Pakistan News

When the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband's head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, "You must be a mess!" U.S. Ambassador Gerald Feierstein was thousands of miles away at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, without his wife and family on what is called an "unaccompanied" posting.

Several independent candidates belonging to influential political families of Punjab and Sindh provinces are among those who have joined the PML-N, which emerged the single largest party in the May 11 general election by winning 124 seats.

The constituency of NA-250 and its two corresponding constituencies of provincial assembly of Sindh PS-112 and PS-113 will undergo a revote under heightened supervision of additional election staff amid tight security measures today .

Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan.

Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani Saturday met with incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif here at their Model Town residence.

Railway workers attempt to fix tracks in Lahore. In its heyday, train travel in Pakistan was an elegant, popular mode of travel for the wealthy and working classes alike.

A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days.

A US Predator drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport.

Supporters of the Movement for Justice party protest in Karachi on 12 May. Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior party member, has been killed.

Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province.

DARGAI: Twenty-one persons were killed and around 120 others sustained injuries in separate bomb blasts during the Friday prayer at two mosques in Bazdarra village in Palai Union Council of Malakand Agency, official and local sources said on Friday.

A man who killed his eldest brother but was never brought to justice has now been tipped by Pakistan prime minister-elect Mian Nawaz Sharif to become the next chief executive of the restive province.

ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari is not resigning any time soon and he will complete the constitutional term of his office, said his spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar on Friday, dispelling rumours that Zardari was planning to resign following his party's crushing defeat in the general election.

Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Friday revoked Election Commission's decision regarding recounting of votes in NA-57 constituency of Attock.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens other injured in two bomb blasts at two different mosques in Malakand Agency on Friday.

Some Taleban fighters in the Kunar province of eastern Afghanistan say they are ready to switch sides out of anger with recent actions by the Pakistani military.

Islamabad, May 16 : Pakistan may face an international travel ban, including a possible ban on Hajj travel by Saudi Arabia, due to its failure to control a measles outbreak.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday said it would release 51 imprisoned Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds, hoping that New Delhi will reciprocate the goodwill gesture as relations between the two nations warm.

Undoubtedly, Pakistan is now a "democracy", that is, the Western style democracy where the elections are held, people vote, and the people losing power accepts it without much fuss.

Islamabad has authorized the export of 100,000 tons of wheat to Iran in trade not jeopardized by Western sanctions, to settle dues for electricity supplied to Pakistan's energy-starved border areas, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday.