
Tahir-ul-Qadri, chief of Pakistan Awami Tehrik, who led a Long March on Islamabad last month, to press for electoral reforms, has now moved the Supreme Court, seeking reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan. Qadri’s latest move is also seen with suspicion as parliamentary elections are just few months away and major parties say […]

Kainat Riaz, who was injured in the Taliban attack on Malala Yousafzai in Swat, says that she now leads a restricted life as she cannot go to school and visit close relatives without police guards. “I used to go freely to meet my grandmother and to learn Quran in madrassa after school time but […]

Majority of Pakistanis have more trust in religious leaders, educational institutions and the media, finding of a survey has suggested. According to survey conducted by Gallup Pakistan, a total of 74 percent expressed their trust on religious leaders. The educational institutions enjoy 67 percent and the media 66 percent. The survey was carried […]

The government has failed to announce dates for assemblies and parliamentary elections in a timeframe agreed with Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri. A government negotiation team and Chief of Pakistan Awami Tahreek, Dr Qadri, had agreed to announce the dates of dissolution of national and provincial assemblies and date for general elections during seven to 10 days […]

Rallies were held across Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on Tuesday to show solidarity with the people of Kashmiri fight India rule. Political and religious parties as well as the government organized demonstrations to reiterate support for the people in the Indian-held Kashmir. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in […]

Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Monday that Pakistan and India stand at the cross-roads of the history. “The Kashmiri people are looking up to the two countries to fulfill their obligations by allowing them to exercise their right to determine their future”, he said while speaking at the 48th Session of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council at […]

Kashmir Solidarity Day will be observed on Tuesday across Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and abroad to express unity with the people of occupied Kashmir in their fight against Indian subjugation. The Day is being marked in Pakistan since 1990 to pay homage to the Kashmiri martyrs and highlight the plight of Kashmiris for […]

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) says that the ball is now in the government’s court howit responds to their fresh dialogue offer. However, Taliban conditions for the talks could be a hurdle to accomplish the much-required peace in the country, which has suffered more than any other country in the so-called war on terror. The […]

Pakistani Taliban Sunday said that they would seek from the security forces guarantee of the country’s three top political and religious leaders for their proposed talks with the government. Taliban have offered dialogue with the government to end the on-going bloodshed, however, the Taliban spokesman, Ihsanullah Ihsan, said in a video that the government […]

The army said Saturday that six security personnel were killed in clashes with the militants after they launched a pre-dawn attack on a security check post in the northwestern Lakky Marwat district. A security official said that the security forces killed 12 militants in counter attack in Srai Norang area of Luky Marwat district […]

President Asif Ali Zardari Friday left for London on Friday to attend a trilateral summit, to be hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron, and will be attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, official said. The summit will discuss cooperation of the three countries for peace and security in the war-torn Afghanistan, they said. […]

A suicide bomber blew himself up near an Imambargah and a mosque in Hangu on Friday and killed nearly 22 people and injured around 40 others, police and witnesses said. The blast occurred as the people were coming out of the mosque at the crowded Pat Bazaar area of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province. […]