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The horror of being a woman in Pakistan - Rediff.com India News The Delhi gangrape case has highlighted how vulnerable women remain in India. But the situation in neighbouring Pakistan is worse, as most cases of sexual assault in that country are hushed up due to the stigma attached to the...

Poverty has risen since 2008, concedes govt | DAWN.COM ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: The ministry of food security has conceded that poverty has been increasing in the country during the past four and a half years of the PPP-led coalition government. The Senate was informed on Thursday that as per...

Unrest In Sindh: Police absent as armed men take to streets – The Express Tribune Unrest erupted in Karachi on Friday night when unidentified armed men, riding on motorbikes, resorted to aerial firing, forcing shopkeepers and traders to shut down their businesses abruptly. At...

PPP leader among 7 gunned down in Karachi | The Nation A Pakistan People’s Party local leader was among seven gunned down in Karachi on Tuesday, officials said. According to local police, unknown armed men riding a bike opened fire at Sajjad Balti in North Karachi area within the...

Budget for armed forces should be audited: Imran Khan – The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan joined the chorus in critisicing the government over the budget presented for the year 2012-13, by condemning the amount allocated to the armed forces...

Balochistan violence: Policeman among six killed in Quetta – The Express Tribune QUETTA: At least six people, including one policeman, were killed when unidentified men on motorcycles opened fire on a shop on Sirki Road, Express News reported on Sunday. Four victims were inside the...

Hafeez hints at going to IMF for bailout package | DAWN.COM ISLAMABAD, June 2: Flagging the twin deficits — budget deficit at 7.4 per cent and current account deficit at 1.7 per cent of GDP this year – as top challenges, Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh did not rule out on Saturday the...

Pakistan estimates GDP growth at 3.7 per cent, misses target | DAWN.COM ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry on Thursday released the Economic Survey of Pakistan for the outgoing fiscal year 2011-12, DawnNews reported. According to the economic survey — an annual pre-budget document...

Three policemen killed in Karachi attacks | Metropolitan | DAWN.COM KARACHI: Unknown armed men opened fire on a police vehicle in the PIB colony area of Karachi, killing three policemen early on Thursday morning, DawnNews reported. Meanwhile an armoured vehicle of the police came under...

Blast in Khyber Agency kills seven | Pakistan | DAWN.COM PESHAWAR: A bomb exploded in a passenger van in area of Ghandai, Khyber Agency district Jumrood on Wednesday killing seven and injuring four people, DawnNews reported. According to the sources, affected van was coming from Jumrood...

Shoot-on-sight orders in Gilgit | The Nation GILGIT - The authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders to the law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order situation after 17 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in sectarian violence in Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday. The attacks led...

FC helicopter attacked, TTP claims responsibilty | Pakistan | DAWN.COM MOHMAND AGENCY: A FC helicopter was attacked on Tuesday causing an emergency landing in Ghalanai, Mohmand Agency. According to sources, Inspector General (IG) Frontier Corps (FC) and other officials travelling in the...

Three hundred killed in three months of Karachi violence | Metropolitan | DAWN.COM KARACHI: Ethnic, sectarian and politically linked violence in Karachi has killed at least 300 people so far this year, a human rights organisation said on Tuesday. Parts of the country’s financial capital...

Blast at Sadda market kills one | Pakistan | DAWN.COM KURRAM AGENCY: A Blast in Sadda Market on Monday area of Kurram Agency as a result one person was killed, DawnNews reported. A bomb exploded at taxi stand of Sadda market in which 13 people were injured and one man was killed on the...

Four soldiers martyred in insurgents attack at Olai Check-post in Mohmand Agency | The Nation Dozens of Taliban fighters armed with latest weapons stormed Olai Check-post of the security forces near Salala area of teshil Bazai in Mohmand Agency on Monday, killing four security forces...

Firing incidents in Karachi claim five lives, many injured | Metropolitan | DAWN.COM KARACHI: Clashes between two groups sparked heavy gunfights in Sikandar Goth area of Sachal, on Monday. One person was killed and two other were injured as a result of the firing after which tension gripped...

SC warns agencies against illegal detentions | The Nation The Supreme Court on Monday said numbers of missing persons were increasing and warned secret agencies against illegal detention of people. Supreme Court directed Inspector General of Police Islamabad Bin Yamin Khan to produce...

Faith & fear silence Pakistan's singers - The Times of India NEW DELHI: Until a few months ago, Pakistani singer and composer Shiraz Uppal's caller tune was the song "Rabba" from the Pooja Bhatt film Dhokha (2007). Now, one hears a prayer. Earlier this month, the Lahore-based musician...

Dera Bugti blast kills two FC men | Provinces | DAWN.COM DERA BUGTI: Militants ambushed a Frontier Constabulary (FC) convoy in the Dera Bugti area of southwestern Balochistan province, killing two soldiers and wounding nine others, security officials said. The convoy was on its routine...

Haqqani network and ISI working hand in glove - Rediff.com News That al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani militant network and Pakistan's military and intelligence establishment are working in tandem with each other has been established with a recent statement by Sirajuddin Haqqani, the operational...