Islamabad: A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden truck into the headquarters of the Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary force, in the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring 14 others, police and witnesses said.
The attacker rammed the truck into the gate of the Pakistan Rangers office in North Nazimabad [...]
Islamabad: Notwithstanding Taliban’s insistence that militant commander Ilyas Kashmiri is dead, senior Pakistani military authorities in South Waziristan tribal region are still reluctant to confirm that he was killed in a US drone strike over a year ago.
“We, on our own level, did some investigations but could not find any clue that could prove his [...]
Islamabad: Two men being hauled up for having soft drinks by the police under a Ramzan law has been criticised by a leading Pakistani daily that rued “how injudicious legislation emboldens those inclined towards intolerance and hardens their attitudes”.
An editorial in the Dawn on Tuesday said that bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
“Two [...]
Islamabad: Pakistani national Dr SM Khalil Chishty, who was released on bail by the Supreme Court and subsequently returned home late Tuesday after spending nearly 20 years in jail in Ajmer, has apologised for his remarks on judiciary.
Chishty had, during an interview with a Hindi news channel last week, ridiculed the Indian judiciary.
Chishty was shown [...]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today acknowledged that the Kashmir issue would have to be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy as Pakistan “cannot afford wars” in the 21st century.
Four wars have already been fought on the Kashmir issue and the region still “was a flashpoint”, but in the 21st century “we cannot [...]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court’s ruling that Yousuf Raza Gilani has committed contempt of court has “significantly escalated pressure on the embattled Prime Minister and may sink his weak government deeper into crisis”, said a daily.
An editorial in the News International on Friday said: “Thursday was a good day for rule of law but a [...]
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday rejected a perception that democracy was under threat and a ‘creeping coup’ was taking place in Pakistan.
All stakeholders in the country favour democracy in Pakistan and “no one has a desire to violate the Constitution”, Gilani said in Davos where is attending the World Economic Forum.
Gilani [...]
Islamabad: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf’s heroics in returning to his country could prove to be another misadventure for him, a Pakistani daily said on Thursday.
Not only half a dozen court cases await Musharraf in Pakistan but all political parties in the Senate have agreed that the former Army chief and president should be arrested [...]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha held a secret meeting with former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in Dubai and advised him not to return to the country, according to a media report Tuesday.
“Gen Pasha, who has remained very close to the former President, held a meeting with (Musharraf) in Dubai and advised [...]
Islamabad: The ties between the US and Pakistan are witnessing a diplomatic thaw but it won’t be back to business as usual, said a daily.
An editorial in the News International on Monday said that all the indicators are that “we are slowly returning to something resembling normalcy in our relations with the US”.
“…but it is [...]
Islamabad: Farahnaz Ispahani, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s media adviser and wife of former envoy to US Husain Haqqani, claims that she has fled the country as she feared being kidnapped by the ISI.
Ms Ispahani, who has fled to Washington, said she was afraid that she would be abducted to force her husband to confess [...]
Islamabad: Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed criticised the Pakistan government’s move to grant Most Favoured Nation-status to India, claiming the neighbouring country was a bigger threat than the US.
Saeed, also the founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba that was blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, made the remarks while addressing a rally organised by the Defa-e-Pakistan [...]
Islamabad : Regardless of the decision the Supreme Court may take on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, “what is clear is that his government is in serious trouble”, said a daily.
Gilani on Thursday made his submission before a seven-member bench that issued a contempt of court notice to him for not implementing a directive to [...]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday appeared before Supreme Court to face a contempt notice for not reopening graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari, saying he was unable to act as the President enjoyed complete immunity under the Constitution.
Gilani told a seven-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk that he could not [...]
Islamabad: A scandal over a secret memo to Washington that could bring down the Pakistani President took a strange turn on Wednesday when a music video surfaced featuring the chief accuser acting as a commentator for a naked female wrestling bout.
Opponents of Mansoor Ijaz, an American of Pakistani origin, said the clip damaged his credibility [...]