
Hussain Haqqani called in by judicial commission for memo gate case The panel which is heading the memo gate scandal has recently asked for the former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, to make an appearance before the commission on the March 15th. The panel asked for Haqqani after the key person in […]
Mar 3 2012 | Posted in
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A suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of a rival insurgent group in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 23 of its supporters in an outbreak of factional fighting, an official said. Elsewhere in the Afghan border region, fighting between security forces and militants claimed the lives of 41 others, an especially deadly day that showed the […]

Researchers from MIT, MGH, Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have invented a microfluidic device that can analyse the behaviour of blood samples collected from patients suffering from sickle cell disease. More than 60 years ago, the main reason for sickle cell disease was discovered by scientists. People suffering from this disease produced crescent-shaped red […]
Mar 2 2012 | Posted in
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Srilanka defeated Australia by a close margin of 9 runs to book their place in the finals of the Commonwealth Bank series. The best of three finals will take place from Sunday, March 04. Srilanka needed to win in order to advance through to the finals else India would have qualified. Winning the toss and […]
Mar 2 2012 | Posted in
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Hinglaj Temple in Hungol National Park Baluchistan: A revered Hindu Pilgrimage Hinglaj Mata is a Hindu temple in Hinglaj, on the Makran coast in the Lyari district of Baluchistan in Pakistan. Legend has it that when goddess Sati, the consort of god Shiva burnt herself in response to her father’s anger at […]
Mar 2 2012 | Posted in
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Shahbaz Bhatti was killed on March 2, 2011, which will be remembered in the history of Pakistan, particularly with regards to minorities. Bhatti, who held the portfolio of Federal Minister for Minorities, was killed in broad daylight in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. He was killed within two months Governor Punjab Salman Taseer’s assassination. The […]

Hina Rabbani Khar states to go ahead with the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project The Foreign Minister of the country, Hina Rabbani Khar, has recently given a statement in which she has clearly said that Pakistan will not be backing off from the project of the gas pipe line between Iran and Pakistan. The Foreign Minister […]
Mar 2 2012 | Posted in
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Ultimately the Supreme Court awakened taking up Asghar Khan’s petition that was pending for last 16 years. Although Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan pressed the media after restoration of independent judiciary, it took years to reopen the case to which powerful intelligence agencies are involved. Finally the matter is being taken up after a drawn-out […]

Newspakistan analyzes the best footballer with Pakistani origins playing abroad in the third and last part of this feature series. 4. Hassan Bashir The attacker who is reportedly on the move to a Thai club has garnered rave reviews despite not featuring for Pakistan on the International front. Bashir, who has played for top sides […]

In what appeared to be a quite bold step, Pakistan on Thursday vowed to go ahead with Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, rejecting the U.S. threats of economic sanctions on promotion of economic ties between the two neighboring countries. This stance gives a strong message to the U.S. which is increasing its pressure on Pakistan to […]

Regardless of many hurdles, the Senate elections are underway where as many as 98 candidates will contest 45 seats, with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) having finalized all arrangements to hold the polls at the four provincial assemblies and the National Assembly (NA). The newly-elected members of the upper house of parliament will replace […]

The U.S. businessman also surprised the commission saying that he has authentic intelligence documents, which also carried the conversation between pilots of the American helicopters and officials of Pakistan Air Traffic control. “This conversation contained minute-by-minute details of the conversation between the pilots of the helicopters and the air traffic controllers from the time of […]