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Most didn't notice the new library at this Islamic seminary for girls near Pakistan's capital, until locals saw the paper sign in Urdu posted on its wooden door: "Library of Osama bin Laden, the Martyr."

A sign now outside the small library at a religious school for girls in Pakistan's capital says the room has been named for a martyr - Osama bin Laden, whose al-Qaida terrorist network was responsible for the Sept.

Pakistan's special court hearing the high treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Friday rejected his petition against the appointment of the prosecutor.

A spokesman for a controversial Pakistani cleric who runs an Islamic seminary for girls in the capital, Islamabad, says he has named the school's new library in honor of Osama bin Laden.

Students have tremendous potential & passion, we love their excitement towards participation in Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014.

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the United Kingdom's concerns over the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance , Pakistan on Thursday said it does not accept 'unjustified criticism from any quarter'.

For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/national/17-Apr-2014/bilawal-wants-18-more-sites-in-pakistan-to-become-world-heritage For news details Read on : Bilawal wants 18 more sites in Pakistan to become World Heritage Karachi- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Patron-In-Chief of Pakistan People's Party has urged the World Heritage Committee of ... (more)

For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/national/17-Apr-2014/pakistan-demands-kabul-nato-for-strong-measures-for-protection-of-pak-afghan-border For news details Read on : Pakistan demands Kabul, NATO for strong measures for protection of Pak-Afghan border ISLAMABAD- Pakistan has called upon Kabul and NATO to put in place strong measures ... (more)

For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/national/17-Apr-2014/china-to-revive-the-silk-route-with-pakistan For news details Read on : China to revive the Silk Route with Pakistan Islamabad- The maritime trade of Pakistan will get a boost through inter-connectivity as the Chinese government is stepping up plans to revive the Maritime Silk ... (more)

ISLAMABAD: At the conclusion of the three-day Central Asian Business Opportunities Conference on Wednesday, some sixteen memoranda of understanding were signed among Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asian countries to promote regional trade and investment as a means to facilitate economic growth in the region.

He was forced to live like a blind man in a dark dungeon for eight months, so completely denied daylight that he could not know if it was day or night, after Pakistan's Military Intelligence secretly abducted him on suspicion of promoting U.S. interests.

Spring has crept up to the foothills of the Himalayas and, in Islamabad, Pakistan's purpose-built capital, the air is full of the scent of roses and the yelling of birds.

IN THE summer of 2007, things were not looking good for Maulana Abdul Aziz, an extremist cleric who had just failed in his attempt to impose strict sharia law on Pakistan's capital by force.

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.