Pakistan could host Ireland cricket team

Pakistan News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

Ireland has given hope of reviving international cricket in Pakistan after it reportedly agreed to consider visiting the country to reciprocate Pakistan's one-day international (ODI) tour of Ireland. At a time when all the Test playing nations have written-off touring Pakistan, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) associate member Cricket Ireland (CI) gave a positive response on that ...

Growing intolerance in Pak-occupied Kashmir

Pakistan News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

On February 17, 2013, 25-year-old Muhammad Ali Murtaza from Aghaar, Kotli, the son of a Kashmiri Imam of a masjid in Lahore, was brutally tortured and killed by the Pakistani Army. His crime? He was visiting his cousin sister's home in a village in District Kotli near the LOC. Before he could reach her home, he was picked up by the Pakistan Army from Chattar and handed over to the ISI. That ...

Pakistani daily hopes Sharif Kayani work together

Pakistan News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

A leading Pakistani daily Monday hoped that incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani "can at least be expected to try and work together". Nawaz Sharif, who is all set to become the prime minister for the third time, had a long meeting in Lahore with General Kayani. "Of one meeting is not made a relationship, functional or otherwise...," said an editorial ...

US-based Pak filmmaker calls for ban on Hollywood Bollywood movies to save failing Pak film industry

Pakistan News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

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 ...

Karzai Seeks Indian Military Aid Amid Tensions with Pakistan

Pakistan News.Net - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Pakistans former military ruler granted bail

San Diego Union-Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistanis chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP ...

Gunmen Attack Pakistani Polio Team Kill Policeman

RadioFreeEurope - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistani officials say gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in the country's northwest, killing a policeman who was escorting the health workers. The group was assaulted on May 20 in the Bajur tribal area, one of Pakistan's seven tribal areas along the Afghan border. A local official said more than 600 teams are taking part in the latest campaign in Bajur to vaccinate ...

Pervez Musharraf gets bail in Benazir Bhutto assassination case

India Today - Monday 20th May, 2013

A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination.Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, returned to Pakistan in March after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest a May 11 general ...

Pakistan turns off air-conditioners and tells civil servants to ditch socks

The Guardian - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring temperatures to deal with chronic power cuts.The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day in some places."There shall be no more use of air-conditioners in public offices till such time that substantial ...

Imran Khans party wins Karachi seat election rerun

West Australian - Monday 20th May, 2013

KARACHI (AFP) - The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials said Monday.Voting was held under tight security in 43 polling stations on Sunday, a day after a senior official of Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party was shot dead outside her home in the city.Polling was re-run ...

Imran Khans Party Wins Karachi Re-Vote

Radio Free Europe - Monday 20th May, 2013

The party of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan has won a repeat election held in one constituency of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. The new balloting came after Khan's Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI) complained bitterly of irregularities and fraud by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), long the dominant party in Karachi, in the first vote on May ...

Former Pak dictator Pervez Musharraf granted bail

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pervez Musharraf became the first former army chief to be arrested, breaking an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable, even after they have ...

Pakistans Musharraf granted bail

The Courier Mail - Monday 20th May, 2013

A LAWYER for Pakistan's former military ruler says a judge has granted Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Despite the bail, the former military strongman is to remain under house arrest on the outskirts of Islamabad in connection with two other cases against him. Lawyer Salman Safdar said Monday that the bail was about $US20,000 ...

Pakistani judge orders Musharraf held for 14 days

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

A Pakistani judge ordered Pervez Musharraf be held in custody for two more weeks, until the next hearing in a case related to his 2007 decision to sack and detain several ...

UPDATE 1-Dont wear socks hot Pakistanis told amid power crisis

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

Mon May 20, 2013 6:47am EDT (Recasts) ISLAMABAD May 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan has told civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid a chronic power crisis and soaring temperatures. The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day in some places. "There shall be no more use of ...

First Pakistani Woman Conquers Mt. Everest

Radio Free Europe - Monday 20th May, 2013

Media reports say 21-year-old Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. Karrar Haidri of the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Baig reached the 8,848-meter peak on May 19. The Pakistani news site Dawn.com said Baig was accompanied by two twin sisters from India, Tashi and Nugshi Malik, who are also 21 years old. Baig lives in ...

Will U.S. Designate Egypt Pakistan Iraq and Nigeria As Religious Freedom Violators on Monday

CNS News - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistani Christians protest against the country's blasphemy laws and violence targeting their minority community. An independent U.S. watchdog has urged the executive branch every year since 2002 to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" over religious freedom violations. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - As the State Department prepares to release its annual report on ...

Li Keqiang makes India first stop on his foreign visit

Middle East Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

China's official media, in its extensive coverage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's Indian visit, sought to play down the Asian neighbors' border disputes. Li, who made India the first stop on his first foreign tour since becoming the China's No. 2 leader, arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a three-day trip. The visit comes after last month's tense situation resulting from a ...

Will Musharraf be granted safe-exit from Pakistan

National Turk - Monday 20th May, 2013

There are widespread speculations within and outside Pakistan that Pakistan's former military ruler Parvez Musharraf, who is presently in detention, may be granted safe-exit and allowed to leave ...

Imran Khan blames rival for murder of politician Zahra Shahid Hussain in Pakistan amid continuing dispute over poll rigging

The Independent - Monday 20th May, 2013

Imran Khan has blamed a political rival based in Britain for the murder of a politician from his own party who was shot dead outside her house in Karachi on Saturday ...

Khan’s party wins re-vote in Karachi

IOL - Monday 20th May, 2013

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan protest against the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain, a leading member of the PTI, in ...

Investors to gain access to Pakistan with imminent fund launch

European Pensions - Monday 20th May, 2013

The first Pakistan fund, the Melchior Selected Trust Pakistan Opportunities Fund (MSTPOF), will be launched on 19 June by Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP, advised by KASB Funds in Karachi. At launch, it is believed that MSTPOF will be the only Luxembourg UCITS Fund dedicated to investing in Pakistan equities. Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP believes that Pakistan warrants particular ...