Islamabad, Pakistan News

Islamabad, May 19 : A Pakistani newspaper Sunday lauded army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for breaking convention and calling on incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Islamabad, May 19 : A one-man inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court may visit India to complete the judicial inquiry into the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, a media report said.

Islamabad, May 19 : A senior woman politician in Pakistan's port city of Karachi was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants outside her residence late Saturday, a media report said Sunday.

Pakistan took a 'quantum leap' into the league of established democracies at the back of last week's historic elections, the outgoing Pakistani ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman, said at a farewell reception Friday night, while expressing satisfaction over the improved Islamabad-Washington relations.

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.

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A short course on 'Biostatand Data Analysis Methodologies' arranged by the Lahore University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences attracted faculty members and researchers from over a dozen of universities and other institutes from Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Gujrat.

ISLAMABAD: The complainant in judges' detention case, Advocate Aslam Ghumman, has decided not to pursue case against General Pervez Musharraf, who is currently under house arrest.

The unrealistic expectations in India from Li Keqiang's visit to Delhi and Mumbai next week are likely to be tempered when weighed against the Chinese premier's agenda in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: A constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday against the Election Commission of Pakistan , NADRA and few TV anchors under Article 184 of the constitution.

ISLAMABAD On the one hand Independents are joining Pakistan Muslim League in a big number making it comfortable for the party to form government without the crutches of smaller parties, while on the other hand gigantic problems awaiting the would-be government in shape of worst load-shedding, budget presentation, precarious law and order situation ... (more)

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.

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.

Islamabad, May 16 : The Election Commission of Pakistan has said that the decision on fingerprint verification in connection with charges of rigging would be made by the election tribunal.

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

Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has said massive turn-out in the elections is a testimony that the caretaker government was successful in instilling confidence among the people.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will address the sitting of the Upper House of Parliament on 23rd of this month after his joint meeting with Senate Chairman Nayyer Hussain Bokhari and National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza, the Senate Secretariat said on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD President of the Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Thursday said that despite serious reservations his party has accepted the election results and decided to sit on opposition benches in Centre as well as KP Assembly.

FRIENDS flocked to pray and pay tribute to a Downley man who was shot dead at a family home in Pakistan.

It's being just a matter of days now to the coming of a more peace loving civilian regime in Pakistan, Islamabad is hoping a boost to the overall dialogue process with India and it has approached New Delhi for focused discussions on the issue of prisoners.