Saturday 28th January, 2012
Healthy Pak-US ties needed to ensure peace, stability in region: Sherry Rehman
Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has said the country's ties with Washington should be bilateral and not unilateral, insisting that Pakistan should be given its justified ...
Pak 'not sidelined' on Taliban peace talks: US
The United States has said it is not sidelining Pakistan from peace talks with the Taliban, insisting that the South Asian country has an important role to play in the Afghan reconciliation ...
Pak yet to inform India about exact visit date for Mumbai terror attack probe
Despite a lapse of about two weeks, Islamabad has not replied to the Indian government's letter about the Pakistani officials' exact date of visiting India to record their statements in the 2008 ...
Panetta publicly acknowledges for first time Pak knew about Osama hideout
Pakistan News.NetUS Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has publicly said for the first time that Pakistan must have been aware about former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout. "I personally have ...
PCB chief hopes UAE series will end Pak home series "at off-shore venues" predicament
Pakistan News.NetPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf is hoping that the current Test series against England at Abu Dhabi would be their last home series "at an off-shore venue". "This England series ...
Afridi planning organizing 'international' double-wicket tournament in Pakistan
Pakistan News.NetFormer Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi is reportedly thinking of organising a double-wicket competition, involving players from different countries, in the country. "When I was in Australia playing ...
Gilani says he's ready to be imprisoned if SC wants
Pakistan News.NetPakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he is ready to go to prison if the Supreme Court wants. This comments clearly show how far his government was prepared to go to defend President ...
Musharraf would "certainly be arrested" on arrival in Pakistan: Gilani
Pakistan News.NetPakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said former President Pervez Musharraf would "certainly be arrested" if he returns to the country. "In fact, there had been murder charges against ...
Anti-American protest in Kashmir for release of Pakistani scientist jailed in US
Pakistan News.NetJammu and Kashmir's women separatist outfit, Dukhtran Milat protested on Friday to sought the release of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui who is jailed in America. The members of the ...
India-Pakistan committee on Prisoners conclude visit to Indian jails
Pakistan News.NetMembers of the India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners visited Indian jails in Delhi, Jaipur and Amritsar from 23-27 January. The members of the Committee, Justice (Retd.) Mr A.S Gill and ...
Imran Khan won't be a pro-Western PM: paper
Pakistan News.NetPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan would not be much of a Western supporter, a Sydney Morning Herald editorial has said. Since Imran Khan switched to politics in 1996, his ideologies were ...
Kashmir highway closed down following gas tanker leak
Pakistan News.NetAuthorities averted a major tragedy here by shutting down a highway in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) leaked from a tanker. An alert passer-by witnessed the leakage ...
Army personnel undertake avalanche rescue training in Kashmir
Pakistan News.NetIndian Army personnel were from the Third Rashtriya Rifles were recently given special training and equipment on how to rescue civilians trapped in an avalanche. According to Third Rashtriya Rifles ...
"PM in waiting' Imran Khan confident PTI will "sweep elections" in Pak
Pakistan News.NetPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has predicted that his party will sweep the next national elections and he will become the country's next prime minister. "I don't think we'll win the ...
Imran Khan says he's against 'military intervention of any sort' in Pakistan
Pakistan News.NetPakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said he is against any sort of army control over the policies of a democratic government, or military takeover or intervention. "I am against military ...
US says Pakistan 'too small an economy' to have free trade accord with
Pakistan News.NetThe United States has said that a free trade accord is too big for Pakistan as there is no match between the economies of the two countries, a top official of the commerce ministry in Islamabad has ...
75% Pak children unable to read single sentence in English: Report
Pakistan News.NetSeventy-five percent of children in Pakistan are unable to read a sentence in English, a survey report launched by South Asia Forum for Education Development has found. The report of the Forum, ...
Abu Dhabi cricket pitch "nightmare" for fast bowlers: Shoaib Akhtar
Pakistan News.NetFormer Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said the cricket ground in Abu Dhabi, where Pakistan and England are engaged in a Test match, is not at all suitable for fast bowlers. "The ground ...
Ijaz threatens to expose "extremism proliferation umbrella" ISI-Pak Army during Islamabad visit
Pakistan News.NetPakistani-American business man Mansoor Ijaz, the key person in the Memo Gate scandal, has said he would expose Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or the military over their alleged role ...
Three of nine rockets fired on Abbottabad hit Pak Military Academy outer wall
Pakistan News.NetNine rockets were fired on the wall of the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad early Friday morning, near the place where former al-Qaeda leader Osama bon Laden, was hiding, with three hitting ...
Gilani rejects coup speculations saying "masses and army fully support democracy" in Pakistan
Pakistan News.NetPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has turned down speculations of a military coup in the country, saying that "both masses and the army fully support democracy". The BBC quoted Gilani as saying ...
Pakistan knew of bin Laden hideout: US Defense Secretary
West AustralianWASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta still believes someone in authority in Pakistan knew where Osama bin Laden was hiding before US forces went in to find him, he said in a TV ...
Pakistan v England – live!
The GuardianMonty has a shout for lbw but it was probably just missing leg stump. England, correctly, don't go for the review. Shafiq then has a biff at a loose ball to score the first boundary of the day. ...
Suspect bomber from Pakistan joined Gawli's gym
Times of IndiaArun Gawli . The bomber, said the police, had paid three months' fee in advance. But the officials refused to reveal his identity. Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has seized the Shambu Narayan ...
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