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  • 41 bus passengers killed in pakistan road accident

    41 bus passengers killed in Pakistan road accident

    World | Apr 20, 2014, 01:20 PM IST

    Islamabad: At least 41 people were killed and many others were injured when a passenger bus hit a truck-trailer in Pakistan's south Sukkur district.The accident took place near Pano Akil town of the Sukkur, a

  • pervez musharraf escapes another assassination attempt in

    Pervez Musharraf escapes another assassination attempt in Islamabad

    World | Apr 03, 2014, 10:50 AM IST

    Islamabad: Just moments after Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed through the Faizabad flyover, an explosion took place here on Thursday, media reported.Musharraf was being shifted to a farmhouse in Chak Shehzad from AFIC hospital when

  • islamabad extremely dangerous says pakistan government

    Islamabad extremely dangerous, says Pakistan government report

    World | Feb 20, 2014, 11:25 AM IST

    Islamabad:  Pakistan's capital has been declared as "extremely dangerous" by the Interior Ministry due to the presence of sleeper cells of banned terror groups like the al-Qaeda, a report said today.According to the report, Islamabad

  • pak police shut down french restaurant in islamabad for

    Pak police shut down French restaurant in Islamabad for barring Pakistanis

    World | Jan 07, 2014, 10:17 PM IST

    Islamabad:  La Maison, a French restaurant, running in  F7-1 a posh locality here, was raided and shut down by police after an outcry in media over over its policy of not allowing Pakistanis. Cyril Almeida,

  • afghan peace negotiators arrive in islamabad

    Afghan peace negotiators arrive in Islamabad

    World | Nov 21, 2013, 07:52 AM IST

    Islamabad: Afghan peace negotiators have arrived in Islamabad to meet senior Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, officials and diplomatic sources said Wednesday.The delegation, led by chairman of the Afghan High Council Syed Salahuddin Rabbani,

  • 10 killed 80 injured in sectarian violence in rawalpindi

    10 killed, 80 injured in sectarian violence in Rawalpindi

    World | Nov 16, 2013, 06:51 AM IST

    Islamabad: At least 10 people, including some students of a Sunni seminary, were killed and over 80 others injured in sectarian violence that erupted in Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi yesterday after a clash during

  • musharraf asks court to let him travel to dubai

    Musharraf asks court to let him travel to Dubai

    World | Nov 12, 2013, 07:21 PM IST

    Karachi: Close on the heels of being granted bail in four major criminal cases, former president Pervez Musharraf today petitioned a court to allow him to leave Pakistan to visit his ailing mother in Dubai.The

  • senior militant leader shot dead in islamabad

    Senior militant leader shot dead in Islamabad

    World | Nov 11, 2013, 09:07 PM IST

    Islamabad: Gunmen on the outskirts of Islamabad shot dead a senior leader of one of the most feared al-Qaida-linked militant groups fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a Pakistani Taliban commander and an intelligence official said

  • pakistani policemen with fake degrees to be arrested

    Pakistani policemen with fake degrees to be arrested

    World | Oct 27, 2013, 06:44 AM IST

    Islamabad:  Arrest warrants have been issued against 112 Pakistani policemen, including four sub-inspectors and two woman constables, who managed to acquire jobs with fake degrees, Online new agency reported.The warrants were issued following an inquiry.The

  • for me to meet nawaz islamabad has to act pm

    For me to meet Nawaz, Islamabad has to act: PM

    India | Sep 07, 2013, 09:18 PM IST

    On board Air India One: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said Islamabad has to create the right atmosphere for a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as officials of the two sides were

  • india hands over two recorded speeches of jinnah to pakistan

    India hands over two recorded speeches of Jinnah to Pakistan

    World | Sep 05, 2013, 06:35 AM IST

    Islamabad: India has handed over to Pakistan recordings of two important speeches by the country's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a step that was welcomed here with much joy.The speeches by Jinnah includes one recorded by

  • pakistan to get 2 billion bailout from imf

    Pakistan to get $2 billion bailout from IMF

    World | Sep 04, 2013, 06:36 AM IST

    Islamabad: The Pakistani government is likely to receive over $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week under its new three-year bailout programme, media reported Tuesday.The IMF's executive board meeting is scheduled to

  • delhi gives islamabad list of pakistani prisoners

    Delhi gives Islamabad list of Pakistani prisoners

    World | Sep 02, 2013, 04:12 PM IST

    Islamabad: India has handed over to the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi a list of 386 Pakistanis detained in Indian jails.However, according to the record of Pakistani prisoners maintained by the Pakistan foreign ministry

  • pakistan gun toting man arrested alive after six hour ordeal

    Pakistan gun-toting man arrested alive after six-hour ordeal

    World | Aug 16, 2013, 09:30 AM IST

    Islamabad: A gun-toting man brought the Pakistani capital to a standstill for six hours yesterday after he started firing near parliament, with the drama ending shortly before midnight when police arrested him.Sikandar Hayat, who was

  • explosives laden vehicle seized in pakistan

    Explosives-laden vehicle seized in Pakistan

    World | Aug 06, 2013, 10:00 AM IST

    Islamabad, Aug 6 : A terror bid was foiled in the Quetta city of Pakistan's Balochistan province when police seized an explosives-laden auto rickshaw, parked near a petrol pump, Monday.There was about 200 kg explosives

  • kerry hoping to improve us pakistan relations

    Kerry hoping to improve US-Pakistan relations

    World | Aug 01, 2013, 11:19 AM IST

    Islamabad, Aug 1: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with top Pakistani leaders, hoping the U.S. can open a new chapter in Washington's often testy relationship with Islamabad.Islamic extremism, the war in neighboring

  • 17 killed in bus truck collision in pakistan

    17 killed in bus-truck collision in Pakistan

    World | Jul 31, 2013, 08:35 AM IST

    Islamabad, July 31 : At least 17 people were killed and several injured when a bus had a head on collision with a truck in a town in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Tuesday evening, Xinhua

  • us drone attack kills two in pakistan first hit in ramadan

    US drone attack kills two in Pakistan, first hit in Ramadan

    World | Jul 14, 2013, 02:48 PM IST

    Islamabad, July 14: Atleast two persons were killed tonight when a US drone targeted a suspected militant's compound in tribal region close to Afghan border in northwest Pakistan, the first strike in the month of

  • pakistani power minister to visit india

    Pakistani power minister to visit India

    World | Jun 30, 2013, 01:12 PM IST

    Islamabad, June 30: Pakistan's water and power minister will soon visit India to explore potential areas of cooperation between the two countries, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said."We are facing acute electricity shortage and any

  • kanyakumari to islamabad 12 du students on cycles leave on

    Kanyakumari to Islamabad: 12 DU students on cycles leave on peace yatra

    India | Jun 02, 2013, 11:05 PM IST

    Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 2 : A group of  12 Indian cyclists have begun a peace yatra from Kanyakumari to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.The group of 12 Delhi University students  began their trek from India's southernmost

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