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Police said at least 20 robberies were reported in the city in the last 24 hours in which citizens were killed, robbed or injured at gunpoint. The latest was on Monday, when a shopkeeper was shot dead for resisting robbers. Police said Muhammad Iqbal, owner of a grocery store in Chak 120-JB...

“We are living in a male dominated world.” This statement has never felt as humiliating as it does today, when I am reading the news of a village council ordering the gang rape of an Indian village woman, as a form of punishment, who was suspected of having a love affair with a Muslim from a...

As many as eleven bodies have been recovered from two separate graves found in Khuzdar district of Balochistan, provincial minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said on Monday. Bugti said the eleven bodies have raised to thirteen the number of bodies from the two graves in the Tutak area of Khuzdar...

Wildlife conservation efforts, particularly for the common leopard in the hills of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), have had little effect as more than 60 common leopards have been illegally hunted in the past four years. According to game wardens in the AJK Wildlife Department, seven common...

A specially-equipped US naval ship departed for Italy on Monday on a ground-breaking mission to destroy Syria's most dangerous chemical agents, Pentagon officials said. Setting off from the port of Norfolk on the Virginia coast, the MV Cape Ray is due to arrive in the southern port of Gioia...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lay the foundation stone of a 2,117 megawatt civil nuclear power project on Tuesday which is being built with the assistance of China in the port city of Karachi, Geo News reported. Sharif will formally inaugurate the work for the civil atomic power...

After Washington and capitals of six other world powers reached an agreement with Tehran in Geneva over easing out sanctions regime on Iran, chances to get the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline back on track have now brightened. While Iran gets ample relief and money, experts are of the view that...

The chairman of the governing party in Pakistan has told the BBC that the government will continue to use whatever means it can to persuade the Pakistan Taliban to take part in peace talks, even though the militants have already rejected the offer. Senator Raja Zafar ul Haq went so far as to...

Ottoman Turks never expanded their empire as far as today's Pakistan, but some here fear their descendants are now launching a cultural invasion — via popular soap operas that Pakistani artists and politicians say threaten the local TV industry and the country's conservative Islamic values...

Last July, Ali Ansari, the chief executive of Engro, a Pakistani conglomerate with interests in fertilisers, energy, petrochemicals, trading and food, got on a plane for the short flight to the capital city of Islamabad from the commercial centre of Karachi. Mr Ansari was on his way to see...

Families of Baloch missing persons march (and march) in a desperate bid to draw attention to their plight. About twenty families in Balochistan province of Pakistan are on a journey of protest from one city to another, calling on the government of Pakistan, the UN and the international...

Pakistan jirga commission to leave for Kabul on Thursday Written by pub Wednesday, 02 May 2007 ISLAMABAD, May 2 (APP): Pakistani jirga commission will leave for Kabul on Thursday to resume the second round of talks with its Afghan counterpart for peace in Afghanistan and in...

Azerbaijani Defence Industry Minister to Visit Pakistan Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr S. Aliyev / Talks between Azerbaijan and Pakistan on cooperation prospects in the security industry field will be held in Islamabad soon. The talks will be held under the framework of the visit of the...

Mexico along with Indonesia, Pakistan, and Turkey are the emerging markets to watch TORONTO, April 19 /CNW/ - The latest findings from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) have identified Mexico, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Turkey as the next generation of emerging economies...

Pakistan Taking Solid Measures to deal with Country's Security By Raza Mumtaz 'Pakistan Times' Executive Editor/UK Bureau Chief LONDON (UK): Appropriate measures taken by the Pakistan Government to address all issues concerning country's internal security requirements was stressed upon by...

Behind facade, Bangladesh treading on Pakistan's path By Mahendra Ved, IANS, [RxPG] New Delhi/Dhaka, April 18 - The impending exile of former Bangladesh prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina compel a comparison with Pakistan whose former premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have...

PAKISTAN: BENAZIR RULES OUT DEAL WITH MUSHARRAF Islamabad, 19 April (AKI/DAWN) - Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday talked to Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Senator Ishaq Dar by telephone in Dubai, assuring him that her party would not strike any deal with the...

Pakistan Appoints New Cricket Captain Many senior players and candidates for the post were ignored The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed young all-rounder Shoaib Malik as the new captain of the national team on Thursday. The all-rounder is replacing former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq who...

Pakistan to provide 10m dollars to Bangladesh for purchasing of food items NEW DELHI: Pakistan would provide aid worth of 10 million dollar to Bangladesh for the purchasing of food items while both the countries have also agreed to enhance their cooperation in ambit of fields including...

Bush should push Musharraf on elections this year in Pakistan By: Morton Kondracke As a matter of hardheaded realism, not just pro-democratic ideology, President Bush should pressure Pakistan's military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, to hold free elections this year. That's because, perhaps sooner...