Chinese Premier arrives in Pak on two-day visit

Times of India - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Li Keqiang was accorded a red carpet welcome as he arrived here today on a two-day maiden visit to "iron brother" Pakistan for talks on bilateral and regional issues focusing economic cooperation. ...

Premier Li arrives in Islamabad to solidify Pakistan friendship

The Standard - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

(43 mins ago) Premier Li Keqiang vowed to strengthen Beijing’s partnership with Pakistan as he arrived today for a visit less than two weeks after elections in the country. The long-time allies will look to use the two-day trip to boost trade ties, and Li will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif – who has not yet been sworn in – as well as holding talks with senior ...

Imran Khan leaveas hospital back at his home in Pak city of Lahore

KeralaNext - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Cricket News: Imran Khan had fractured three vertebrae and a rib when he fell 15 feet from a forklift truck at a campaign event in Lahore on May ...

China-Pakistan relations of equality mutual trust stand weatherproof

Global Times - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's new head of government.It is worth noting that Li is the first foreign leader to visit Pakistan in the wake of the country's general elections.The two "firsts" testified to the "all-weather strategic partnership" between China and Pakistan, which was ...

Mobile services shut in Pakistan ahead of Chinese PMs visit

Times of India - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday shut mobile services in Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi over security concerns on the arrival ...

India Ink Kashmir Pressing Delhi for Aid for Quake-Hit Victims

New York Times - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Patients were evacuated from a hospital in the town of Bhaderwah in Jammu and Kashmir after an earthquake struck the region on May 1. NEW DELHI —After an earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir state on May 1 left thousands of people homeless and caused 6 billion rupees in infrastructure damage, state officials said Tuesday that they are petitioning the central government for a special relief ...

Chinese PM on Pakistan visit

West Australian - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Pakistan Wednesday for a two-day visit where he will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif as the long-time allies look to boost trade ties.Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party swept to victory in the May 11 general election on a promise to revitalise Pakistan's struggling economy and help from its giant neighbour to ...

Pakistani cricket star politician leaves hospital

San Diego Union-Tribune - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Supporters of former Pakistani cricket star and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) Imran Khan attend a sit-in-protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of PTI in Karachi, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday. (AP Photo/B.K. ...

China PM looks to boost trade ties with Pakistan

Times of India - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a two-day visit where he will meet Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif as the long-time allies. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party swept to victory in the May 11 general election on a promise to revitalise Pakistan's struggling economy and help from its giant neighbour to the north will be important ...

Pakistans Imran Khan leaves hospital

The Courier Mail - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

PAKISTANI politician Imran Khan has left hospital, two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a fall at an election rally, a hospital spokesman says. The 60-year-old was ordered to remain immobile in bed after he fractured vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic tumble just days before the May 11 general election, where his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party made a major breakthrough. Khwaja ...

Chinese premier to be conferred Pakistans highest honour

New Kerala - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Islamabad, May 21 : Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is paying a two-day official visit to Pakistan from Wednesday, will be conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan - the country's highest ...

32 killed over 200 injured during election day in Pakistan

SINA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

At least 32 people were killed and 224 others injured in a number of attacks and violence incidents across Pakistan during the general election day on Saturday, local media reported. According to local Urdu TV channels, totally 43 violence incidents including bomb blasts, firing and rocket attacks were observed in different parts of the country that killed 32 besides leaving 224 others injured ...

Pakistan sets sights on India for growth

Globe and Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Noreen, 13, uses candlelight as she studies during a power outage in a slum in Islamabad April 29, 2013. Two Pakistani ministers in charge of water and power, Musadiq Malik and Sohail Wajahat Siddiqui, explained what can be done to end power cuts of up to 20 hours a day in parts of the country enduring temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius and above - absolutely nothing, it seems, except raise ...

Pakistans new era under Sharif

Asia News Network - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Good, bad or ugly, the 2013 elections are over; and now testing times are ahead for the new incumbents. It is the third coming for Nawaz Sharif, a remarkable turn of fortune for a leader who was ousted from power by the military at gunpoint in 1999 and convicted on treason charges. With the independents jumping on its bandwagon and support from allied parties the PML-N is now close to reaching ...

Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharifs party leading in elections

SINA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

ISLAMABAD, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML- N), led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is leading in the general elections, the initial results suggested late Saturday night. The PML-N is in lead with 115 National Assembly seats than its arch rivals the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Sharif's party is ahead mostly in Punjab, the ...

Chinese premier Li Keqiang due in Pakistan on Wednesday

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Chinese premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Pakistan from May 22-23, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.It is the first visit of Premier Li Keqiang to Pakistan after he became premier of the People's Republic of China."The visit takes place immediately after the democratic elections in Pakistan. It will provide an opportunity to Premier Li to meet the new political ...

Study Drone Strikes Unlikely To Destroy Islamist Networks

RadioFreeEurope - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas are unlikely to eliminate Islamist extremist networks, according to a new study. Brussels-based International Crisis Group, in a report released May 21, said the U.S. drone campaign may "disrupt" the abilities of Islamic militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to launch attacks, but they cannot destroy their ...

Indian Leaders Offer More Aid To Visiting Karzai

RadioFreeEurope - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

India has offered more aid to Afghanistan after international forces withdraw next year. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee told his visiting Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, on May 21 that New Delhi is proud to help his country. A statement from Mukherjee's office noted that "India is prepared to increase bilateral contribution to institution-building, training, and ...

Pakistan - In Pakistan cases filed against Baluch outlets journalists

IFEX - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Pakistani authorities should dismiss separate complaints filed against newspapers and journalists in Baluchistan for publishing statements made by banned militant groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on May 17, 2013.BBC ...

Self-proclaimed religious preacher arrested for raping four minor girls in Jammu and Kashmir

India Today - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A self-styled religious preacher was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district for repeated sexual exploitation of four minor girls at an institute he ran, police said Tuesday."Police in Badgam district received a joint complaint by four minor girls who were reading in an institute claiming religious preaching headed by Gulzar Ahmed Bhat, son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat, resident of ...

Pakistans new leader offers talks to Taliban

MSNBC - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Wajahat S. Khan, Producer, NBC News ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's prime minister designate Nawaz Sharif told a packed hall of his party stalwarts that talks with the Taliban -- who have been fighting the state for almost a decade -- are not off the table."All options should be tried, and guns and bullets are not a solution to all problems … Why shouldn't we sit and talk and ...

Karachis king over the water Altaf Hussain of the MQM

guardian.co.uk - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

From an unassuming office in Edgware, the Pakistani metropolis is ruled by a party Imran Khan accuses of murdering his Movement for Justice colleague Zhara Shahid ...