Provides the latest RSS feeds for Pakistan News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Pakistan News.net http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/cat/8c3d7d78943a99c7/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 01:47:59 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:47:59 -0400 30 An US-based Pakistani filmmaker has urged on a ban on Bollywood and Hollywood movies in Pakistan, and has offered his guidance and support to save the deteoriating Pakistani film industry. Urging the government to make efforts in the revival of the large screen by encouraging independent filmmakers and movies on social issues, Mumtaz Hassan said that it can be possible only by imposing a ban on ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623798/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:00:01 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623798/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 KABUL Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan. Kabul's overtures to New Delhi are likely to rile Islamabad where a new government led by two-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif is set to take office ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619478/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619478/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Around 50 Shikara boats in Jammu and Kashmir lined up in the renowned Dal Lake on Sunday to participate in a race, which was organised to showcase the culture of the state and promote tourism in the valley. The participants in the race, comprising of owners and operators of Shikaras, said boat racing was a prominent attraction in the region 20 years ago, but had faded over time. "This race ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613153/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:04 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613153/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistan's outgoing ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman, has said that Pakistan and the United States should acknowledge each other's roles in the good work they do, adding that the two countries have improved their ties considerably from a low-point in 2011. Rehman, who was addressing a gathering of senior American officials and Pakistani-Americans, added that Washington should end drone ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613152/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:03 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613152/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 A crumbling building, absent school benches and blackboards coupled with frequent power cuts is being offered to school students, of a remote area in Rajouri district of Kashmir, who are keen to get basic education for a better future. The state authorities have failed to provide adequate staff, burdening the teachers who have no choice but to teach multiple subjects to large groups of ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612971/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:02 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612971/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan has said that China is ready to act as an arbiter in Kashmir dispute but any such arrangement is subject to India's consent. Envoy Liu Jian affirmed that the India and Pakistan could see rapprochement over Kashmir issue through China, reports The Nation. Jian, at a farewell reception, said that Pakistan and China would sign a wide range of trade and economy ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612970/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:01 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612970/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The death toll in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier region last year has risen to 128, following the recovery of three more bodies, the Pakistani military said. The bodies of three soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen Saturday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. On April 7, 2012, at least 140 soldiers of the 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion and a few civilians came ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612474/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612474/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 A one-man inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court may visit India to complete the judicial inquiry into the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, a media report said. Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan, died May 2 after a group of Pakistani prisoners attacked him April 26 Kot Lakhpat Jail. Sarabjit was on death row since 1990 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612473/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:01 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612473/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Religious discrimination and acts like forced conversion of Hindu girls in Pakistan should be declared as crimes against humanity and legal action should be taken to curb it, speakers at a consultation on minority rights have said. The speakers who attended the ceremony on 'Religious Minority and Human Rights: Democratic Process and New Opportunities', underlined the need for formulation of laws ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612034/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:10:02 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612034/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 A man was lynched to death and two others, including an alleged prostitute, were injured after they were caught in an "objectionable" condition in a house near the Pakistani capital, a media report said Sunday. The incident took place in Golra on the outskirts of Islamabad Saturday, Dawn News reported. Police said the man hired the services of a sex worker and brought her to a friend's house. ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612027/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612027/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 A senior woman politician in Pakistan's port city of Karachi was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants outside her residence late Saturday, a media report said Sunday. Zahra Shahid Hussain, vice president in Sindh province of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was killed in an attempted robbery on the eve of re-polls in Karachi's NA-250 constituency, ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612017/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612017/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has demanded that a high level judicial inquiry be conducted into the events surrounding the murder of senior vice president in Sindh of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Karachi. MQM deputy convener Farooq Sattar, while speaking at an emergency press conference, extended their party chief's condolence and condemnation message to the family of Zahra ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612018/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612018/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 A Pakistani newspaper Sunday lauded army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for breaking convention and calling on incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "The meeting augurs well for a smooth and trouble-free transition within the country keeping the larger national security interests in view," The News International said in an editorial. The daily described Kayani's gesture to call on Sharif at ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611895/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:02 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611895/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Britain has been funding surveys in Pakistan's Tribal Areas which reveal that US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population. Foreign Minister, Alistair Burt, confirmed that the Foreign Office had "supported" surveys which showed the proportion of respondents in the tribal areas who believed drone strikes were "never justified" had risen from 59 percent in ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611455/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:03 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611455/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and expected prime minister for the next parliamentary tenure Nawaz Sharif at his residence, and exchanged views on internal and external security issues confronting the country. According to PML-N sources, Kayani held a three-and-a-half-hour-long discussion with Sharif and both discussed the ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611126/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:10:02 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611126/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which is set to lead the government at the Centre, has reportedly told Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani that Pervez Musharraf should leave Pakistan before the elected government takes charge from the caretakers. The PML-N, which has reportedly pardoned the former president under the pressure of international guarantors now desires that Musharraf should ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611055/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:50:02 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611055/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The report said Kayani called on Sharif to congratulate him on the PML-N's success in the general election and informally talked "about all national security ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623454/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:18:56 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623454/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:19:45 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 KARACHI, Pakistan -- Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622401/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:55 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622401/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 NEW: Family and friends bury Zahra Shahid Hussain The Pakistani political leader was killed outside her home in Karachi The rival MQM party denies responsibility and condemns the killing A revote is held in parts of Karachi after vote-rigging ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621421/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:11 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621421/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Scotland's second One-Day International with Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday.Misbah Ul Haq's men were due to play the second of two warm-up games ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on June 6, but the game was called off after heavy rain forced the umpires to rule that no play would take place.The match had been due to start at 10.45 (British ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621293/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:51 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621293/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Nawaz Sharif, incoming prime minister and leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), smiles as he talks to journalists after visiting Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), outside the Shaukat Khanum hospital in Lahore May 14, ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620131/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:58 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620131/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Mirza Ali , who becomes the third and youngest Pakistani male to scale the mountain. Nepal mountaineering department official Tilak Padney said 35 foreigners accompanied by 29 Nepalese Sherpa guides reached the peak after climbing all night from the highest camp on South Col - the pass between Everest and a neighbouring ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619584/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:39 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619584/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, on Sunday blamed the killing of a political activist on the eve of a partial rerun of voting in Karachi on Altaf Hussain, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, who runs his party from exile in London.Zahra Shahid, the vice-president of Khan's PTI party in the southern province of Sindh, was gunned down outside her home in the upmarket Defence area of ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618166/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:41:14 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618166/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622371/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:28:15 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622371/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 KARACHI -- Under tight security, Pakistani officials Sunday held a repeat election in a district of violence-plagued Karachi, despite the killing of a senior politician in the city the day ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617668/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:55 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617668/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. She was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh.No one has claimed responsibility for the killing.Mr Khan's party has claimed it was the victim of vote rigging in several areas of Pakistan, ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616992/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:06 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616992/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed late Saturday after being approached by two unknown gunmen outside her home in Karachi. Pakistani politician and former cricket star Imran Khan, leader of Pakistan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, blamed Saturday's slaying of Zahra Shahid Hussain on the rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement party, or MQM. The party has denied any ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616589/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:29:33 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616589/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistan -- Here, trucks rule the road. Whether by blaring their horns at pedestrians or blocking a narrow street with an awkward parking job, Karachi's trucks always get the right of way. But aside from being a nuisance to already harassed drivers, the trucks add a welcome splash of color to a remarkably bleak city. The images they bear, often whimsical, adorn every possible surface of the ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616498/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:19:47 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616498/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Voters in Pakistan's port city of Karachi have cast ballots in a partial rerun of the country's general election. The May 19 vote in the constituency known as NA-250 was held amid tight security, after a senior woman politician from Imran Khan's party was killed on the eve of the fresh voting. There was no official estimate of voter turnout. Khan's Pakistan Movement ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616189/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:34:44 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616189/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 was shot dead on Saturday outside the gates of her home in Karachi, Pakistan, hours before several re-elections were scheduled to take place in the country on ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616086/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:27:47 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616086/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Several independent candidates belonging to influential political families of Punjab and Sindh provinces are among those who have joined the PML-N, which emerged the single largest party in the May 11 general election by winning 124 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615485/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:13:18 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615485/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistan: Doctors wanted the family to pay a bribe to get into the Intensive Care Unit – corrupt system contribute to unnecessary ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615054/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:29:04 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615054/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 A bloody campaign season in which about 150 people were killed nationwide ended with the death of Zara Shahid Hussain, a top politician in Pakistan's Tehrik-i-Insaf party. On Sunday, some constituencies accused of vote-rigging voted ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614652/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:33:49 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614652/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistani voters have cast their ballots in a partial re-run election in Karachi a day after a local political leader was gunned down outside her ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613598/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:31:49 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613598/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, India Inc termed the agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613520/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:08:17 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613520/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD, April 29 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 38 others injured when a suicide blast hit a police vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city on Monday morning, police and hospital sources said. Muhammad Faisal, Superintendent Police of Peshawar, said that a suicide bomber carrying an estimated of five to six kg of explosive materials blew himself up near a police ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613196/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:05:54 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613196/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistani politician and former cricket star Imran Kahn has blamed the killing of a top member of his political party on a rival party, as voters in Karachi re-vote a parliamentary election originally held last ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612871/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:53:09 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612871/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Anguished relatives and friends react to the news that Zahra Shaid Hussain, a politician in the PTI party was gunned down by unknown assailants. Deborah Gembara ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612893/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:51:45 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612893/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Former cricket star Imran Khan has blamed a UK-based political rival and the British government after a female party colleague was shot dead. Zara Hussain, 59, was gunned down outside her home in the violence-plagued city of Karachi. She was vice president of the women's wing of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Sindh province. The killing came on the eve of a partial ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612870/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:34:49 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612870/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 By By Katharine Houreld, Reuters ISLAMABAD - Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties. It was not immediately clear who killed Zohra Shahid Hussain, a senior member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. The PTI ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612593/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:31 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612593/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The senior vice-president of the party led by Pakistani international cricketer Imran Khan has been shot. Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed outside her home in the upmarket area of Defence in the southern city of Karachi. Local reports suggest Hussain, 60, a member of the Pakistan’s Movement for Justice ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612563/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:14 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612563/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 By M K Bhadrakumar The return of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to power in Pakistan after a hiatus of 14 years electrifies the regional politics of South Asia. Signals passing back and forth between New Delhi and Lahore underscore a subtle change having already appeared in the political vibes. Typically, even as the results from the previous day's parliamentary poll were pouring ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612595/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:23:59 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612595/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The report said Kayani called on Sharif to congratulate him on the PML-N's success in the general election and informally talked "about all national security ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612138/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:36:27 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612138/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot dead outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Ms Hussain was the vice president of former cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (Movement for Justice) in Sindh. No one has claimed responsibility for the killing. Mr ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611696/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:17:01 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611696/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Islamabad, May 19 (BNA) - Just hours before re-elections in some polling stations of NA-250 were due to begin, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf central vice president was shot dead outside her house in Karachi. Zara Shahid Hussain was shot dead outside her house in Defence Phase IV late on Saturday evening, according to Pakistan's (Dunya News). The motive of the attack could not be immediately ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611697/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:07:51 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611697/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage. Photograph: Reuters ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611645/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:04:11 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611645/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Aru valley in Kashmir has a whiff of Bollywood in its air these days. Alia Bhatt is busy shooting for Imtiaz Ali's new film, Highway, at the picturesque locale.Highway is a road movie that will see Alia share screen space with Randeep Hooda. The film has been extensively shot across five other states besides Kashmir.The Kashmir leg of shooting is in fact the last stint for the unit. Imtiaz ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611725/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:42 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611725/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 The Election Commission of Pakistan had ordered re-polling after political parties alleged that election officials had been forcibly stopped from reaching the polling stations on May 11 polling ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611230/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:18:59 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611230/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD, May 19 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611231/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:07:37 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611231/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 Quran ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610279/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:28:42 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610279/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609758/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:56:35 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609758/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609324/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:55 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609324/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 -- 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609325/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:24 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609325/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608910/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:08:33 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608910/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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, ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608846/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:06:31 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608846/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608307/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:15:18 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608307/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 RUK, Pakistan ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608829/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:12:03 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608829/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607107/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:19:47 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607107/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607108/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:57:44 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607108/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 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 ... http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607109/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:54 -0400 http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607109/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7