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  • mumbai attack prosecutor shot dead in islamabad

    Mumbai attack prosecutor shot dead in Islamabad

    World | May 03, 2013, 11:30 AM IST

    Islamabad, May 3: Chaudhary Zulfiqar, a special prosecutor who had handled the Mumbai terror attack, was gunned down on a busy road here when he was driving to court for a hearing in the Benazir

  • family meets sarabjit

    Family meets Sarabjit

    World | Apr 28, 2013, 07:06 PM IST

    Lahore, Apr 28: The distraught family of a comatose Sarabjit Singh was on Sunday allowed to have a glimpse of him from a distance at the hospital where he is being treated after a brutal

  • 52 new aids patients admitted in islamabad

    52 new AIDS patients admitted in Islamabad

    World | Apr 28, 2013, 06:05 PM IST

    Islamabad, Apr 28: As many as 52 new AIDS patients have been registered in the first four months of this year at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) here in the capital.The News International

  • srinagar attackers weren t from pakistan islamabad

    Srinagar attackers weren't from Pakistan: Islamabad

    World | Mar 14, 2013, 01:05 PM IST

    Islamabad, March 14:  Pakistan has rejected an accusation that the two militants who stormed a paramilitary camp in Srinagar Wednesday were "probably from Pakistan".At least five security forces personnel were killed and eight others injured

  • pia flight diverted to drop off officer s daughter

    PIA flight diverted to drop off officer's daughter

    World | Jan 30, 2013, 12:04 PM IST

    Islamabad, Jan 30: A flight, which took-off from Karachi for Islamabad, took a detour and landed at Lahore to drop off the daughter of an officer with the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the flag carrier

  • thousands of anti govt protesters led by qadri stage

    Thousands of anti-govt protesters led by Qadri stage nightlong vigil in Islamabad

    World | Jan 16, 2013, 09:24 AM IST

    Islamabad, Jan 16: Thousands of protesters braved the bitter cold in Islamabad on Tuesday night to keep up their demands for the removal of Pakistan's government, which they see as corrupt and incompetent.Many of them

  • clashes at cleric s march in islamabad

    Clashes at cleric's march in Islamabad

    World | Jan 15, 2013, 01:07 PM IST

    Islamabad, Jan 15: Police used teargas and fired shots in the air Tuesday to disperse a crowd of followers of Pakistani-born Canadian cleric Tahirul Qadri who converged near parliament, seeking dissolution of the institution and

  • us asks its envoys in india pak to help de escalate tension

    US asks its envoys in India, Pak to help de-escalate tension

    World | Jan 10, 2013, 08:53 AM IST

    Washington, Jan 10: Concerned over the increasing tension between India and Pakistan over the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers, the US has instructed its envoys in New Delhi and Islamabad to work with the

  • us drone strike kills four in pakistan

    US drone strike kills four in Pakistan

    World | Jan 03, 2013, 12:29 PM IST

    Islamabad, Jan 3: Four people were killed early Thursday when a US drone strike targeted a house in Pakistan's South Waziristan area, bordering Afghanistan, Geo News reported.The strike, carried out around midnight, was the first

  • karachi rally blast toll goes up to four

    Karachi rally blast toll goes up to four

    World | Jan 02, 2013, 11:40 AM IST

    Islamabad,Jan 2:  The death toll in the powerful blast following a rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi has gone up to four, a media report said Wednesday, the day after the explosion.The blast, in which

  • bangladesh pm hasina cancels pakistan visit

    Bangladesh PM Hasina cancels Pakistan visit

    World | Nov 14, 2012, 01:25 PM IST

    Dhaka, Nov 14:  In an apparent snub to Pakistan, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has scrapped her planned visit to Islamabad to attend an international summit later this month, without citing any specific reason.Hasina was

  • protesters storm diplomatic enclave in islamabad army

    Protesters storm diplomatic enclave in Islamabad, army called in

    World | Sep 20, 2012, 07:05 PM IST

    Islamabad, Sep 20: The Pakistan government called in the army Thursday after a large number of enraged protesters tried to storm Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave to register their protest against a US-made anti-Islam film.According to

  • pakistan blocks youtube website on pm s orders

    Pakistan blocks YouTube website on PM's orders

    World | Sep 17, 2012, 11:05 PM IST

    Islamabad, Sep 17: Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today ordered the complete blocking of YouTube, following which the ministry of information technology has blocked the video sharing website. Prime Minister Ashraf directed the IT Ministry

  • kamra is paf s key airbase

    Kamra is PAF's key airbase

    World | Aug 16, 2012, 10:12 AM IST

    Islamabad, Aug 16: Kamra about 60 kilometres (37 miles) northwest of Islamabad.Minhas Airbase or Kamra Airbase is PAF Airbase located at Kamra, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was named in the honour of Pilot Officer

  • pakistanis kill man accused of insulting quran

    Pakistanis kill man accused of insulting Quran

    World | Jul 04, 2012, 07:40 PM IST

    Islamabad, Jul 4: A Pakistani police official says thousands of people beat a man to death, then burned his corpse after he was accused of desecrating Islam's holy book.Local officer Mohammed Azhar Gujar said Wednesday

  • nato goods expected to begin moving via pakistan

    NATO goods expected to begin moving via Pakistan

    World | Jul 04, 2012, 12:20 PM IST

    Islamabad Jul 4: Trucks carrying NATO troop supplies are expected to resume trips to Afghanistan following Pakistan's decision to end a seven-month blockade.Islamabad agreed to lift the ban Tuesday after the U.S. said it was

  • india asks pak to release sarabjit singh

    India asks Pak to release Sarabjit Singh

    India | Jun 27, 2012, 11:12 AM IST

    New Delhi, June 27: India today requested Pakistan to release death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh after Islamabad in a midnight twist said it had taken steps for the release of another Indian prisoner named Surjeet

  • can nuke india in 8 seconds pak general had told british

    Can nuke India in 8 seconds, Pak general had told British official

    World | Jun 16, 2012, 04:26 PM IST

    London, Jun 16: Pakistan could launch a nuclear strike on India within eight seconds, claimed an Army General in Islamabad in 2001, a warning that is described in the latest volume of diaries by a

  • india pak to discuss siachen issue on june 11 12

    India, Pak to discuss Siachen issue on June 11-12

    India | Jun 03, 2012, 07:52 PM IST

    New Delhi, Jun 3: India and Pakistan will discuss the Siachen issue, which has been hanging fire for over two decades, on June 11-12 in Islamabad with an aim of demilitarizing the world's highest battle-filed.Defence

  • india hands over to pak fresh evidence against hafiz saeed

    India hands over to Pak fresh evidence against Hafiz Saeed

    India | May 28, 2012, 11:49 PM IST

    New Delhi, May 28: India has given to Pakistan fresh evidence against Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and asked Islamabad to act against the 26/11 mastermind.During the two-day Home Secretary level talks on May 24-25 in

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