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With the news indicating a clear win for Mr Sharif in Pakistan Election 2013, I got quite confused. We have seen so many people cheering for Imran Khan here on this very forum. Almost all of them. I thought that the victory for Imran Khan is certain but I was wrong. I did not see great...

On May 11th, the world’s second most populous Muslim country Pakistan, will mark a historic election. The country’s 66-year history is marred by the presence of martial laws and never before has one elected government replaced another. As Pakistanis rush to the polling stations...

LAHORE: Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chief executive Syed Ashraful Haq said on Tuesday that there was no security issue in Pakistan for holding international cricket events and the ACC was striving for resumption of international cricket in this country. Talking to the reporters during his...

Katrina Kaif says no to Pakistan's offer! | Gupshup - Oneindia Entertainment Katrina Kaif is one of the most popular stars of Bollywood. The actress recently got a 2.5 crore offer from Pakistan to do a show there. However, Katrina Kaif declined the offer politely. A source told a leading...

NEW DELHI: The agenda of a liberalized visa regime between India and Pakistan, that external affairs minister S M Krishna's has gone to finalize with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, has begun on an illiberal note. Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Thursday denied visa to the resident...

NEW DELHI, SEPT 5: In a bid to “replicate the success’’ of Israel in the farm sector, the Gujarat Government plans to set up a farming educational institute in collaboration with Israel, offering post-graduation & Ph.D programmes with practical training and degree from Israeli universities...

Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party president and chairwoman of the coalition government running the country, is India’s most powerful woman and the sixth most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes magazine. This is the ninth year in a row Forbes has listed the 100 women “who impact...

Shooting for Yash Chopra's yet untitled movie in this picturesque south Kashmir hill station seems to have helped Shah Rukh Khan unwind himself from an otherwise boring routine of lights and camera. "Slept for 10 hours after a long time. God I feel rested... even my beard seems fresh," Shah...

Save the Children's foreign staff have been ordered to leave Pakistan within two weeks, the aid agency confirms. It says it has been given no reason for the order, but correspondents say the move is thought be fall-out from the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. Following the raid, a...

Islamabad: Two Americans were killed when an explosives-laden car rammed a vehicle leaving the US Consulate in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, a report said. The incident occurred a short distance from the US Consulate and an office of the United Nations High...

What would have Jinnah thought of Ajmal Kasab and gang, wonders SC - Times Of India NEW DELHI: In the wanton spilling of blood and mindless destruction during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Pakistani terrorists had scant regard to places, including the iconic Taj Hotel, which were once close to...

Conspiratorial paranoia | DAWN.COM IT was nauseating to listen to some TV commentators ranting about a foreign hand behind the Kamra airbase attack. Some even found vindication of their insane conspiracy theories in a report in an American newspaper that claimed the base may be involved in...

The Hindu : News / National : No Pakistan artists on Indian soil: MNS, Shiv Sena Yet another cultural disruption in Indo-Pak ties is in the offing with the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Shiv Sena playing party poopers, threatening to obstruct the broadcast and the...

LAHORE - The government has totally failed to arrest the situation in Balochistan which has deteriorated to an alarming point with the possible involvement of the foreign powers, said PML LikeMinded Balochistan chapter President Mir Mukarrum Zehri while talking to The Nation on Monday. Young...

After Sindh visit, ex-law official confirms Hindus migration – The Express Tribune PESHAWAR: A former deputy attorney general has claimed that, faced with “grave danger”, Hindu families settled in Pakistan are immigrating to other countries. Khurshid Khan made the announcement at a...

Survey Says Hindus Thrive in U.S. - India Real Time - WSJ A study of the lifestyles and attitudes of Asian-Americans based on their religion has suggested that Indian-American Hindus are the most educated and best-paid group in the country. “In terms of education and income, Hindus are...

Islamabad: A Pakistani military official says Taliban militants attacked an army post near the Afghan border, killing nine soldiers. The official says several other soldiers were wounded in the attack in the South Waziristan tribal area. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he...

America's 7 mistakes in Afghanistan – Global Public Square - CNN.com More than a decade into the conflict, the Afghan war isn’t going well. Politically, Afghanistan is a mess. While some analysts still say the American counterinsurgency strategy works, Afghans beg to differ. Their...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a car carrying Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan, killing three of them. Senior police officer Wazir Khan Nasir says two Shiites were also wounded in Monday's attack in Quetta, the capital of...

Over 59,000 Kashmiri Pandits living outside Kashmir: Govt - Times Of India NEW DELHI: There are only 808 families of Kashmiri Pandits who still live in the Valley, while close to 60,000 families have moved out, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. "As many as 808 families are...