Sarabjit Singh death Pakistan judge calls for leads online

NDTV - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Lahore: A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days.Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore High Court is investigating the death of Sarabjit following a brutal assault by prisoners within Kot Lakhpat ...

Jamaat-ud-Dawah leader found murdered in Pakistan

India Today - Saturday 18th May, 2013

A Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) leader has been found murdered near eastern Pakistani city of Sheikhupura, the group said on Saturday.The body of Khalid Bashir, who was associated with JuD's information wing, was found in Sheikhupura, 40 km from Lahore, on Friday. He was in his forties.JuD spokesman Yahya Mujahid claimed unidentified men kidnapped Bashir while he was on his way to the groups office ...

Imran Khans Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf set to form coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province

India Today - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to form a coalition government in the militancy-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province with the support of the Jamaat-e-Islami and Qaumi Watan Party. After a spell of infighting within Khan's party, the coalition partners have agreed on Pervez Khattak as the candidate for the post of Chief Minister. The candidature of Khattak, the secretary ...

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over border post firing

SINA - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Pakistan on Thursday summoned Afghan Charge d'Affaires and lodged protest over unprovoked firing on a border check post, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry said that two soldiers were injured in firing by Afghan troops late Wednesday. "The Afghan Charge d'Affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office today for conveying protest of the Government of Pakistan on an ...

Pakistan decides to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds

WAM - Friday 17th May, 2013

WAM ISLAMABAD, May 17th, 2013 (WAM): Pakistan on Friday said it would release 51 imprisoned Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds, hoping that New Delhi will reciprocate the goodwill gesture as relations between the two nations warm. The decision was taken at a high level meeting chaired by caretaker Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, according to a statement from his office. Khoso ...

Explosions at Pakistani mosques kill 15

Middle East Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

Bombs at two mosques in the Malakand area of Pakistan exploded after Friday prayers, killing 15 and injuring 100, a government official confirmed. "The explosive was a timed device planted apparently among the pillows and sheets of worshippers inside the mosque," Amjad Ali, the deputy commissioner of Malakand, said of one of the blasts. The explosions shook the Bar Kalley and Jamia ...

Asia’s bloody border wars The Koreas and Pakistan-India

World Tribune - Friday 17th May, 2013

East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI -- North Korean declarations of "a state of war" on the Korean peninsula tend to make people forget bloodier border confrontations elsewhere in Asia. None is more volatile than the standoff along nearly 3,000 kilometers of heavily guarded fencing that separates Pakistan from India. Koreans point to terrible episodes such as the sinking of the Cheonan and ...

Misbah bowlers set up 96-run win

Cricinfo - Friday 17th May, 2013

Pakistan began their tour of England on a good note, registering a 96-run win over Scotland in the first ODI between the two sides. In Edinburgh on Friday, Pakistan successfully defended a total of 231 for 7, as Scotland went down to the bowling of Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan. Chasing 232, Scotland had a nervy start, losing their first wicket for no score when Neil Carter was bowled by ...

Pakistan mosque bombs kill 13 officials

West Australian - Friday 17th May, 2013

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Twin bomb attacks on Friday killed at least 13 people outside mosques in northwest Pakistan, where the party of cricket star Imran Khan is forming a coalition government, officials said.The blasts targeted the two mosques in the Baazdara area of northwestern Malakand region, senior local administration official Amjad Ali Khan told AFP."The two blasts killed at ...

Law and order Karachi edition How colonial rule lurks in democratic Pakistan

Global Post - Friday 17th May, 2013

Imran Khan speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Karachi on May 7, 2013. The May 11, 2013 election of the national and four provincial assemblies marked the first time a civilian government completed a full term and handed power to another, in a country that has been ruled by the military for half its existence. (Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty ...

Pakistan bombings target mosques during Friday prayers killing at least 13

Global Post - Friday 17th May, 2013

Two bombings outside mosques in Pakistan's northwest killed at least 13 people and injured 45 others, as the country's new government grapples with the continued presence of militant violence. The ...