An anti-terrorism court Saturday formally indicted five people in connection with the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, media reports...

Al-Qaeda member Rashid Rauf, who was a British national of Pakistani origin, was among the five people killed in US drone attack early Saturday morning, said an official of the interior...

He is back home now, but Pakistani teenager Nasir Sultan says he would love to return to India legally someday - not only to meet superstar Shah Rukh Khan but also those wonderful ordinary Indians who wished him well and ensured his release from...

They were rivals that came together to fight for democracy in Pakistan. But now the country's two most influential parties are busy taking potshots at each other, making for an uneasy alliance in...

Lahore, Nov.22 : Former Pakistan cricket captain and now Director-General of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Javed Miandad, has joined a chorus of former and current players in questioning the logic behind the International Cricket Council's (ICC) ban on the Kapil Dev-led rebel Indian Cricket League...

Khar (Pakistan), Nov 22 : Twenty-two militants were killed and five others sustained injuries when Pakistani security forces pounded the hideouts of suspected militants in the Damadola area of troubled Bajaur...

Islamabad, Nov 22 : Pakistani women parliamentarians' have formed a caucus with the objective of safeguarding women's rights and promoting women...

London, Nov 22 : US missiles strikes in North Waziristan have reportedly killed al-Qaeda's operatives Rashid Rauf and Abu Al-Asr Al Misri on...

Lahore, Nov 22 : Suspected US drones have reportedly violated Pakistani airspace again, as they were seen flying over various areas of North and South Waziristan agencies, a private TV channel claimed....

Islamabad, Nov 22 : The Pakistan Government is considering a proposal to abolish the death penalty in the country, bringing a ray of hope for death row Indian prisoner, Sarabjit Singh....

Srinagar, Nov 22 : The stage is set for the second phase of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday....

Washington, Nov 22 : The United States has objected to Chinese plans to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan near Chashma....

United Nations, Nov 22 : United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon has voiced his concern over the United States' cross-border attacks on suspected Taliban targets inside Pakistani...

Karachi, Nov 22 : Pakistan's Interior Ministry advisor Rehman Malik has said that the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangavi (LJ) may strike in...

Washington, Nov 22 : The National Intelligence Council, an independent US Government body, has called Pakistan a 'wild card', whose northwestern territories will remain "poorly governed", as cross-border activities continue to cause instability in nearby areas of...

Jhangvi Pakistani intellectuals said on Saturday that chances of reorganization of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a sectarian militant organization, couldn't be ruled out as a conspiracy is being hatched to...

(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)In this Dec. 22, 2006 file photo, Rashid Rauf is escorted by Pakistani police officers, unseen, to appear in court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. There were unconfirmed reports...

SRINAGAR, India -- Government soldiers opened fire on hundreds of stone-throwing Muslims protesting against elections in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, killing two people and seriously wounding...

Senior Pakistani officials announced last month that China had agreed to build two additional reactors at Chashma, where Beijing has already built one nuclear power station and is erecting...

ISLAMABAD - An anti-terrorism court on Saturday formally indicted five people in connection with the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, media reports...

The Big Picture The ICL World Series is a battle between four teams led by Inzamam-ul-Haq, Chris Harris, Habibul Bashar, and R Sathish. Inzamam and Bashar have the advantage of playing with the...

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Saturday formally charged five persons for alleged involvement in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto last year. Judge Chaudhry...

The man suspected of sparking the crackdown on the carrying of liquids on planes is reported to have been killed by a US missile strike in northern Pakistan. Rashid Rauf, an Islamic fundamentalist...

Four people killed after suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan Pakistan official: Missiles fired from pilotless drone Attack believed to be fourth in Pakistan since early November U.S. government...

Islamabad - A Taliban attack targeting a police check post and a bomb blast at a Sunni Muslim mosque on Saturday killed at least six people in Pakistan's restive North- Western Frontier Province...

Islamabad - Pakistan is ready to join Indian efforts to halt piracy off Somalia, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said Saturday. Pakistan was a small country without a a big naval power, "but if...

Sources said that it has been decided to constitute a committee headed by Shujaat Hussain for running the party affairs. Chaudhry Pervaiz Ellahi, Faruque Laghari and Amir Muqam besides over 50...

Protest Thousands of mourners protested in the Pakistani southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday against the assassination of a Shiite cleric. Unidentified gunmen, riding motorcycle, shot dead Allama...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike Saturday is believed to have killed a British militant linked to a plot to down trans-Atlantic jetliners, Pakistani officials said....

An anti-terrorism court on Saturday formally indicted five people in connection with the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, media reports said.Bhutto was murdered in a...

There is a view that this law will invite opposition from immigrant communities, particularly Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, who have been involved in most forced marriage cases in the country.The...

Pakistan , a sharp rise that reflects Washington's frustration at Islamabad's efforts to tackle militants on its own soil.Though the attacks have killed a number of high-profile militant leaders,...

Charges An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan on Saturday formally framed charges against five accused in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, lawyers for the accused said....

(AFP)--A powerful bomb blast ripped through a mosque during prayers in a restive northwestern Pakistani district Saturday, killing at least three worshippers and injuring six others, officials...

Indian paramilitary forces allegedly gun down two youths in Kashmir They allegedly opened fire on people taking part in an anti-India demonstration Violence in the past four months has left nearly...

11/22/2008 Police said a bomb killed eight mourners at the funeral of a Shiite cleric gunned down in northwestern Pakistan, fanning sectarian tension as the U.S. shifted consular staff from the...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A bomb killed eight mourners at the funeral of a slain Shiite cleric Friday in northwestern Pakistan, triggering rioting and heightening sectarian tension in the...

New Delhi - Two young men were killed Saturday when police and paramilitary forces fired at a demonstration against holding elections in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir, news reports said. The...

WASHINGTON: The economic team of US president-elect Barack Obama came into view Friday as fears mounted on the global financial crisis and more mass job cuts loomed...

The Foreign Office was today investigating reports that a British man suspected of masterminding the 2006 airline bomb plot has been killed in a US missile attack in Pakistan. Rashid Rauf,...

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Rahid Rauf, a British Islamist militant with al-Qaida links, was killed in a missile attack Saturday in the North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, local...

,(AFP)--A second day of protests against Indian rule shook Kashmir on Saturday, leaving two Muslim protesters dead and over 30 hurt, police and witnesses said, ahead of more voting in state...

KARACHI, Nov 22 (IPS) - By appointing as cabinet ministers two politicians known for their anti-women views, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has stirred up a storm of protests from rights...

Press The following headlines appeared in major Pakistani newspapers on Saturday: **THE NEWS -Seven killed in DIK funeral blast -ANP, PML-N legislators clash over Pakhtunkhwa -Increase in gas prices...

Islamabad - Three policemen were killed and one injured Saturday when Islamic militants targeted a security check post in Pakistan's North Western Frontier Province, an official said. The attack took...

Saturday, November 22, 2008 by S Rahman ISLAMABAD: When President Asif Ali Zardari said at the UN that bigotry be combated, hate speech be made unacceptable and injustice and discrimination be...

Saturday, November 22, 2008 By our correspondent KarachiThe newly-born twin babies who were placed in a Chhipa cradle a couple of days ago are now out of danger, said a press release issued by...

Saturday, November 22, 2008 by Our crime correspondent RawalpindiA gang of four Afghan bandits looted a house after injuring a person in Shafique Colony and took away gold ornaments, cash and...

Saturday, November 22, 2008 by Muhammad Qasim RawalpindiAwareness among public, particularly at the grassroots level on how to prevent poliomyelitis is a must to achieve target of a society free...

Saturday, November 22, 2008 Islamabad Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has urged political forces, civil society and the media to join hands for building an atmosphere...