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Pakistani PM charged with contempt over graft case
's prime minister with contempt Monday for defying its order to reopen an old corruption case against the president, sharpening a political crisis that has shaken this already volatile country.
ISLAMABAD: The path of isolation
Our state machinery revved into quick action last week to denounce the hearings on Balochistan conducted by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pakistan spy agency forced to present 'abducted' men in court
Pakistan 's supreme court on Monday forced the authorities to present seven men who vanished four years ago, apparently into the custody of Inter-Services Intelligence , in a case that tests whether the country's military's main spy agency is above the law.
In Pakistan, Cleaner Fuel Powers Supply, Safety Issues
A few years ago, Raja Hassan Akhter, took the leap and converted his taxi to a cleaner-burning fuel.
U.S. Hearing On Balochistan Raises Hackles, Awareness In Pakistan
Family members of missing Baluchs, mostly political activists, rally in protest on the eve of international Human Rights Day in Quetta, Balochistan, on December 10, 2011.
PML-N not to support any other PM: Ishaq Dar
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Monday reiterated its stance on early elections, saying that it would oppose the appointment of a new prime minister, in case Yousuf Raza Gilani is ousted from his job.
India minister in Pakistan trip
India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is due to begin a three day visit to Pakistan to boost trade between the two rival neighbours.
Capital in need of efficient public transport system ISLAMABAD: Despite the new and recently widened roads, traffic chaos at major intersections of the capital's boulevards continues because of the lack of a decent public transport system that forces commuters to use their own vehicles.
Homosexuals in the line of fire
The Muslim Youth Front , an unregistered outfit headed by Shahid Khan who calls himself ameer of the group, has kicked off its campaign against homosexuality in Lahore.
Gilani says charges against president `politically motivated`
Foreseeing that the judgement might be against him in this particular case, he told a foreign TV channel in an interview that if convicted he would automatically lose his office, so there was no need for him to quit.
Welcome all newshounds to the circus. Since October last year, the Israeli media have been obsessed over reporting and often exaggerating seemingly every single piece of information regarding the standoff with Iran over its plans to develop nuclear weapons, possible military action, etc.
Mike Connell: Grand dream meets grim reality
Constantinos Doxiadis -- the world-renowned urban planner who envisioned a great metropolis on the west bank of the St.
Militants decry attacks against Pakistani military
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur Rehman during his meeting with media in Sararogha, a Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border.
'Do not follow me down the road to jihad': Osama Bin Laden s...
Osama Bin Laden told his children to live peacefully in the West where they would get a good education, his brother-in-law has revealed.
Pakistanis ponder greater meaning of brief hip-hop ban
An effort to ban hip-hop music in schools instead turned into a lesson in tolerance in a nation where religious fundamentalism has been on the rise.
Indian commerce minister due in Pakistan for trade talks
Indias Commerce Minister Anand Sharma will walk into Pakistan through Wagah border tomorrow at the head of big trade delegation on a three-day visit to Pakistan for talks to normalise trade relations between the two countries.
Two injured in exchange of fire near Adiala Jail
The incident took place near Adiala Jail. According to a police spokesman, Raja Sajid group started construction of a wall on a disputed plot when Raja Abid group started firing.