
Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Friday asked the Indian government to ensure security of Pakistani prisoners following the brutal murder of a Pakistani prisoner in occupied Kashmir jail. “I would like to reiterate to the Prime Minister of India that the serious matter of ensuring safety and security of Pakistani prisoners […]

India has recommended to Pakistan to cancel the visit of its pilgrims to the shrine of a famous saint over security concerns, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Tensions between Pakistan and India heightened over the tit-for-tat attacks on prisoners over the past two weeks. Indian national, Sarabjit Singh, who had been in death […]

Stage is set for historic general elections in Pakistan to be held on May 11 (Saturday) to elect new government for the next five years. Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim said on Friday that the Election Commission of Pakistan has completed all arrangements to hold free fair and transparent elections. “The power […]

President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday approved and signed the ‘Electoral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance‚ 2013 to facilitate the overseas Pakistanis to cast their vote from abroad. Giving details of the ordinance‚ Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said that ordinance provides that the Election Commission of Pakistan at least 14 days before the day […]

Pakistan Thursday said it considers India’s on-going efforts to build ballistic missile system as a destabilizing development. Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said Pakistan has constantly drawn attention of the Indian Government to the issue through composite dialogue process. About Pakistan’s short range missiles, he said these are meant to address […]

Pakistan on Thursday lamented the killing of its UN Peacekeeper in Eastern Congo, who was killed while performing his duties in the strife-torn eastern Congo. The incident occurred when a military convoy of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) was ambushed by unidentified assailants in South Kivu, […]

President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed grave concern and condemned the kidnapping of the son of former Prime Minister after attack on a political gathering, presidential spokesman said Thursday. Ali Haider Gillani the son of Yusuf Raza Gilani and candidate from a provincial assembly’s seat in Multan, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen after they […]

Unidentified gunmen Thursday kidnapped son of former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani after an attack on an election meeting of his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the city of Multan, police and family said. Ali Haider Gilani, the youngest son of the former prime minister, was taken away by the gunmen in a car […]

The Peshawar High Court on Thursday described the American drone strikes in the country’s restive tribal regions as illegal and inhuman and instructed the Foreign Ministry to move a resolution in the United Nations against the attacks. The court issued the landmark verdict against the American strikes on four writ petitions, who had stated […]

Pakistan says that the body of its national Sanaullah, who died in an Indian hospital on Thursday days after he was attacked and injured by an Indian prisoner in a prison in Indian-occupied Kashmir, will be repatriated. The 52-year-old Sanaullah had suffered multiple head injuries last week after being attacked by another inmate inside […]

The Election Commission says any violation of the deadline will warrant disqualification of the concerned candidates. The campaign for general elections will come to an end at midnight tonight.The Election Commission said any violation of the deadline will warrant disqualification of the concerned candidates. They can be fined upto 100‚000 rupees and the Returning Officers […]
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A Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah, who was critically injured in an attack in a prison in the Indian-occupied jail by a retired Indian army soldier, died on Thursday. The condition of injured Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah deteriorated further on Wednesday, Indian officials said. Manju Wadwalkar, the public relations officer of Post Graduate Institute of Medical […]