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For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/national/16-Apr-2014/pakistani-taliban-end-ceasefire-with-government-but-say-talks-still-on For news details Read on : Pakistani Taliban end ceasefire with government but say talks still on DERA ISMAIL KHAN- Pakistani Taliban have formally ended a 40-day ceasefire but are still open to talks with ... (more)

Pakistan The Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan is ruled directly from the capital, Islamabad, rather than having an elected provincial government or legislature.

Lahore, April 16: Will Narendra Modi win? Will India get a stable government? What are Arvind Kejriwal's prospects? Is the Congress finished? The questions fly thick and fast in Pakistan, where interest in India's ongoing parliamentary election runs high, for once overriding questions on all other issues including Kashmir.

KABUL: Afghan presidential hopeful Ashraf Ghani says rapprochement with the Taliban's old backers Pakistan, along the lines of France and Germany after World War II, is key to ending instability in his conflict-torn nation.

A 19-year-old Pakistani, Iftikihar Muhammed Arslan, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for attempting to smuggle 25 parcels of heroin into the country.

The World Bank says that in Pakistan, roughly 70 percent work in the so-called informal sector, a part of the economy that is unregulated and untaxed.

A lunar eclipse took place Tuesday. The entire event was to be visible from North and South America, but sky watchers in northern and eastern Europe, eastern Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia were out of luck, according to US space agency NASA.

For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/national/15-Apr-2014/ksa-lifts-ban-on-import-of-cattle-from-pakistan For news details Read on : KSA lifts ban on import of cattle from Pakistan JEDDAH- The price of meat in the Kingdom is expected to fall with the lifting of ban on the imports of cattle, sheep and goats from Pakistan by the Saudi ... (more)

Its been over a year that Yamaha had revealed plans of setting-up a new plant in Pakistan.

Former Foreign Minister and PTI leader Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has said that BJP leader Narendra Modi, if comes to power, will not adopt a tough policy against Pakistan.

A Pakistani judge dismissed an attempted murder charge Saturday that police lodged against a 9-month-old boy, ending a bizarre case that drew new criticism to the country's troubled criminal justice system.

What if the United States has been waging the wrong war against the wrong enemy for the last 13 years in Afghanistan? Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Carlotta Gall, who's spent more than a decade covering Afghanistan since 2001, concludes just that in her new book, The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014.

The strained spy relationship between Pakistan and the U.S. is "of lateon the upswing," according to America's top intelligence official.

KARACHI: The United States Agency for International Development through its Firms Project, participated in the 3-day, Institute of Architects Pakistan's , 9th international exhibition of building products at the Karachi Expo Center.

A Pakistani man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of cannibalism when the head of a newborn baby was found at his home - three years after he was jailed for the same offence.

Rescue workers were trying to save a teenage Pakistani boy trapped in a 15m tunnel he dug under his house to look for treasure, on the advice of a fortune teller, police say.

SALMAN ABDUHU, IFTIKHAR ALAM and ARSHAD BHATTI - It is an encouraging sign that unemployment rate in Pakistan has gone slightly down from 6.30 per cent to 6 per cent in the second quarter of 2013-14, but the percentage of unskilled labour among the unemployed remains alarmingly high.

Nine-month-old baby Musa Khan drinks milk from his bottle while being carried by his grandfather Muhammad Yasin as they leave after appearing in a court in Lahore April 12, 2014.

TEHRAN Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Ali Abdollahi said on Sunday that the state of Jamshid Danaeifar, the fifth and last Iranian border guard, is not clear yet, but definitely the terrorist group keeps him in Pakistan.

Lahore, April 13: Already known for the grandeur of his bridal designs and couture range, designer Rizwan Beyg went a notch above at the final day of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week 2014 Sunday as he showcased a collection that had everything a modern woman wants in her closet - glamorous and sensual but at the same time, wearable.