Chinese held in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over Quran abuse

NDTV - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Muzaffarabad (Pakistan): A Chinese man working on an energy project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) was being held today after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of a Quran, officials said.Lee Ping, administration manager of a Chinese consortium building the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project, was accused by co-Pakistani workers of throwing the ...

Pakistan politician from Khan party gunned down

West Australian - Saturday 18th May, 2013

KARACHI (AFP) - Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls that were marked by more than 150 killings.Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women's wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the province of Sindh, was targeted by three gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in ...

Hobbled once-grand railways reflect Pakistan’s decline

The Seattle Times - Saturday 18th May, 2013

RUK, Pakistan - Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood at the platform, waiting for a train that would never come. "Cutbacks," Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resigned shrug. Ruk Station, in the center of Pakistan, is a dollhouse-pretty building, ringed by palm trees and rice paddies. Once, it stood at the ...

Pakistani lawmaker killed on election eve

CNN Asia - Saturday 18th May, 2013

-- Pakistani lawmaker Zahra Shahid Hussain, who alleged vote rigging in Karachi, was shot to death Saturday on the eve of a highly contested re-run of balloting in her district, sources close to the family told ...

Pakistan Woman Politician Gunned Down

Radio Free Europe - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Police in Pakistan say gunmen have killed a woman politician who was a member of former cricket star Imran Khan’s party. Police said Zohra Shahid Hussain was shot outside her home in the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday. The gunmen escaped, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police said it was unclear whether the killing was a murder or the result of a ...

Indiana halts support of Pakistani fertilizer plant on US bomb concerns

MSNBC - Saturday 18th May, 2013

By Susan Guyett, Reuters Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Midwest Fertilizer Corp, which has sought to build the plant in southern Indiana, is 48 percent owned by Fatima Group, ...

Karachi gunmen kill Khan party woman

SBS - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Gunmen have killed a Pakistani woman politician from cricket star Imran Khan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of partial election ...

Pakistans Railroads Sum Up Nations Woes

International Herald Tribune - Saturday 18th May, 2013

RUK, Pakistan ...

Gunmen Kill Pakistan Party Official

New York Times - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Officer Sarfaraz Nawaz said the victim, Zohra Shahid, was gunned down outside her home in Karachi in southern Sindh Province. Ms. Shahid was the vice president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party led by the former Pakistani cricket ...

Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed in Karachi

Global Post - Saturday 18th May, 2013

PTI party supporters during the general election in Rawalpindi on May 11, 2013. PTI politician Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed in Karachi outside her home on Saturday evening. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty ...

Power lunch Security on the menu for Kayani Sharif meet

Times of India - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the security situation of the country. Kayani, who sought the meeting, called on Sharif at his brother Shahbaz Sharif's residence in Lahore on Saturday. This was the first meeting between Kayani and Sharif since the PML-N emerged victorious in the elections. The meeting lasted over three hours and the leaders had lunch together. The army chief briefed the ...

Woman political leader killed in Pakistan

Middle East Times - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Imran Khan 's Movement for Justice in Pakistan was gunned down Saturday outside her Karachi home, police said. Investigators said the killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain, carried out by two men on motorbikes, was a robbery gone wrong, The (London) Guardian reported. But Khan, the cricket star turned politician, suggested the United National Movement or MQM party, which dominates politics in ...

Pakistan to benefit fromChinese hybrid rice technology

Check Biotech - Saturday 18th May, 2013

BEIJING, China - Pakistan wants to benefit in the field of agriculture and particularly in enhancing rice production by employing Hybrid rice technology developed by an expert from Hunan province, said Pakistans Ambassador to China, Masood Khan. Pakistan largely benefited from the Hybrid rice seeds developed by Professor Yuan Long Ping, who is popularly known as Father of Hybrid Rice, said ...

U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company

Reuters - Saturday 18th May, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S. troops in ...

Senior member of Pakistani political party gunned down say police

Fox News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh. No one has claimed ...

Member of Pakistani cricket stars party killed

San Diego Union-Tribune - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in ...

Female politican fatally shot in Pakistan

New Zealand Herald - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Gunmen have killed a Pakistani woman politician from cricket star Imran Khan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of partial election re-polling. Zohra Hussain, 59, the vice president of PTI women's wing in the southern Sindh province, was targeted by three gunmen on a motorcycle outside her residence in the city's upmarket Defence neighbourhood. The ...

Pakistani politician gunned down outside home

ABC Australia - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Pakistan A senior female Pakistani politician has been shot dead outside her home in the southern city of Karachi.Zahra Shahid Hussain, 59, was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party, led by former international cricketer Imran Khan.She "was leaving her home for some work when three gunmen attacked her. She thought they wanted to snatch her purse and ...

Pakistanis hopeful as Nawaz Sharif makes a political comeback

Christian Science Monitor - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Former prime minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League party, Nawaz Sharif, gestures while speaking to members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, ...

Fmr. Pakistani PM Sharif Returns to Power

CBN News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shaif is set to return to office after an overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections. Sharif was ousted in a military coup. His latest victory comes as some say relations between the United States and Pakistan are deteriorating. In a post-election interview with ...

Senior leader of Imran Khans party shot dead

Times of India - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Zahra Shahid Hussain , the vice-president of the party's chapter in Sindh, was shot by two unidentified men outside her home in Defence Phase IV on Saturday. She died while being taken to a nearby hospital. Hussain was a member of the party's central executive committee. The motive for the murder could not immediately be ascertained. The killers escaped on a motorcycle. The shooting ...

Former Pakistani premier claims third term in power according to unofficial resu…

Turkish Press - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Former Pakistani premier claims third term in power according to unofficial results from Saturday's elections ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Navaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N claimed an early victory in Saturday's parliamentary elections, according to unofficial results.Sharif, toppled 14 years ago in military takeover, was ahead with 130 seats while his main ...