
Islamabad, July 17: Expressing wonder at the "fixation" of Pakistani leaders on a dialogue with "arch-enemy" India, an editorial in a Pakistani Urdu paper today said there was n....
- Factors behind the India-Pakistan logjam
New Delhi, July 17: The unprecedented public exposure of the India-Pakistan rift after the ministerial-level talks in Islamabad was a disaster waiting to happen.
A similar, though mor....
- Kayani hand behind India-Pakistan stalemate?
New Delhi, July 17: Pakistan Army Chief, Gen Ashraf Parvez Kayani, met President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on the noon of July 15, just hours before India and Pakis....
- Pakistan announces release of 434 indian fishermen
Gandhinagar, July 16: Pakistan today announced the release of 434 Indian fishermen languishing in various jails in that country, according to an official.
Manish Lodhari, secretary Na....
- Terror biggest obstacle, Krishna tells Pakistan
New Delhi, July 16: India has told Pakistan that bilateral relations could not be normalised until the country acts against terrorists operating from its territory, External Affairs Minister S.....
- 'Ridiculous' to compare Pillai with Saeed: Congress
New Delhi, July 16: The ruling Congress today termed as "ridiculous" Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's attempt to equate Indian Home Secretary G.K. Pillai's state....
- Krishna back from Islamabad trip
New Delhi, July 16: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna reached home today afternoon after a three-day trip to Islamabad for the first major bilateral talks between India and Pakistan since ....
- Ready to discuss all issues when India ready: Qureshi
Islamabad, July 16: A day after talks with India deadlocked on the issues of terror and Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani External Affairs Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today said his country was al....
- What are the stumbling blocks in India-Pakistan dialogue?
Islamabad, July 16: The main stumbling blocks in India-Pakistan dialogue. Regarding Kashmir, India says the happenings in Jammu and Kashmir are its own business. Pakistan disagrees, and says it....
- Qureshi hails Manmohan for pursuing peace process
Islamabad, July 16: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday hailed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his decision to pursue the peace process with Islamabad.
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- Pakistan accuses India of selective focus on terror
Islamabad, July 16: A day after talks with India ended in a deadlock, Pakistan today accused India of having a "selective" approach by focusing mostly on terrorism and said it would be ....
- No breakthrough but India and Pakistan will keep talking
Islamabad, July 16: India and Pakistan today pondered over the future of their bilateral dialogue as the much-awaited talks between the foreign ministers ended without any breakthrough but with....
- Pakistan media blame India for deadlock in talks
Islamabad, July 16: Leading Pakistani newspapers today blamed India for the deadlock in the first major bilateral engagement since the Mumbai terror attack.
But the accusatory tone va....
- Pakistani troops violate ceasefire at six places
Jammu, July 16: Pakistani troops on Thursday opened heavy fire at five positions along the Line of Control and at another place from across the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir in a vi....
- Family urges India to recognise Punjab man in Pakistan jail
New Delhi, July 15: With External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna in Pakistan for talks, a family from Punjab today appealed to the Indian government to help a man who is languishing in a Pakista....
- India-Pakistan talks extended
Islamabad, July 15: Talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan were extended today, with a senior Indian official saying there was "good news" to report.
"I....
- Time for peace has come, says Pakistan minister
Islamabad, July 15: The time has come for India and Pakistan to overcome their mistrust and make peace, says Pakistani Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira.
"Those of us who hav....
- India, Pakistan begin talks
Islamabad, July 15: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met here today for talks aimed at opening a new chapter in bilateral relations.
S.M. Krishna of India and Shah Mahmood ....
- Assassination overshadows Krishna visit
Islamabad, July 15: The assassination of a Baloch leader and retaliatory street violence all over Balochistan overshadowed the visit by Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to Pakistan....
- India, Pakistan set to take peace process forward
Islamabad, July 15: Their ties having hit a new low after the Mumbai terror attack, the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are set today to open talks aimed at bridging their visible trust....
- Fortress Serena
New Delhi, July 15: Hotel Serena resembles a fortress, its sprawling complex crawling with armed policemen and high-rise iron barricades ensuring its safety from would be suicide bombers.
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- India media swarms Islamabad
New Delhi, July 15: A mini army of 52 Indian journalists has arrived in Islamabad to cover the talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan.
The external affairs ministry....
- Krishna's arrival statement in Pakistan
Islamabad, July 14: The following is the statement made by Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on his arrival here today for talks with his Pakistani counterpart:
I am very ....
- Krishna leaves for Pakistan amid concerns and hopes
New Delhi, July 14: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna left for Islamabad today for the most tangible move aimed at reviving a dialogue between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai terror at....
- I can play tennis with Qureshi, says Krishna
Islamabad, July 14: If Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi plays tennis, then "we would like to play a game of tennis", Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said her....
- Gilani hopes India-Pakistan talks to be fruitful
Islamabad, July 14: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed confidence that the forthcoming meeting between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India would be fruitful and would....
- Krishna heads to Pakistan, India's focus on terror
New Delhi, July 13: A day before External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna heads to Islamabad, India today decided to mainly focus the talks on terrorism, which it says is sponsored by Pakistan.
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- India to focus on 'small' trust-building steps with Pakistan
New Delhi, July 12: India will focus on "small, incremental steps" to build trust with Pakistan before moving on to more contentious issues like Kashmir and also decide the format of th....
- Pakistan did not oppose US-India n-deal: Zardari
Islamabad, July 11: Pakistan did not oppose the India-US civil nuclear deal and it expects similar pacts from other countries, President Asif Ali Zardari has said.
"When India was....
- 15 militants killed in Pakistan
Peshawar, July 10: Fifteen militants were killed today when jet fighters attacked their hideouts in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal region, a media report said.
The hideouts were target....
- Do not pre-judge outcome of talks with Pakistan: Krishna
New Delhi, July 8: A week before he meets Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today struck a realistic note, saying one should not pre-j....
- Musharraf prepares to storm Pakistan politics
Islamabad, July 8: Former president and ex-chief of Pakistan Army Pervez Musharraf has secured himself a launchpad for his return to the country from his exile in London: a political party whic....
- Indian jailed in Pakistan moves apex court
New Delhi, July 7: The Supreme Court today asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium to take "instructions" from the central government on a petition filed by a Punjab resident seeking ....
- Pakistan violates ceasefire again, BSF trooper killed
Jammu, July 7: In another incident of ceasefire violation, Pakistani Rangers fired at an Indian border post on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor sector killing a troop....
- Triple blasts rock Lahore
Lahore, July 2: At least 35 people were killed and 175 injured in three blasts on Thursday night at a shrine in Lahore, media reports said.
Three blasts went off at the Data Darbar sh....
- Talks with Pakistan substantive, says Chidambaram
New Delhi, July 1: Home Minister P. Chidambaram said talks with his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik were "substantive" on security-related matters. "Substantive discussions on se....
- 'Stop trade with India till Kashmir issue resolved'
Islamabad, June 29: Pakistan should stop trade with India till the Kashmir issue is resolved as the huge trade deficit is helping its "enemy", which is "oppressing" Kashmiris an....
- Afghanistan war may be lost in Pakistan: US think tank
Washington, June 29: The Afghanistan war may be lost in a home-grown insurgency hit Pakistan unless US takes some "game-changing steps" including talks on an India like civil nuclear de....
- Chidambaram very intelligent, Pakistani minister tweets
New Delhi, June 27: Home Minister P. Chidambaram is known as one of the most erudite minds of the Indian cabinet, something his Pakistani counterpart wholeheartedly endorses.
"I f....
- Home ministers' meeting 'immensely promising': Pakistani media
Islamabad, June 27: The Pakistani media have welcomed the bonhomie between India and Pakistan following the meeting of their home ministers, but expressed apprehension that the warmth may fizzl....
- India, Bangladesh next had Taliban taken over Pakistan: Malik
Islamabad, June 26: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik today said that had the Taliban taken over Pakistan, their next targets would have been India and Bangladesh.
Malik's ....
- India to consider Pakistan's offer to talk commerce
Toronto, June 26: India will positively consider a proposal from Pakistan for formal talks between the commerce secretaries of the two countries to push bilateral economic ties that can potenti....
- Chidambaram plays down Indian flag faux pas
Islamabad, June 26: A diplomatic faux pas was resolved amicably when Home Minister P. Chidambaram pointed out to his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik that the Indian flag was being displayed ....
- India wary over sharing intelligence with Pakistan
New Delhi/Islamabad, June 26: Voicing reservations over intelligence sharing with Pakistan, Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said if it meant India sharing intelligence over terror attack....
- Chidambaram in Pakistan for talks
Islamabad, June 25: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today arrived here to take part in the SAARC home ministers' conference and to hold talks with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
- Let's exchange hearts, not dossiers: Malik
Islamabad, June 25: Ahead of talks with his Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik today urged India not to exchange dossiers, but hearts, and stressed....
- Mumbai attack didn't figure in talks: Pakistani interior secretary
Islamabad, June 25: The 26/11 Mumbai terror attack didn't figure at the conference of the SAARC interior/home secretaries talks here today, Pakistan's interior secretary said.
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- Talks a step forward: Qureshi
Islamabad, June 24: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today described the Pakistan-India foreign sceretary-level talks here as "a step forward" in resuming the sub-continental peace....
- Confident of good results at foreign minister's meet: Pakistan
Islamabad, June 24: Pakistan today expressed confidence that "good results" will emerge from the meeting next month of the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India. "I am much more c....
- Dialogue only option for improving India-Pakistan ties: Rao
Islamabad/New Delhi, June 24: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, after talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir in Islamabad today, said dialogue was the only way to improve relat....
- India to press Pakistan for anti-terror action
Islamabad, June 24: The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will today hold talks on all issues, including terrorism and Kashmir, the first such effort at their level after the Bhutan tha....
- India, Pakistan to hold trust-building talks on Thursday
New Delhi, June 23: India and Pakistan are set to kick off a string of back-to-back meetings, starting with talks between their foreign secretaries on Thursday that are aimed at bridging post-2....
- Pakistan to probe firing incident at Indian camp in Liberia
Islamabad, June 23: Pakistan has ordered a probe into the alleged firing by one of its officers at an Indian paramilitary camp, which is part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in violence-hit Libe....
- India says firing by Pakistani troops ahead of talks unfortunate
New Delhi, June 22: India today termed as "unfortunate" the firing at a Jammu outpost by Pakistani troops, especially ahead of Thursday's talks between the foreign secretaries of th....
- Pakistan to release 17 Indian prisoners
Islamabad, June 22: Pakistan will release 17 Indian prisoners on Wednesday, a day before before the foreign secretary-level talks between the two countries.
"The prisoners will be....
- 'Strengthen nuclear capability to avert Indian designs'
Islamabad, June 21: Pakistan must outstrip India in the nuclear race to counter its neighbour, which is "fomenting instability" and was aiming to dismember this country as part of an Am....
- Chidambaram to raise terror issue with Pakistan: CCS
New Delhi, June 20: A ministerial panel on security today decided that terrorism and Pakistan's actions in eliminating the scourge will dominate the talks between Home Minister P. Chidamaba....
- All issues to be discussed in talks with India: Qureshi
Islamabad, June 20: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today said all issues, including water and terrorism, will be discussed in the forthcoming talks with India, stressing the nee....
- Pakistan violates ceasefire, two Kashmiri civilians killed
Srinagar/New Delhi, June 20: Two civilian porters were killed and two Indian soldiers injured today in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troopers near Jammu and Kashmir's Machil border sector,....
- India-Pakistan talks: Terror, Kashmir on table
New Delhi, June 20: Ahead of the foreign-secretary level talks with Pakistan June 24, India today said it was ready to discuss all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, "not in a....
- I will return to Pakistan soon: Musharraf
Lahore, June 15: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has said he will return to Pakistan soon to join national politics.
In a telephonic address to a group of students here, M....
- Pakistan hopes for 'constructive' talks during Krishna's visit
Istanbul, June 8: Pakistan said today it hoped for a "constructive and result-oriented dialogue" when Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna travels to Islamabad on July 15 as a ....
- India has a smaller nuclear arsenal compared to Pakistan
New Delhi, June 3: Pakistan has already raced ahead of India with regards to cruise and ballistic missiles with assistance from North Korea and China. Now it has also more nuclear warheads than....
- Dissatisfied Pakistani team returns after water talks with India
Lahore, June 3: Pakistan's Indus Water Commission team has returned from New Delhi dissatisfied with the information provided by the Indian side about the construction of new power projects....
- I'm disenchanted with India: Zardari
Washington, June 2: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said he was disappointed with India but insisted he can never be a hawk vis-a-vis New Delhi.
"I'm a little disench....
- Regional peace linked to good ties with India: Nawaz
Lahore, May 31: Peace and stability in the region is linked to good ties with India and the resumption of the sub-continental composite dialogue was the need of the times in the larger interest....
- Pakistan lifts ban on Facebook
Lahore, May 31: A Pakistani court today asked the government to restore access to social networking site Facebook and said it should develop a system to block access to "blasphemous" co....
- India, Pakistan discuss agenda for July 15 talks
New Delhi, May 30: Ahead of the July 15 meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met Pakistan's High Commissioner Shahid Malik a week ago ....
- Pakistani spy arrested in Punjab
Mohali (Punjab), May 29: Punjab Police today arrested a Pakistani spy from near an Indian Air Force (IAF) station here, an officer said.
The accused, identified as Irfan Ulha, 29, is ....
- 'US consistently pressing Pakistan to rein in anti-India terror groups'
Washington, May 29: The United States says it has consistently pressed Pakistan to stop the continuing infiltration into India by Punjab-based terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taeba and Jaish-e-Moh....
- 19 Pakistani fishermen released
Gandhinagar, May 28: Nineteen Pakistani fishermen, who have been languishing in a Gujarat jail, were released today, officials said.
"They will be handed over to the Pakistani aut....
- US offered $5 bn for refraining from nuclear tests: Nawaz Sharif
Lahore, May 28: Then US president Bill Clinton had offered Pakistan a $5 billion package to refrain from conducting tit-for-tat nuclear tests in response to India's in 1998 but the offer wa....
- Pakistan for talks with India to build trust
Islamabad, May 24: Pakistan today called for a "sustained and meaningful" dialogue with India after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the trust deficit was the main obstacle in ....
- Pakistan violates ceasefire
Jammu, May 23: In a major incident of ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistani troops today opened fire on Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector in Mendhar in Jammu and Ka....
- Musharraf's PM hopes a distant dream?
Islamabad, May 21: That former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is eyeing the prime minister's post is not surprising considering that the sweeping powers he had taken away from the off....
- Talks with India on basis of equality: Pakistan
Islamabad, May 18: Pakistan said today it would not accept any preconditions for talks with India and that these should be held on the basis of equality.
"We would not accept any ....
- Former Pakistan minister pushes most favoured nation status for India
New Delhi, May 18: Former Pakistan finance minister Shahid Javed Burki has pushed for granting "most favoured nation" status to India to boost bilateral trade and economic ties and says....
- Pranab calls for increased India-Pakistan trade
New Delhi, May 18: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today pitched for increased trade with Pakistan, saying it would help reduce tensions between the two neighbours and bring in higher investm....
- Home ministers to set stage for foreign minister talks: Qureshi
Islamabad, May 11: The home ministers of India and Pakistan will meet here next month on the sidelines of the SAARC meet to lay the groundwork for talks between the foreign ministers of the two....
- Krishna, Qureshi likely to talk over phone on Tuesday
New Delhi, May 10: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are likely to talk over telephone on Tuesday to set dates for their meeting before Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna l....
- Pakistan still sees India as major threat, says top US general
Washington, May 8: Pakistan still sees India as its major thereat even as it has stepped up action against militants realising the "very existential threat" posed by the Pakistani Talib....
- Dialogue with India essential for regional peace: Pakistan
Islamabad, May 7: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday emphasised the need for resolving outstanding issues with India, saying that dialogue is indispensable for durable peace a....
- Kasab death sentence is not lead news in Pakistan
Islamabad, May 7: Pakistan's English media today front-paged but did not lead with the death sentence awarded to Ajmal Amir Kasab for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, focusing instead ....
- Krishna to talk to his Pakistani counterpart today
New Delhi, May 6: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday said he will be talking with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi today to take forward the new engagement....
- Pakistan distances itself from Kasab
Islamabad, May 7: Pakistan has distanced itself from gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, sentenced to death over the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, but has called for the perpetrators of the siege t....
- Pakistan withholds reaction to Kasab sentencing
Islamabad, May 6: Pakistan will react to the death sentence awarded to Ajmal Amir Kasab for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack after a detailed study of the judgment, the foreign office....
- Pakistan wants dialogue with India to resolve Kashmir: Qureshi
Islamabad, May 5: Days after the thaw with India in Thimphu, Pakistan on Tuesday said it has always desired purposeful dialogue with India to resolve outstanding problems, including the "co....
- Pakistan welcomes 'revival of composite dialogue', wants Kashmir resolved
Islamabad/New Delhi, May 4: Pakistan today welcomed what it termed the revival of the "composite dialogue" with India, a formulation New Delhi has avoided after the talks in Thimphu ask....
- Be nice to me for protection: Musharraf told Benazir
London, May 3: "I'll only protect you if you're nice to me," Pakistan's former premier Benazir Bhutto was told by the then military ruler Pervez Musharraf when she asked for....
- India-Pakistan dialogue will aid terror fight: US
Washington, May 1: The decision by India and Pakistan to resume their dialogue is a "positive step" that will help in the war on terror in the region, the White House has said.
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- India, Pakistan to narrow trust deficit: Qureshi
Islamabad, April 30: A day after the prime ministers of India and Pakistan held talks in Bhutan, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi today said there was a trust deficit betwee....
- Manmohan, Gilani discuss prosecution of Hafiz Saeed
Thimphu, April 29: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed his "deep concern" about Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, ....
- Talks have changed climate between India, Pakistan: Qureshi
Thimphu, April 29: The talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani have changed the climate between the two countries, Pakistan Foreign M....
- 'Madhuri Gupta was just an acquaintance'
Sunderbani (Jammu and Kashmir), April 29: A doctor couple, under media glare for hosting Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta in this border area in Jammu and Kashmir last month, today said she was ju....
- 1,000 guests and a single dish at Sania-Shoaib reception
Lahore, April 28: Over 1,000 guests at the wedding reception of Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik were served just one dish and the celebrations at a hotel in t....
- Gupta was passing information to Pakistan intelligence: India
Thimphu, April 27: Madhuri Gupta was "passing information" to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, an Indian official said today, shortly after the junior Indian diplomat ....
- Will India, Pakistan ties again cast shadow over SAARC?
Thimphu, April 27: As Bhutan gets ready to host for the first time the 16th SAARC summit on Wednesday, all eyes are on India and Pakistan and whether their dispute will overshadow the eight-nat....
- Woman diplomat in Indian mission in Pakistan held for spying
New Delhi, April 27: Madhuri Gupta, a second secretary of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan, was arrested from her home here on the charges of spying for the Inter-Services Intelligence (I....
- Gilani-Manmohan meeting: Pakistan speaks in twin voices
Islamabad/Thimphu, April 26: Pakistan today spoke in twin voices on a possible meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of th....
- Local court summons Shoaib Malik
Lahore, April 26: A local court here today summoned former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik for selling invitational cards of his wedding reception.
Shoaib, who married Indian tennis sta....
- Pakistan PM hosts dinner for Shoaib-Sania
Islamabad, April 25: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has hosted a dinner for newlyweds Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza, a media report on Saturday said.
The dinner was on Frid....
- Pakistan formally seeks extradition of Kasab, Ansari
Islamabad, April 25: The Pakistan government on Saturday formally demanded the extradition of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, and his Ind....
- Pakistan hints at Gilani-Manmohan meeting at Thimpu
Islamabad/New Delhi, April 24: In a surprise move, Pakistan has indicated that a meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh cannot be ruled out ....
- Newlyweds Shoaib-Sania arrive in Karachi
Karachi, April 22: Carrying placards reading "Welcome to Pakistan's daughter-in-law", hundreds of fans gathered outside the Jinnah International Airport as newlyweds Shoaib Malik an....
- No talks till Pakistan acts against 26/11 mastermind: Rao
New Delhi, April 22: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today said that India was not in a hurry to revive talks with Pakistan and no meeting was scheduled between the prime ministers of the two co....
- Ahead of Bhutan meet, India tells Pakistan again - act against terror
New Delhi, April 22: Barely a week ahead of a likely meeting between Indian and Pakistani leaders in Bhutan, the Indian government today reminded Islamabad to take action against 26/11 mastermi....
- India should resume dialogue with Pakistan: Mufti
Srinagar, April 22: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and patron of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Muhammad Sayeed today urged the Indian government to resume the com....
- Not responsible for Benazir killing: Musharraf
Islamabad, April 21: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has said he could not be held responsible for Benazir Bhutto's assassination as he was neither the head of the government nor....
- Pakistan inks deal for US guided-missile frigate
Islamabad, April 21: Pakistan has inked a $78 million deal for acquiring the US guided-missile frigate USS McInerney that will join the fleet in January 2011 after a $65 million refurbishment t....
- Pakistan has to do more on terror front: Krishna
New Delhi, April 21: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Tuesday said Pakistan has to do much more to mitigate India's core concern of terrorism. "With Pakistan, the core concern ....
- 'Pakistanis rely more on Indian doctors'
New Delhi, April 19: Pakistanis looking for a liver transplant rely more on Indian doctors as they are more efficient, said a Pakistan-based neurologist whose daughter recently underwent an org....
- Two rockets fired into Punjab from Pakistan
Gurdaspur (Punjab), April 19: Indian and Pakistani troopers traded gunfire after two rockets were fired into Indian Punjab from Pakistan, the Border Security Force (BSF) said today.
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- Shoaib-Sania to be Pakistan population welfare ministry's brand ambassadors
Lahore, April 14: Cricketer Shoaib Malik and his Indian wife Sania Mirza are to be declared as brand ambassadors of Pakistan's population welfare ministry, it was announced here today.
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- 17 Indian fishermen held for violating Pakistani waters
Karachi, April 14: Seventeen Indian fishermen were arrested today for violating Pakistan's territorial waters, the Maritime Security Agency said.
Three fishing boats were also sei....
- Gilani seeks more evidence against LeT for action
Washington, April 13: Promising not to tolerate extremists using his country as a base to attack India, Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has urged Washington to help ease tensions wit....
- Two 'Indian spies' arrested in Pakistan
Peshawar: Two men described as "Indian spies" have been arrested in northwestern Pakistan, a media report today said.
The two men, named as Nasir Khan, son of Munawar Khan and....
- Sania, Shoaib to wed today afternoon
Hyderabad: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will tie the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik today, a spokesperson of the bride's family said.
"This is to confirm that Sa....
- Over 1,000 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Lahore
Lahore: More than 1,000 Sikh pilgrims have arrived here from India to take part in the Baisakhi festival starting on Wednesday, a media report said.
The Online news agency said about ....
- No meeting scheduled with Manmohan: Gilani
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today that no meeting had been scheduled with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Nuclear Safety Summit in W....
- Pakistan Senate panel puts off meet on Shoaib Malik issue
Islamabad: A Senate standing committee has postponed its meeting scheduled for Saturday to discuss the manner in which cricketer Shoaib Malik was treated in India after it became known that he ....
- Pakistan Army's biggest war game begins on Saturday
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army will on Saturday begin its biggest field work out, involving 20,000 personnel, to validate the concept of a new defensive doctrine for countering conventional threa....
- Now it's celebration time at Sania Mirza's house
Hyderabad: A day after Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik divorced his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui, preparations began today for his marriage to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.
The mood ....
- Hyderabad police continues probe against Shoaib Malik
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police today continued their probe against Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik for allegedly cheating a woman after marrying her.
Sleuths of Central Crime Station (C....
- Shoaib-Sania marriage: Pakistani activist Burney to visit India
Islamabad: Prominent Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney said today he would visit India to "dig out the truth" about the claim that cricketer Shoaib Malik, who is all set to wed Ind....
- Shoaib doesn't want anticipatory bail, says his lawyer
New Delhi: A lawyer for Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik today said that Malik had told him not to file for anticipatory bail since he was cooperating with the Hyderabad police's investigat....
- I am innocent, says Shoaib
Hyderabad: Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik, set to marry Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, today insisted he was innocent and would not leave India until he was cleared of charges of quietly marr....
- Pakistan to fully back Shoaib Malik: Foreign office
Islamabad/Hyderabad: Pakistan said today it would fully back cricketer Shoaib Malik as he contests cheating charges by Ayesha Siddiqui, a resident of Hyderabad in India, who claims to be his fi....
- Ayesha was pregnant, had miscarriage: Family
Hyderabad: Cricketer Shoaib Malik and tennis star Sania Mirza's marriage saga got murkier today as Hyderabad resident Ayesha Siddique's family claimed she was not only married to the fo....
- 'Pakistan hub of fake Indian currency network'
Kathmandu: Two Pakistani cities are the major manufacturers of fake Indian currency and Pakistanis are the main couriers spreading the counterfeit currency notes to India through Nepal, say Nep....
- Police begin questioning Shoaib Malik
Hyderabad: Police today began questioning Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in connection with the complaint filed against him by Ayesha Siddiqui, who claims to be his first wife.
A po....
- Sania-Shoaib marriage is beacon of hope for India-Pakistan: Miss Pakistan
Toronto: Despite all the drama surrounding the upcoming wedding of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, Miss Pakistan Ayesha Gilani is all too eager to welcome ....
- Restoring constitution reaffirms Bhutto's philosophy: Zardari
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the steps taken to restore the constitution, under which his own powers will be drastically reduced, reaffirms the political philos....
- Politics not best way for change: Fatima Bhutto
New Delhi: Fatima Bhutto, the niece of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, today said politics was not the best way to bring about transformation in society and she had chosen....
- Ayesha files police complaint against Shoaib Malik
Hyderabad: Ayesha Siddiqui, who claims to be the first wife of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, today lodged a police complaint against him for cheating her.
In her complaint to Banj....
- Pakistani establishment had hand in father's, uncle's killing: Fatima Bhutto
New Delhi: Fatima Bhutto, the niece of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, firmly believes the country's establishment had a hand in the killing of her father Murtaza and ....
- My blood froze when Zardari became president: Fatima Bhutto
New Delhi: Fatima Bhutto, niece of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, says her "blood froze" on the day Asif Ali Zardari became the country's president and prompt....
- I can never leave Pakistan: Fatima Bhutto
New Delhi: Fatima Bhutto, the niece of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, says that in spite of the violence her family has suffered, including the killing of her father Murt....
- Three years, yet nothing moves in Indo-Pak ties
New Delhi: Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Riffat Masood is now readying to say goodbye to friends in Delhi. The affable diplomat is relieved to be going to Los Angeles after three and ....
- Pakistan honours Gandhian activist
New Delhi: With India not relenting on resuming composite dialogue with Pakistan anytime soon, Islamabad was looking for a gesture and a message that can't be construed but positively. Defy....
- Pakistan is doubling its nuclear-bomb capacity
New Delhi: This may surely sound alert for India. According to the recent reports by the Washington based Institute for Science and international security, Pakistan is eyeing operation of secon....
- Six Indian fishermen arrested in Pakistan
Karachi: Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency today arrested six Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in the country's sea territory in Krake near Karachi.
The agency also se....
- Kashmir to assess water loss due to treaty with Pakistan
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government will hire a private agency to assess water losses suffered by the state due to the Indus Water Treaty provisions that restrict the use of its three river....
- Pakistan must rein in LeT: US official
New Delhi: Asserting that the US was aware of Indian concerns about the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, an official of the Obama administration today said it was "very important" ....
- Internal divide in India over talks: Qureshi
Islamabad: India is facing an internal divide on the issue of talks with Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here today.
Talking to journalists ahead of the Pakistan-....
- Runaway Pakistani teenager sent back home
Amritsar: A teenaged Pakistani boy who ran away from his home near Lahore city in Pakistan two months back after a scolding from his father and landed up in the custody of security agencies in ....
- Hafiz Saeed issue was strongly raised with Pakistan: India
New Delhi: Surprised over Islamabad's statement that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed did not figure in the Feb 25 foreign secretary-level talks, India today said the "unhindered....
- In diplomacy, words can make or mar
New Delhi: The first formal talks between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai attacks threatened to blur the distinction between fact and fiction as far as 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed was conc....
- India, Pakistan stumble on first step of their talks
New Delhi: What the unpleasant aftermath of Thursday's India-Pakistan talks showed was that cordiality cannot be forced. The trust deficit between the two countries is so high that a dialog....
- Zardari for meaningful talks with India
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has hoped for meaningful talks with India when the foreign secretaries of the two countries meet in New Delhi on Feb 25 - but has once again harpe....
- Zardari wants result oriented talks with India
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday hoped for result oriented talks with India, saying the stalled composite dialogue should also resume. "We want meaningful and res....
- Feb 25 'not a bad date' for talks: Pakistani foreign minister
New Delhi: Pakistan's foreign minister says that Feb 25 is "not a bad date" for talks with India and that the stalled composite dialogue should also resume.
"We do not....
- Pakistan wants dialogue with India, not war: Gilani
Islamabad: Pakistan has always favoured dialogue with India to a war, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said while appreciating India's "intention" to resume talks. Reiterating Paki....
- Pakistan harps on resuming composite dialogue with India
Islamabad: Harping on resuming the composite dialogue process, Pakistan said today that it wanted to resolve all outstanding issues with India through talks "rather than war."
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- Pakistan to set its agenda today for talks with India
Islamabad: Pakistan will set its agenda for the proposed foreign secretary-level talks with India at a high-level meeting on today chaired by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a media repo....
- Three 'RAW' agents arrested in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have arrested three men said to be agents of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), a media report said today.
The arrested ....
- Pakistan to take all stakeholders on board on talks with India
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to take parliament and the national political leadership on board on the proposed foreign secretary-level talks with India, a ....
- Pakistani politicians speaking at cross-purposes on Kashmir?
Islamabad: Are Pakistani politicians speaking at cross-purposes on Kashmir? It would seem so, with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi expressing ignorance that the issue was close to resolut....
- Pakistan is a complex place right now: Mohsin Hamid
New Delhi: Pakistan is a very complex place because of the diverse happenings the country sees on a day-to-day basis - terror attacks, peace rallies and cultural events, says Lahore-based bests....
- 'Dark forces' in Pakistan won't succeed: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Terming militant groups in Pakistan as "dark forces", Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said New Delhi was watching the activities of terror outfits in Pakistani Kashmir but....
- Mystery of the India-Pakistan talks
New Delhi: There are theories galore on what prompted India's sudden offer to Pakistan for foreign secretary-level talks. It bears the imprint of the prime minister himself and the new nati....
- Pakistan's business community welcomes talks with India
Islamabad: Pakistan's business community today welcomed the upcoming foreign secretary-level talks with India, terming it a highly positive step that could result in many benefits for the p....
- Top Pakistani leadership meets after India's talks offer
Islamabad: Pakistan's top leadership has met to discuss the Indian offer for foreign secretary-level talks, with the move being generally welcomed here.
The meetings involving Pre....
- Pakistan welcomes Chidambaram's visit
Islamabad: Pakistan today welcomed Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram's visit here this month saying it would give the two countries an opportunity to review "security threats to the r....
- Pakistan Foreign Minister accuses India of hypocrisy
London: Pakistan Foreign Minister S.M. Qureshi on Thursday accused the "Indian polity" of being confused and hypocritical in its attitude toward Pakistan. He said he had given Indian Ex....
- LeT responsible for Mumbai terror attacks: Pakistani investigators
Islamabad: Investigators in Pakistan have said that every terrorist responsible for the 26/11 attacks were activists of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba group. They have also said that there is eno....
- It would be unrealistic to guarantee against repeat of 26/11: Foreign Minister of Pakistan
London: Even though the prominent world leaders right now have assembled in London in order to hold talks on the critical situation in Afghanistan, it seems unlikely that the foreign ministers ....
- What is Pakistani air chief doing in Indian government ad?
New Delhi: There were red faces in the government today when it was found that there were full-page newspaper advertisements from the women and child development ministry against female foetici....
- India concerned over drones sale to Pakistan
New Delhi: Amid US plans to sell drones to Pakistan, India wants assurances that such military hardware is not targeted at New Delhi.
India is understood to have conveyed to the US th....
- Pitching for 'Hind Pak dosti' and peace
New Delhi: Predictably, the questions were many when speakers from India and Pakistan got together and talked about whether and how the neighbours could shed decades of distrust and live in har....
- US airstrike kills five in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least five suspected militants were killed in a US drone attack on a Taliban hideout in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal district, media reports said today.
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- Talk of Balochistan 'too much' for Pakistani envoy
New Delhi: "It is too much!" remarked Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik after an Indian speaker blasted Islamabad over the crisis in Balochistan.
And much to the diplom....
- Pakistan arrests 16 Indian fishermen
Karachi: The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested 16 Indian fishermen and seized three boats for allegedly venturing into Pakistan's territorial waters, Online news aagency quoted a ....
- US asks Pakistan to show 'results', bring Saeed to justice
New Delhi: Three days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Washington, the US envoy to India today said expanding counter-terror cooperation would be a cornerstone of the discussions. H....
- India hasn't responded on gas pipeline: Pakistan
Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan today said India had not responded positively on a proposed three-nation gas pipeline from Iran, contradicting New Delhi's position that it was keen on the pro....
- Indian boys languish in Pakistani jail despite serving sentence
Islamabad: Nine Indian minors, who were caught while fishing in Pakistani waters, are languishing in prison in the country's port city of Karachi despite having completed their one-year sen....
- Proof of India's role in Balochistan at 'suitable time': Gilani
Islamabad: The evidence regarding Indian involvement in Balochistan will be presented at "a suitable time", Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today adding that "the c....
- Dialogue with Pakistan only after anti-terror action: India
New Delhi: Any meaningful dialogue with Pakistan was "realistically possible" only after it dismantled the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said....
- Wasim Akram's wife buried in Lahore
Karachi: Tributes poured in for Wasim Akram's wife, Huma, who was buried in her hometown Lahore today. She was 42.
A large number of former Pakistan Test cricketers, senior Pakist....
- I wanted to walk out of Agra summit: Musharraf
Islamabad: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has said he wanted to walk out of the failed 2001 Agra summit but was dissuaded from doing so by a senior official.
His frustrat....
- Terrorism expanding in Pak: Antony
New Delhi: Indicating the present situation in Pakistan, defence minister A K Antony on Monday termed it as "extremely serious". Warning about the steady expansion of terrorism he adde....
- BSF-Pakistan Rangers exchange sweets at border on Diwali
Attari (Punjab): Border security officials from India and Pakistan exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border joint checkpost today to mark the festival of Diwali.
Border Security Fo....
- India invites Pakistan for dialogue on Kishenganga project
New Delhi: Pakistan has been invited by India to establish meaningful dialogue over Jammu and Kashmir's Kishenganga power project. Pakistan has warned India on the issue and has asked the ....
- Pakistan gets first of 18 new F-16s
Washington: The US has unveiled the first of 18 new F-16s being produced for Islamabad amidst a furore in Pakistan over the tough anti-terror conditions attached to a bill to provide $7.5 milli....
- Pakistan blast toll reaches 45
Islamabad: The toll in Pakistan's Swat region bombing has gone up to 45, a media report said today, as security agencies arrested 28 people for the attack on the army headquarters in the ga....
- FIRs against 26/11 suspect Saeed dismissed by Pak court
New Delhi: FIR registered against JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, the prime accused in Mumbai terror attacks, has been dismissed by Pakistan's Lahore High Court today. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief....
- Pakistani diplomat electrocuted in Delhi home
New Delhi: A senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission died after being electrocuted at his south Delhi home, sources said here today.
Political counsellor at the mission Mohabb....
- 19 die as Pak Army HQ siege ends, 39 hostages freed
Rawalpindi: Pakistani troops stormed the army headquarters here at dawn today to end a siege by Islamists, with the stunning two-day drama leaving 19 people dead and the country bruised.
- Explosions, gunfire heard near Pakistan army headquarters
Islamabad: Explosions and gunfire were heard early today near the Pakistan army headquarters in Rawalpindi where militants were holding many security men and civilians hostage, media reports sa....
- India takes up Kabul attack with Pakistan
New Delhi: India has taken up with Pakistan the suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Afghanistan, Defence Minister A.K. Antony indicated today. "Already we are taking it up seriousl....
- Shootout, blasts near Pakistan Army headquarters
Rawalpindi: A shootout took place near the Pakistan Army headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi today, media reports said.
The firing started when security personnel tried to....
- Culprits of 26/11 terror attacks are not Pakistan's friends: Qureshi
Washington: Foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahsood Qureshi confirmed that the miscreants of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks are not Pakistan's ally, highlighting the fact that maintaining ....
- Pak not ready to stop infiltration into J&K, says Antony
New Delhi: Even after the deadly Mumbai terror attacks last year in November, Pakistan is not determined to taken stern actions against terrorists intrusion into Jammu and Kashmir from its sid....
- Pakistan still sees India as a greatest threat: US general
Washington: A top US military officer today stated that Pakistani leaders and ISI still sees India as the biggest scourge to them, despite the fact that their troops are putting up a tough str....
- Indian media sparking match fixing debate: Pak coach
Karachi: Intikhab Alam, Pakistan coach targeted the Indian media of arousing cogitations on the match fixing issue and asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to take firm actions on the future cricke....
- I got 'positive vibes' from Indian foreign minister: Qureshi
Washington: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says he had received "positive vibes" from his Indian counterpart about how to take forward their relationship and peace....
- Blast in UN office in Pakistan, one dead
Islamabad: A blast ripped through the UN World Food Programme (WFP) office here today, leaving at least one person dead and three people injured.
The dead person was reportedly a fore....
- 15 militants killed in Pakistan
Miranshah (Pakistan): At least 15 militants and a security personnel were killed in fighting in South Waziristan area of Pakistan today, media reported.
The fighting started when the ....
- Peace talks can't succeed amid terror, violence: India to Pakistan
New York: Demanding concrete action against terror groups, India on Sunday told Pakistan in no uncertain terms that an environment free of violence and terrorism was essential for the success o....
- Five killed in Pakistan blast
Islamabad: Five people were killed today in car bomb attack near a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, media said.
The attacker rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the car o....
- India demands action against Pakistan terror groups at 'constructive' talks
New York: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna conveyed New Delhi's serious concerns about Pakistan-based militant groups to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi during w....
- Indian, Pakistani ministers hold talks
New York: The Indian and Pakistan foreign ministers began crucial talks today with India focusing on terror emanating from across the border and Islamabad still hedging its bets over action aga....
- Talking cricket in times of India-Pakistan freeze
New Delhi: The lengthening shadows of the Mumbai terror attacks vanished for a while as well-heeled Indians and Pakistanis talked cricket, Jinnah and nostalgia, barely three days before their f....
- Resume Pakistan-India dialogue: Zardari
New York: The resumption of the subcontinental composite dialogue is in the best interests of the region, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said.
At a meeting with former US pr....
- Suspicious ISI agent with secret military papers caught in Bihar
Patna: According to a top police official, a suspended soldier of the Indian Army, suspected to be working as an ISI agent has been caught here with the secret military papers associated with ....
- Sikh pilgrims in Lahore for Guru Nanak's death annivesary
Lahore: A group of 379 Sikh devotees from India have arrived here for ceremonies to mark the 470th death anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, the world's youngest religion.
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- Abolish visas, demand Sikh pilgrims to Pakistan
Lahore: Over 350 Sikh devotees from India, who arrived in this Pakistani city to attend the death anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, have urged Islamabad and New Delhi to abolish vi....
- Pakistani, Indian foreign secretaries to meet on Sep 26
Islamabad: Hoping to resume the stalled peace process and discuss "the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir", Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said Monday that he would meet his Ind....
- When circumstances improve, I will return to Pakistan: Mushraff
Islamabad: Pervez Mushraff, former Pakistan President and military ruler confirmed that he will come back to his country as soon as the situations stabilize.
He told media that homec....
- Pakistani Taliban commander dead
Islamabad: Pakistani Taliban commander Sher Mohammad Qasab, who carried a Rs.10 million bounty and was arrested from the Swat Valley, has died, authorities said today.
Qasab was criti....
- Zardari wants India in Friends of Democratic Pakistan group
London: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said here that his country wants India to be part of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan group, a media report said on Friday.
"We w....
- Zardari again blames 'non-state actors' for terrorism
London: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has again blamed terrorist attacks on "non-state actors and supporters of dictatorship" in Pakistan.
In remarks made ahead of what ....
- 3 held in Pak with pirated editions of Jaswant's book
Lahore: Three people have been arrested for selling pirated editions of former Indian minister Jaswant Singh's book "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" in this Pakistani city, ....
- Tortured in Pakistan, Hindu migrants want to stay in India
Jodhpur: "We Hindus in Pakistan are being discriminated against, tortured and harassed," complains Ram Lal, a 45-year-old migrant from Pakistan, one of the estimated 10,000 migrants fro....
- 16 Indian fishermen held in Pakistan
Islamabad: Sixteen Indian fishermen have been arrested for entering Pakistan's territorial waters, authorities said today.
Maritime Security Agency (MSA) caught the 16 Indian fish....
- Pakistan denies border firing
Lahore/Amritsar: Tension prevailed at the Pakistan-India border after loud explosions were heard on the Indian side near the Attari-Wagah check post. However, Pakistan denied today that its for....
- US drone attack kills five in Pakistan
Miran Shah (Pakistan): Five people were killed and six others wounded on Monday in a US drone attack in northwest Pakistan, media reported.
A US drone fired two missiles on a house in....
- Pakistan's unwillingness to act is atrocious: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said that Pakistan's unwillingness to prosecute the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed is "atrocious". "(Whil....
- India quits Iran gas pipeline deal, says Pak diplomat
Tehran: India has exited from a gas pipeline deal it earlier planned with Iran and Pakistan, media reported citing a Pakistani diplomat.
"India definitely quitted the IPI (India-P....
- Pakistan troops kill more than 60 militants
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces on Saturday killed more than 60 militants in two districts of the country's troubled northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
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- India has given Pakistan enough proof on Mumbai: Krishna
Bangalore: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today said that Pakistan had been given enough proof to prosecute Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders for masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks. &#....
- S.M. Krishna's flight makes emergency landing in Karachi
Karachi: An Emirates flight carrying Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport here on Thursday night, a media report said.
- S.M. Krishna's flight makes emergency landing in Karachi
Karachi: An Emirates flight carrying Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport here on Thursday night, a media report said.
- India invokes anti-terror pledge, Pak says restart dialogue
New Delhi: Indicating its willingness to engage with Pakistan, India today said any meaningful dialogue will depend on Islamabad honouring its anti-terror pledge in letter and spirit and stress....
- Pakistan has increased nuke warheads to 90: report
New Delhi: Pakistan has increased its nuclear warheads from 60 to around 70-90 and is enhancing its nuclear weapon capabilities across the board by developing and deploying new nuclear-capable ....
- Court summons Musharraf, 10 others in Benazir killing case
Lahore: The Lahore High Court has summoned former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf and 10 others in a case relating to the Dec 27, 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
- Stranded NATO trucks destroyed in Pakistan
Islamabad: More than 25 oil tankers and trucks carrying supplies to US and NATO forces were destroyed in an overnight attack in Pakistan's remote town of Chaman on the Afghan border, police....
- India hesitating to talk peace: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan today said it was willing to resume the dialogue process with India but there "is no response" from New Delhi.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said P....
- Jaswant Singh not going to Pakistan: son Manvendra
New Delhi: Former Indian external affairs minister Jaswant Singh, sacked from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his bestseller book on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah, has no intention ....
- India cites Interpol notice on Saeed, asks Pakistan to act
New Delhi: Stepping up pressure on Pakistan over Hafiz Saaed, India today said the Interpol red corner notice against him vindicated its stand on his involvement in Mumbai terror attacks and as....
- Indian envoys begin brainstorming, Pak high on agenda
New Delhi: A three-day conclave involving about 120 Indian envoys posted abroad began here today with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna outlining the country's strategy in dealing with....
- India will send more 26/11 evidence to Pak: Krishna
New Delhi: More evidence on 26/11 will be provided to Pakistan as investigations continue, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said today, a day after India presented yet another dossier on ....
- Sarabjit's lawyer meets Badal
Chandigarh: The lawyer representing Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail today met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and appealed to him to take up the issue of his client....
- 25 kg of heroin seized at Indo-Pak border
Gurdaspur (Punjab): Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized 25 kg of heroin near the India-Pakistan border in this district of Punjab today.
"We have seized 25 kilograms of h....
- Leader of banned Pakistani outfit shot dead
Islamabad: Chief of the banned Pakistani outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba and religious scholar Sher Ali Haideri was gunned down along with an associate early today, triggering protests in several Sindh t....
- Pakistan to restructure ISI
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to restructure its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, which is often accused of functioning as a state within a state, to make it more efficient and v....
- Pakistan receives third tranche of IMF loan
Karachi: Pakistan has received $1.2 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the third tranche of an emergency loan agreed to last year, the central bank said.
"We ha....
- Pak says its civil nuclear technology better than India's
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday claimed its civilian nuclear technology was better than India's.
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Ansar Pervez made the claim while speakin....
- Case ordered against Musharraf for judges' house arrest
Islamabad: Eleven days after Pakistan's Supreme Court invalidated then president Pervez Musharraf's November 2007 declaration of an emergency and sacking of apex court judges, police we....
- PML-Q calls for halting Indian TV broadcast in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) information secretary and senator Tariq Azeem has said transmission of all Indian channels being relayed in the country be stopped in line....
- Court adjourns hearing in Benazir Bhutto's murder case
Rawalpindi: The additional sessions judge here has adjourned till Aug 31 the hearing of application seeking registration of FIR against 13 people, including former Pakistani president Pervez Mu....
- Former Pak's foreign secretary Niaz Naik found dead
Islamabad: Former Pakistani foreign secretary Niaz Naik, who had been involved in back channel diplomacy with India, has been found dead in his house here, police said today.
The poli....
- Pakistani Taliban chief dead, meeting on to choose successor
Islamabad: Baitullah Mehsud, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed, a close aide to the militant leader said today, adding that a meeting was being held to "choose his success....
- Islamabad-Istanbul train link from Aug 14
Islamabad: A freight train link between Islamabad and Istanbul via Tehran is to be launched on Aug 14, Pakistan's independence day.
The train will run from Islamabad's Margala....
- US drone attack kills four in Pakistan
Islamabad: A suspected US drone attack, targeted at Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's hideout, today killed four people in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area, a media report said.
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- Three killed in Pakistan fighting
Islamabad: Three people were killed and six injured in a clash between militants and security forces in northwest Pakistan today, a media report said.
Militants attacked a security fo....
- Pak Army, intelligence elements back terrorists: British MPs
London: A powerful group of British MPs expressed concern Sunday that elements within Pakistani Army and intelligence services do not share their civilian government's resolve to fight Isla....
- Musharraf faces exile in Britain
London: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who has been ruled guilty of illegally imposing emergency two years ago, faces exile in Britain because his presence may destabilise the coun....
- No dialogue with Pak in atmosphere of violence: India
New Delhi: With a hostile opposition continuing its attack on the controversial India-Pakistan joint statement, the government today clarified that progress in dialogue with Islamabad would not....
- Sonia backs PM on India-Pakistan statement
New Delhi: Strongly backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's declaration that there was no dilution of the national consensus on countering terrorism emanating from Pakistan, Congress chief ....
- No differences between govt, Congress on joint statement: Rahul
New Delhi: The ruling Congress and the government are "absolutely one" on the issue of the India-Pakistan joint statement, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi said today.
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- Pakistan opens new battleground against Taliban
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have opened a new battleground against the Taliban in the country's Ashrai Dara area in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), a media report said today.
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- Gilani praises Manmohan Singh's 'bold vision of peace'
Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh after positive remarks by the Indian premier in parliament on the peace process with....
- Pak not cooperating in extraditing 42 fugitives: India
New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the dialogue with Islamabad will depend on its action against terror, India today said it has been asking Pakistan to hand over 42....
- 600,000 displaced Pakistanis return to their homes: UN
Islamabad: More than 600,000 Pakistanis, who have been displaced in the conflict between the security forces and the Taliban, returned to their homes in the country's North West Frontier Pr....
- Manmohan praises Vajpayee's 'political courage'
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today paid fulsome tribute to his predecessor Atal Bihari's Vajpayee's vision, saying "he took a decision of political courage to visit Laho....
- No dilution in stand but engagement with Pak must continue: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted there was no dilution in India's stand on cross-border terrorism but argued there was no alternative to engagement with neighbours.
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- Indian military acquisitions threaten peace: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has accused India of threatening peace in South Asia by expanding its military arsenal.
"Continued induction of new lethal weapon systems by India is detriment....
- INS Arihant a 'destabilising step' by India: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan today called the launching of India's first nuclear-powered submarine a "destabilising step" that could trigger an arms race in the region, a media report said.
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- Pakistan forms committee to question Sufi Muhammad
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has constituted a committee to investigate the cases against pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Sufi Muhammad who was arrested on Sunday in nort....
- Pak probes former lawmaker for Pole's beheading
Islamabad: Pakistani police today said investigators were quizzing a former pro-Taliban lawmaker believed at the centre of the slaying of a Polish engineer by militants earlier this year.
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- Radical cleric Sufi Mohammad resurfaces in Pak
Islamabad: A radical Islamic cleric who brokered a peace deal with the Taliban in Pakistan and went missing during a military offensive has resurfaced in Peshawar city, media reports said today....
- PML-N plans to file criminal case against Musharraf
Lahore: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party is planning to file a criminal case against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, media said.
Sardar Zulifqar Khosa, advi....
- Joint statement diplomatic paper not legal document: Tharoor
New Delhi: The India-Pakistan joint statement issued in Egypt was a "diplomatic paper" not a legal document, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said today, reiteratin....
- Pakistani interior minister on the way out?
Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik could be on the way out with the name of Raza Rabbani, a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that heads the ruling coalition, d....
- Nine killed in building collapse in Karachi
Islamabad: Nine people were killed when a building in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi collapsed during construction, police said today.
The incident took place in the city'....
- Musharraf denies involvement in Bhutto assassination
Islamabad: Former Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf has rejected allegations of his involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Addressing a c....
- Indians, Pakistanis to stage play on ties that bind
Washington: As their government leaders shake hands but fail to act, a group of artistes from India and Pakistan have joined hands to present a play highlighting the composite culture that bind....
- 22 killed as monsoon rains create havoc in Karachi
Karachi: At least 22 people have been killed and 150 others injured at the weekend in various incidents caused by heavy rains in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, media reports said today.
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- Indo-Pak chambers form group to boost trade
New Delhi: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) and the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have set up special contact groups to boost bilateral tra....
- Pak sets Guinness record by planting 541,176 saplings
Islamabad: Pakistan has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records by planting 541,176 saplings in one day to break the Indian record of 447,874 trees set on June 12.
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- Nawaz Sharif acquitted in plane hijacking case
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court today acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the 10-year-old plane hijacking case lodged against him by the government of General Pervez Musharr....
- UN team visits Bhutto assassination spot
Islamabad: Two members of a UN technical assessment team have visited the site in Rawalpindi where former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in 2007, a media report said to....
- US hopes for Pakistani action against Mumbai attackers
Washington: The US hopes that greater understanding and progress on the issue of Pakistan moving forward with prosecution of those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks would emerge from th....
- Zardari presses for 'economic diplomacy' to speed up aid
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the government to launch "economic diplomacy" to quickly get the money pledged by the global community for rebuilding in the wa....
- Indo-Pak relations getting back on track?
Sharm-el-Sheikh: Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries will hold a second round of talks today before their prime ministers meet on Thursday morning, official sources said, holding out the p....
- Pak's Punjab govt washes hands of Saeed case
Islamabad: The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has decided to dissociate itself from the court case against Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of Mumbai terror attacks, and filed ....
- Jammu man goes missing on visit to Pakistani Kashmir
Jammu: Sakina Bi comes every Monday to Chakan-da-Bagh near Poonch, the crossing point at the Line of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, to check if her husband Mohammad Hussai....
- Pakistanis displaced by offensive return home
Jalozai Camp (Pakistan): Many of the thousands displaced by fighting between the military and Taliban in north-western Pakistan began returning today to their homes in parts of the Swat Valley.....
- Badal assures Sarabjit's family all help
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday assured all help to Dalbir Kaur, whose brother Sarabjit Singh is facing the death sentence in Pakistan.
Badal also a....
- Pakistan says 26/11 trial to begin next week
Islamabad: Declaring Zaki-ur-Rehman to be the mastermind of the 26/11 terror attacks, Pakistan Saturday said its probe into the Mumbai mayhem was 'almost complete' and the trial of ....
- Sarabjit's family petitions Pakistani Prez for mercy
Chandigarh: The family members of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who is in a Pakistan jail facing death sentence, and a city-based NGO today said they have sent a petition to President Asif Al....
- Sarabjit to petition Zardari for mercy
Lahore: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh will file a mercy petition before Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, his lawyer said today.
"I will file the mercy petition on....
- Pak yet to respond to BSF protest after attack
Attari (Punjab): Amidst security concerns in Punjab's border belt following Saturday night's 'rocket' attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Border Security For....
- India-Pak tensions surface at global faith meet
Astana: Simmering India-Pakistan tensions came to the fore on the concluding day of a global faith meet here today but the blip was taken in its stride.
Intervening during the plenar....
- Kashmir key to cordial ties with India: Gilani
Lahore: Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said a "cordial relationship" with India was not possible until the longstanding Kashmir issue was resolved, the Online....
- Indian border guards shoot dead Pakistani intruder
Jammu: Indian border guards today said they shot dead a suspected intruder near the border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to a spokesman of the Border Security Force (....
- Will seek Sarabjit's pardon: Pakistani lawyer
Islamabad: A Pakistani lawyer who claims to represent Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row for 18 years, says he will appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari to either pardon him or co....
- Devotees of India-Pak pay respects to Hindu saint
Chamliyal (India-Pakistan border): Thousands of devotees gathered today in this Jammu and Kashmir village, barely 200 metres from the India-Pakistan border, for the annual festival in the memor....
- Sarabjit's family distraught after mercy plea rejection
Bhikiwind (Punjab): The government must intervene to save Sarabjit Singh's life, said the distraught family of the Indian prisoner who has been on death row in Pakistan for 18 years after n....
- Twenty20 win gives terror-hit Pak reason to rejoice
Islamabad: Jubilations are rare these days in Pakistan as suicide bombers roam around looking for targets, but the nation's victory in the Twenty20 World Cup provided the sad nation with an....
- Don't resume talks with Pakistan: Kashmiri Pandits
Jammu: A Kashmiri Pandit group, Panun Kashmir, has warned India against resuming talks with Pakistan under US pressure.
"Linking improvement in situation in Pakistan or for that m....
- Pakistan has lost Kashmir plank: Pakistani media
Islamabad: Pakistan has lost its Kashmir plank with India bringing on centre stage the need to counter terrorism, an editorial in a leading English daily said on Thursday while welcoming the ap....
- Pakistani forces kill 66 Taliban
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have killed 66 Taliban fighters in the country's restive northwest, the military said today as its offensive against the militants entered its 47th day.....
- One killed, 35 hurt in Pakistan train blast
Islamabad: One person was killed and 35 hurt in a train blast Thursday in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a media report said.
The blast occurred in the third carriage of the Bol....
- Saeed's release: Unhappy India to mobilise global pressure
New Delhi: Unhappy over the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafeez Saeed, a suspected mastermind of the Mumbai carnage, India on Tuesday said it showed Pakistan's lack of sincerity in actin....
- India, Pakistan to resume 'track-two diplomacy'
Islamabad: Although the composite dialogue process between India and Pakistan has come to a halt, "track-two diplomacy" is being revived, with an important Indian delegation expected to....
- Five killed, 100 injured in Peshawar twin blasts
Islamabad: At least five people were killed and about 100 injured as two back-to-back blasts ripped through busy market places in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, media reports said.
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- India condemns Lahore blast
New Delhi: India today condemned the blast in Lahore that killed over 20 people and hoped Pakistan can join hands in fighting "the spectre of terror".
"I feel sorry that a....
- Lahore car bomb kills 30
Lahore: A massive car bomb ripped through a building in the Civil Lines area of Pakistan's Lahore city Wednesday morning, killing an estimated 30 people and injuring at least 80.
- Pakistani newspapers splash UPA's electoral victory
Islamabad: The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) victory in the Indian general elections made front page news in the Pakistani media today, with at least one newspaper saying....
- Pakistan would have attacked India in 1998: Gohar Ayub
Islamabad: Pakistan would have launched a full-fledged air attack had India attempted to prevent its 1998 nuclear tests, maverick politician and former foreign minister Gohar Ayub Khan says in ....
- Pak backing terrorists sneaking into India: Army chief
New Delhi: Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Friday accused Pakistan of supporting terrorist infiltration into India.
"The camps, which were there on the other side, are still exis....
- Pakistan's break-up will threaten US, India: Experts
Washington: US officials see little hope of preventing nuclear-armed Pakistan from disintegrating into fiefdoms controlled by Islamist warlords and terrorists, posing a security threat to both ....
- Taliban advancing deeper into Pakistan: NYT
New York: The Taliban have advanced deeper into Pakistan by engineering a class revolt that exploits profound fissures between a small group of wealthy landlords and their landless tenants,....
- Pakistan's Red Mosque cleric freed
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities Thursday freed Maulana Abdul Aziz, the hard-line cleric of Islamabad's Red Mosque, a day after the Supreme Court granted him bail.
Deputy Commissioner of I....
- Pak court jails 20 Indian fishermen till April 28
Karachi: Twenty Indian fishermen who were arrested for allegedly fishing in Pakistani waters were Thursday jailed by a court here till April 28.
The Indian fishermen were nabbed and their fo....
- Nawaz party sets 'precedent', to support govt from oppn
Islamabad: Holding that a "precedent" was being set, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said Thursday his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would not join the government but would support it....
- Pak steps up security for Indian Sikh pilgrims
Islamabad: Pakistan has stepped up security for the Indian Sikh pilgrims visiting the Nankana Sahib gurdwara for the Baisakhi celebrations and have declared a curfew in the area, Geo TV reporte....
- Suicide bombing kills 16 in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least 16 people, including 10 policemen, were killed and several injured Wednesday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, officials said.
The bomb....
- PM says no to talks, puts Pak to sincerity test
New Delhi: With Pakistan prevaricating over punishing those behind the Mumbai attacks, India Wednesday said there won't be any resumption of bilateral talks till Islamabad allows terrorists to ....
- Objectivity need of the hour, say Indian, Pakistani scribes
New Delhi: Nearly five months after 26/11, candour and introspection marked a seminar of Pakistani and Indian journalists and writers here Wednesday, as they admitted they sometimes tended to....
- Enough Mumbai evidence furnished to Pakistan: India
New Delhi: India Tuesday reiterated that enough evidence had been furnished about the involvement of elements from Pakistan in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and it was now for Islamabad to ....
- Sharif rejects Zardari olive branch
Islamabad: Pakistan was set for a bruising showdown with opposition leader Nawaz Sharif late on Saturday rejecting President Asif Ali Zardari's olive branch on seeking a review of a Supreme....
- Zardari seeks talks with opposition to stop protests
Islamabad: Pakistan's beleaguered President Asif Ali Zardari is seeking negotiations with opponents to end anti-government protests, his spokesman said Saturday as authorities intensified effor....
- US 'extremely concerned' about situation in Pak
Washington: The US is "extremely concerned" by the political crisis in Pakistan but doesn't believe there is a "high probability right now" the situation will prompt the military to interve....
- Geo News telecast blocked in parts of Pakistan
Islamabad: The telecast of Pakistan's Geo News television channel was blocked in some parts of the country Friday, the channel's website said.
The channel broadcast has been blocked in p....
- Pakistan most dangerous place on earth: US expert
Washington: Calling Pakistan "the most dangerous place on earth", Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call's executive editor Mort Kondracke has suggested that the Obama administration should give ....
- Pak Information Minister Sherry Rehman resigns
Islamabad: Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman Saturday resigned from her post due to differences over the government's media policy, Geo TV reported, citing offi....
- Nawaz defiant, says lawyers' march will continue; army alerted
Islamabad: The army was placed on alert here Saturday as a defiant opposition leader Nawaz Sharif turned down the government's plea to call off the lawyers' "long march" for restoration of the ....
- Pak in crisis, Zardari set deadline to end lawyers' stir
Islamabad: A volatile situation existed in Pakistan where authorities on Friday continued their crackdown on agitating lawyers staging a 'long march' amidst reports that President Asif Ali Zard....
- Suspected US drone attack kills 24 in Pakistan
Islamabad: A suspected US missile attack on a Taliban hideout in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 24 people, security officials and residents said on Friday.
More than 40 people were ....
- Pakistani politician father, Indian mother - a son tells all
Islamabad: Personal circumstances contain a bigger story and are a way to make "peace" with "personal history", says Aatish Taseer, the 29-year-old son of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and I....
- Long march shakes Pak, hurts Zardari
Islamabad: Thousands of Pakistani lawyers on Thursday began a Long March to demand restoration of Supreme Court judges sacked two years ago, ignoring both a police crackdown and the government ....
- Pakistan impedes lawyers' anti-govt march
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities today impeded a cross-country lawyers' rally by blocking a protest convoy from travelling to the capital city Islamabad to join a planned sit-in against the f....
- India concerned with Pak situation
New Delhi: With political instability deepening in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday reviewed the developments in the neighbouring country at a Cabinet Committee on Security....
- Pakistan braces for turmoil as Zardari's hold loosens
Islamabad: Fears are growing that the Pakistani opposition's planned march on Islamabad this week might throw the nuclear-armed country into chaos and put the political future of pro-Western Pr....
- Over 400 held in Pak crackdown on lawyers
Lahore: Over 400 opposition activists across Punjab have been rounded up in a major crackdown by the police ahead of the lawyers' long march scheduled to start today and sit-in planned in I....
- Pakistan should respect right of protest: US
Washington: The United States on Wednesday said Pakistan should allow its citizens to protest government actions, but refrained from criticizing a massive government clampdown against opposit....
- Kayani meets PM as confrontation looms
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday met Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani against the backdrop of a confrontation looming over restoring Supreme Court judges ....
- Long march shakes Pak, hurts Zardari
Islamabad: Thousands of Pakistani lawyers on Thursday began a Long March to demand restoration of Supreme Court judges sacked two years ago, ignoring both a police crackdown and the government ....
- Pakistani spy sentenced to seven-year jail
Chandigarh: A Pakistani national was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment after an Indian court convicted him for spying.
The court here also slapped a fine of Rs.14,000 on Abid M....
- House arrest ordered for Sharif brothers
Lahore: Pakistani authorities Wednesday decided to put Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his borther Shahbaz Sharif under house arrest to prevent a planned long ma....
- Pakistan cricket attack mastermind has escaped
London: The suspected mastermind of last week's terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore has escaped a police raid on his home, a British newspaper reported Tuesday.
Mohamm....
- Pakistani tribe to surrender Taliban leaders under peace pact
Islamabad: A major tribe in Pakistan has agreed to stop sheltering the foreign militants, hand over local Taliban leaders and accept the writ of the government in troubled Bajaur district, ....
- Get your act together, Kayani tells Zardari
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has reportedly asked President Asif Ali Zardari to get his act together in view of the deteriorating political and security situation ....
- Mastermind of 03/03 attack identified
Lahore: Pakistani security agencies have identified a little-known militant, Muhammad Aqil, as the mastermind of the audacious attack on Sri Lankan cricketers here, but police have failed to ....
- Indian delay over Pak posers denting its image
Islamabad: India's delay in sharing information on the Mumbai terror strikes will resurrect doubts that New Delhi may have stage-managed the killings and also the attack on Sri Lankan crick....
- Lahore HC extends house arrest of JuD head
Lahore: The Lahore High Court on Monday extended the house arrest of Hafeez Saeed, head of the banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa, and four others by 60 days.
Hafiz Saeed was presented before the ....
- Pakistani Hindu families seek India citizenship
Amritsar: Fearing intimidation by the Taliban, a few Hindu families from Pakistan on a visit to Punjab are refusing to return home and have sought Indian citizenship.
Camping at a lodge ne....
- Musharraf urged to resolve issues without whipping up war hysteria
Karachi: Taking a strong anti-militancy stance, former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on Monday urged concerted efforts to prevent them from operating on the country's soil even as he ext....
- India should reply soon on 30 questions: Rahman
Islamabad: India should reply soon on the 30 questions that Pakistan has forwarded relating to the Mumbai probe, Interior Advisor Rahman Malik said on Sunday.
Addressing a joint press co....
- ISI, RAW must stop confrontation: Musharraf
New Delhi: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Saturday accused India of whipping up war hysteria after the Mumbai terrorist attacks and asked the intelligence agencies of both countr....
- 8 killed in Peshawar suicide blast
Peshawar: Eight security personnel were killed when an abandoned car they sought to check exploded on the outskirts of Pakistan's Peshawar city today.
Residents of Badahber village had alert....
- Pak lacks will, ability to fight terror: Pranab
New Delhi: The attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan exposes Islamabad's lack of will in tackling terror, which in turn poses a major hurdle to the process of change, External Affairs Min....
- Cases registered against Ghaziabad rioters
Ghaziabad: Police on Thursday night lodged six cases against rioters, a day after a mob ransacked a hospital, damaged a police post and over a dozen vehicles and critically injured two poli....
- Pakistan on back foot on Lahore security lapses
Islamabad: The Pakistani authorities on Thursday went on the back foot in the face of charges that lax security had led to the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore - and ....
- Lahore attack: TV footage shows terrorists escaping
Islamabad: The Geo news channel - a Pakistani TV - has aired what it claims is footage of the terrorists escaping the site of Tuesday's dastardly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players in Lah....
- Lanka team attack: 4 suspects arrested
Lahore: Four suspects were arrested here on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team that left six policemen dead and six players and their assistant c....
- 'Lahore terrorists same as those who struck Mumbai'
Lahore: The terrorists who attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team here on Tuesday morning were the same who had struck in Mumbai, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer said.
"It was a planned terroris....
- Sri Lankan cricketers attacked in Pak, 6 hurt
Lahore/Colombo: Six Pakistani policemen were killed and six Sri Lankan cricketers injured on Tuesday when gunmen armed with automatic weapons attacked the visiting team's convoy as it headed fo....
- Sri Lankan cricketers to leave Pakistan at the earliest: Official
Colombo: The Sri Lankan cricket team, which came under attack in Lahore today in which six players were injured, has been recalled from Pakistan and steps were taken to fly them out as soon as ....
- Terrorist safe havens in Pakistan most worrisome: US
Washington: The havens carved out by the Taliban and other insurgents in Pakistan have become the "most worrisome" part of the US-led war in Afghanistan, says US Defence Secretary Robert Ga....
- 'Unfortunate' that terrorists operating from Pakistan: Pranab
Kolkata: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said it was "unfortunate" that Pakistan is still being used by terrorists to carry out attacks in India.
"We have told Pakista....
- Pakistan Navy chief does a flip-flop on Mumbai
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy chief on Saturday virtually did a turnaround on his controversial remark - that there was no evidence to prove Ajmal Amir Kasab took the sea route to India to launc....
- Pakistan simmers with protests against Sharifs' poll bar
Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday vowed to take his fight against a Supreme Court decision barring him and his brother from contesting elections to the people, ....
- Taliban announces indefinite ceasefire in Swat
Islamabad: The Taliban on Tuesday declared an indefinite ceasefire in Pakistan's restive Swat region where Islamabad has allowed the militant group to impose Shariat (Islamic law).
The out....
- Taliban announces indefinite ceasefire in Swat
Islamabad: The Taliban today declared an indefinite ceasefire in Pakistan's restive Swat region where Islamabad has allowed the militant group to impose Shariat (Islamic law).
The outlawed....
- ISI smuggling opium into India from Pakistan: NCB
New Delhi: Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is helping drug peddlers smuggle opium into India through the border, a senior official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on....
- Pakistan considering sending probe team to India
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that his government was considering sending a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team to India for the Mumbai attack....
- Masood Azhar, Dawood not in Pakistan: Malik
Lahore: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday said that Maulana Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, the two men wanted by India for terrorist activities, are not in Pakistan a....
- Pakistan speaks in two voices on Kasab
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday appeared to be speaking in two voices on Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the Mumbai mayhem, with a law officer asking India to hand him o....
- Islamists group to meet Taliban's Pakistan chief
Islamabad: An Islamist group, which held a march in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Wednesday, has left for Matta to meet Taliban's Pakistan chief Maulana Fazlullah for restoration of peace in the ....
- Taliban a threat to humanity, warns India
New Delhi: India on Wednesday reacted sharply to the peace deal between the Pakistan government and the Taliban and warned the world that the hardline militia was "a terrorist organisation" and....
- Pakistan bows to Taliban, allows Shariat laws
Islamabad: Pakistan has signed a major peace deal with a Taliban-linked outfit that will lead to the enforcement of Shariat laws in parts of the country's northwest including the Swat Valle....
- House where terrorists planned Mumbai attack traced
Islamabad: The house where terrorists who attacked Mumbai planned their operations has been traced in Pakistan's Sindh province, Geo TV reported on Sunday.
Geo showed visuals of the now de....
- Taliban declare 10-day ceasefire in Pakistan
Islamabad: Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan's restive Swat Valley on Sunday announced a 10-day ceasefire to facilitate a deal between the regional government and a militant group ....
- Taliban announce 10-day ceasefire in Pakistan
Islamabad Feb 15 (Xinhua): Taliban in Pakistan's insurgency-hit Swat Valley on Sunday announced a 10-day ceasefire to facilitate negotiations between the regional government and an Islamic gr....
- Keep up pressure on Pakistan, India to urge US
New Delhi: India will press the US to sustain pressure on Pakistan to do more to bring the Mumbai terrorists to justice, when US envoy Richard Holbrooke meets Indian officials today. India an....
- Pakistan has no tie-up with US over drone attacks: Musharraf
Islamabad: Former president Pervez Musharraf has said that his government had not inked any agreement with the US over drone attacks on Pakistan, Online reported.
Musharraf said: "Increase....
- Pakistan fighting for survival against Taliban: Zardari
Islamabad: Pakistan is fighting a war for its survival against the Taliban, who have a presence in large parts of the country, President Asif Ali Zardari has said.
"Taliban want to overtak....
- Pakistan may seek Kasab's custody
Islamabad: Pakistan said today it might seek the custody of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrrorist captured during the Mumbai mayhem, to aid its investigations into the carnage.
"If Ajmal....
- 'Pakistan close to cracking Mumbai conspiracy'
Islamabad: Pakistan is close to cracking the conspiracy behind the Mumbai terror attacks, Interior Minister Rehman Malik indicated on Thursday, urging India to help it in the process.
"Two....
- Timeline of Pakistan's flip-flop on Mumbai attacks
New Delhi: Pakistan's admission on Thursday that the Mumbai carnage was "partly" planned on its territory brings to an end 79 days of Islamabad's flip-flop on the involvement of elements from....
- Mumbai terror suspects to be tried in Pakistani jail: Dawn
Islamabad: The suspected terrorists arrested by the Pakistani authorities for their links with the Mumbai terror attacks will be tried inside a heavily fortified jail in Rawalpindi, a media r....
- Pakistan seeks DNA reports of Kasab, other Mumbai attackers
Islamabad: Pakistan has sought from India the DNA reports of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured during the Mumbai mayhem and the nine other terrorists killed during the assault to e....
- Pakistan serious about Mumbai probe: Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan said Thursday it was "serious" about prosecuting the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks and that the actions taken so far would prove its "sincerity".
"We are serious....
- Pakistan files case against Kasab, 13 others
Islamabad: The Pakistan Government on Wednesday registered a case against Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
Medi....
- Asif may be included in national squad after ban expires: Butt
Lahore: Banned Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif may have something to cheer as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hinted that he may regain his spot in the national squad after completion of ....
- Contradictory reports in Pakistan media on Kasab
Islamabad: Contradictory reports circulated in the Pakistani media on Wednesday on Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the Mumbai mayhem, with one TV channel reporting a ca....
- Holbrooke holds talks with Zardari
Islamabad: Richard Halbrooke, the United States special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday here.
According to The News, several topics in....
- Pak commerce secretary arrives in India for SAARC Meeting
New Delhi: Pakistan's Commerce Secretary Suleman Ghani arrived in the national capital here on Monday to participate in a meeting on economic cooperation amongst the South Asian Association....
- Al Qaeda warns India against attacking Pakistan
Islamabad: India will have to "pay a heavy price" if it tries to attack Pakistan, the Al Qaeda warned in a video sent to the BBC office here.
Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, said to be the Al Qaeda's ....
- India asks for direct response on terror dossier
New Delhi: With Islamabad dithering in its response to the 26/11 terror dossier, India has again asked Pakistan to directly convey its response on the Mumbai carnage instead of airing its v....
- Mumbai attacks planned in Europe: report
Islamabad: The Nov 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks were planned not in Pakistan but in Europe, according to the Pakistan government's investigation report, the Geo TV reported on on Sunday quot....
- Pakistan to file case against Kasab, four others
Islamabad: Pakistan will file cases against five Pakistani nationals, including Ajmal Kasab, who is now under arrest in India, for the Mumbai terror attacks, Geo TV reported on Sunday quoting....
- US envoy Holbrooke to arrive in Pakistan today
Munich: US special envoy Richard Holbrooke will arrive in Pakistan on a two-day visit today, Geo TV reported. He will hold separate meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister ....
- Gilani to receive Mumbai probe report, India still waiting
Islamabad/New Delhi: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is set to receive from Pakistani investigators a report on their probe into the Mumbai terror attacks, even as India said it was still....
- 50 Indian fishermen arrested for entering Pak waters
Karachi: Fifty Indian fishermen have been arrested for encroaching into Pakistani waters, an official said.
The maritime security agency officials arrested 50 Indian fishermen and took nine....
- Pakistan spots Bangladesh link in Mumbai attack
Islamabad: The banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HuJI), which operates out of Bangladesh, may have played a role in the Mumbai terror strike, Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) h....
- Pak calls high-level meeting to discuss Mumbai probe
Islamabad/New Delhi: The Pakistan foreign office on Tuesday evening called a high-level meeting to discuss the findings of the probe into the Mumbai carnage, amid reports that it could charge 1....
- Pakistan soon to publish report on Mumbai attacks: Official
Islamabad: Pakistan will soon make public an investigation report regarding the Mumbai attacks, an official said here on Tuesday.
Minister of State for Interior Tasnim Ahmad Qureshi told rep....
- Act against terror, India tells Pakistan
New Delhi: India today urged Pakistan to act with "sincerity and decisiveness" against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage and said it was in the interests of the region if they we....
- Pakistan has completed Mumbai attacks probe: Gilani
Islamabad: Pakistan has completed its probe into the Mumbai attacks and would soon share this with India, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said, even as he pulled up the country's envo....
- Pak govt scuppers move to seek US envoy for Kashmir
Islamabad: In what could be a significant pointer to the future of sub-continental ties, the Pakistani government has blocked a parliamentary resolution seeking a special US envoy for Kas....
- 'Preliminary' probe into 26/11 over, to share findings with India: Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan has completed its "preliminary investigation" into the Mumbai attacks based on the information provided by India and Islamabad would share the findings with New Delhi and ....
- Pakistan FIA files Mumbai attacks probe report
Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has presented its investigation report on Mumbai attacks to the interior ministry, a media report said on Friday.
Soon after rece....
- India's 26/11 evidence 'insufficient', says Pakistan probe agency
Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), in its report to the interior ministry on the Mumbai attacks, has termed as insufficient the evidence provided by India of the involv....
- 'Pakistan must close Taliban bases that train anti-India militants'
Washington: Getting Islamabad's cooperation to close Taliban sanctuaries in its tribal areas may be Washington's single hardest challenge as Pakistan has always used them to train people to....
- Three Indian spies held in Pakistan
Lahore: Three Pakistanis alleged to be Indian spies were arrested on Thursday, and police said they had planned to attack an Islamist group linked to the Mumbai terrorist attack.
Lahore ....
- Zardari seeks to inject Kashmir into Holbrooke brief
Washington: While the US made it clear that its new special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has no mandate to deal with Kashmir, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has sought to inject th....
- 'Pakistan makes headway on Mumbai attacks probe'
Islamabad: Pakistan has made considerable headway in its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks but is disappointed at India cold shouldering its offer of a joint investigation into the carna....
- We'll resolve all issues peacefully: Gilani
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated his government's commitment to peacefully resolve all outstanding issues with India to usher in an era of peace and prosper....
- Pakistan envoy gets death threat, says high commission
New Delhi/Islamabad: Security has been stepped up for Pakistan's envoy to India, Shahid Malik, after he received a death threat, an official of the high commission said today.
The official, ....
- Don't block people to people contact: Asma Jahangir
New Delhi: Asma Jahangir, chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, on Thursday said the people to people contact between India and her country should not be hindered under any circum....
- 'Pakistan to review options if Obama not positive'
Washington/Islamabad: Pakistan said on Wednesday it would review its options if the Barack Obama administration didn't adopt a positive policy toward the country, even as the new US president....
- Pakistan to reinstate 7,700 sacked employees
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to reinstate the 7,700 employees who were recruited during the two prime ministerial terms of the slain Benzair Bhutto but were subsequently sac....
- Pakistan investigators likely to seek access to Kasab
Islamabad: The Pakistani team probing the Mumbai attacks is likely to demand access to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of the 26/11 terror strikes, to question him on his suspected link....
- No difference in present government and dictatorship: Sharif
Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has criticised the present government, saying it was not different from the dictatorship under Pervez Musharraf, media reports said.
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- Pakistan tells India it has launched probe into 26/11
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday officially informed India that it has launched investigations into the Mumbai attacks in response to the evidence provided by New Delhi of the involvement of Pak....
- Pakistan committee begins Mumbai attack probe
Islamabad: The three-member committee appointed to probe the Mumbai attacks has started its work and will be presenting the initial report by end of next week, an official in the interior min....
- Pakistan tells India it has launched probe into 26/11
Islamabad: Pakistan Friday officially informed India that it has launched investigations into the Mumbai attacks in response to the evidence provided by New Delhi of the involvement of Pakist....
- We have to triumph against terrorism: Zardari
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday said defeat was not an option in the war against terrorism and militancy and "we have to triumph to protect and defend our way of life".
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- 'War on terror 'mistaken', resolve Kashmir dispute'
London: In comments made ahead of a speech in Mumbai, British Foreign Minister David Miliband Thursday said a "resolution of the dispute over Kashmir" was needed in order to fight the terrorist....
- Harry apologises to Pakistani officer for controversial remark
London: Prince Harry has apologised directly to a Pakistani army officer whom he called a "Paki" in a home video, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Harry, whose 2006 video has caused a stor....
- Prince Harry's 'Paki' comment unacceptable: Gordon Brown
London: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday condemned Prince Harry's use of racist language as "unacceptable" but said the apologetic young royal now deserves the nation's "benefit o....
- Pakistan's 'no' to war with India, to respond to evidence
Islamabad: Pakistan Monday ruled out a war with India over the Mumbai terror attack, even as a leading columnist said it was yet to respond to the Indian evidence linking Pakistanis to the ....
- India, Afghanistan implicitly flay Pakistan
New Delhi: In an apparent reference to Pakistan, India and Afghanistan Monday said that countries needed to prevent acts of terrorism emanating from their soil.
A joint statement issued at....
- We won't bow to pressure: Zardari
Islamabad: Stressing that Pakistan would not "bow down" to any pressure, President Asif Ali Zardari said that if India wants to build up world pressure on Pakistan, it is a "mistake", a media r....
- Pakistan extends LeT chief Hafiz Saeed's house arrest
Islamabad: Pakistan has extended by two months the house arrest of Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder chief of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is blamed by India for the Mumbai terror attacks....
- No Pakistani to be handed over to another country: Gilani
Pano Aqil (Pakistan): The evidences received from India in the Mumbai terror attacks are being investigated, "but no Pakistani would be handed over to another country", a media report quoted ....
- Durrani sacking dominates Pakistani media
Islamabad: The sacking of Pakistani National Security Adviser Mehmud Ali Durrani for admitting that Ajaml Amir Kasab, the sole terrorist arrested during the Mumbai mayhem, belonged to this ....
- Pakistan's political scenario hots up ahead of parliament session
Islamabad: Despite sub-continental tensions in the wake of the Mumbai terror carnage, the political scenario in Pakistan is heating up ahead of the parliament session beginning on Monday.
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- Durrani's sack shows rift in Pakistani leadership: Indian experts
New Delhi: The sacking of Pakistan's National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani has exposed serious rift between key power centres in Islamabad and points towards renewed assertion by the mil....
- 'NSA sacking reveals cracks in Pakistani leadership'
Islamabad: The manner in which Pakistan's National Security Advisor (NSA) was sacked for owning up to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the Mumbai attacks reveals cracks in....
- No accusation against Pakistan without proof: Mulford
New Delhi: US Ambassador David Mulford Friday tread cautiously on the alleged involvement of Pakistani official agencies in the Mumbai terror attack, saying accusations could not be made "wit....
- No accusation against Pakistan without proof: Mulford
New Delhi: US Ambassador David Mulford Friday tread cautiously on the alleged involvement of Pakistani official agencies in the Mumbai terror attack, saying accusations could not be made "wit....
- No accusation against Pakistan without proof: Mulford
New Delhi: US Ambassador David Mulford Friday tread cautiously on the alleged involvement of Pakistani official agencies in the Mumbai terror attack, saying accusations could not be made "wit....
- Pakistan finally owns up to Kasab; ISI chief says 'no war'
Islamabad: After being in denial mode for weeks, Pakistan finally admitted on Wednesday that Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the Mumbai carnage, was indeed a Pakistani nati....
- Pakistan sacks National security adviser
Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has sacked the country's National security adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani, Geo TV reported on Wednesday.
Gilani said Durrani had given a s....
- Origin of Mumbai attack was Pakistan: US
Washington: The US has reiterated that November 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks originated from Pakistan, but wants New Delhi and Islamabad to work together to bring those responsible to justice ....
- Turbulent Pakistan poses threats to India and the world: US
Washington: Pakistan's increasingly turbulent border region poses threats not just to the US mission in Afghanistan, but also to neighbouring India and the world beyond, according to President ....
- Pak ready to work with India, Gilani tells Boucher
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday, while talking to a senior US official, said that his government was ready to cooperate with India in the investigations of the Mumbai ....
- Sarabjit may escape Pakistani gallows
Islamabad: Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan - and some 7,000 others might escape the gallows with the law and justice ministry asking the interior ministry to com....
- Pakistan mounts fresh offensive against militants
Islamabad: Overland haulage of supplies for US and Nato troops in Afghanistan through Pakistan's famous Khyber Pass was suspended on Tuesday when security forces sealed off the region befo....
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