
Pakistan on Thursday summoned Afghan Chargé 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 […]

Pakistan Army has started deployment of 70‚000 troops for election-related duties that include security and maintenance peace and order, the military spokesman said Thursday. Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa told a press conference in Rawalpindi that the armed forces have been called upon to act in aid of the civil power under constitutional provision. […]

Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim on Thursday said that the Election Commission will give the country fair elections if security is ensured. “You provide us improved law and order, we will give you free, fair and transparent elections”, he told a news conference in Islamabad. He said the maintenance of law and […]

Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan, Thursday said that Shehbaz Sharif has failed to end load-shedding in Punjab despite having powers under the constitution. Addressing a public meeting at Shakargarh he quoted constitutional provison which allows provinces to generate power. He said that the PPP and PML-N had alliance for three-and-half year. Both had […]

Anti-press violence has spiraled upward in Pakistan over the past five years, propelling the country into the eighth worst spot on the index, a media panel’s analysis has found. Although extremists and criminals pose serious risk, Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) research shows that Pakistani political and intelligence operatives routinely target the press for […]

The U.S. commandos killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad exactly two years ago in a unilateral raid that had strained relationship between Pakistan and the United States. The militants had carried out major revenge attacks on security installations, including one on the naval air base in Karachi, days after the incident. Besides Osama, […]

Pakistan said Thursday that body of the Indian prisoner, Sarabjit Singh, who was injured in an attack inside jail last week and died of wounds early Thursday, will be handed over to the Indian officials. Sarabjit Singh had been severely beaten by a group of Pakistani prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore and […]

In a veiled reference to Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief, Mian Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said the player who talks about youth, but he himself is not so young. Addressing a public meeting in Sargodha he said that the PML-N govt will steer the country out of the crisis of load-shedding, poverty, price-hike […]

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Wednesday asked President Asif Ali Zardari to disclose source of income he has accumulated after marriage with Benazir Bhutto. Addressing rallies in Jaccobabad in Sindh and Sibbi and Loralai in Balochistan, he said Zardari had no money before his marriage but now he is a wealthy person. […]

Several people were injured in bomb and rocket attacks on political leaders and gatherings in the on Wednesday ahead of the May 11 parliamentary elections, officials said. A National Assembly candidate, Ibrahim Jatoi escaped unharmed in a suicide bombing in Sindh province as he was campaigning. Three people were injured while the bomber died […]