Sind, Pakistan News

Daniel Pearl had been held captive in Pakistan for more than a month when Mariane, his wife, learned he was dead.

KARACHI : ABL Asset Management Company Ltd appointed MCB FSL as trustee for their upcoming ABL Islamic Stock Fund.

The YouTube was banned in Pakistan in September 2012 after a blasphemous video titled "Innocence of Muslims" was uploaded on it, and Muslims all over the world protested against it.

Because I know you operate with limited "fact" checking folk - relying instead on GOP in-house "research" and the Heritage Foundation for that - I'd like to pass along some old fashioned, shoe leather research Ben Cesca of Huffington Post recently did.

Turkish shipyards are to contest for the project of building two logistical support ships for the Navy, worth around $100 million, but some companies are surprisingly absent from the bidding Six companies submitted their bids, which are Anadolu Deniz Kizaklari , Desan Deniz Insaat, Istanbul Denizcilik, Selah Makine ve Gemicilik, Tuzla Gemi and ... (more)

Karachi Pakistan Muslim League-Functional Chief and spiritual leader of Hurs, Sibgatullah Shah Rashdi Pir Pagara has again extended support for Shah Mehmood Qureshi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in re-polling on 43 polling stations of NA-230 Thar and four polling stations of NA-229 Umerkot scheduled on June 1. After complaints of irregularities and ... (more)

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan gather during a protest against the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain, a leading member of the PTI, outside the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi May 20, 2013.

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has said an elected government has every right to complete its constitutional tenure according to the mandate given by the people.

Cricket hero Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi on Sunday, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a party leader, setting the stage for protests and counter-protests. Khan blamed the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain on the Muttahida Quami Movement party, which has a ... (more)

At least 10 suspected terrorists were killed and 65 others captured as Nigerian troops continued their "massive deployment" against insurgent groups, a defense ministry spokesman said Saturday.

The suspects were identified as Anar Khan, Ameer Khan, Sal Muhammad and Naimatullah.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken notice of the protest demonstration staged by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf at 10 Downing Street against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hussain's telephonic addresses in Pakistan.

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday said that the army respects the elected institutions and wants public representatives, elected through free and fair elections, to serve the nation.

Now that the race for the much-heralded Election 2013 Cup, which was supposed to be Free, Fair, and what ever, is over, Hun Ki, Now what? ECP had promised the voters that this time, the Mother of All Elections would be clean and fair and urged the citizens to go out and vote in large numbers, as this was a chance to change the destiny of their ... (more)

Railway workers attempt to fix tracks in Lahore. In its heyday, train travel in Pakistan was an elegant, popular mode of travel for the wealthy and working classes alike.

The constituency of NA-250 and its two corresponding constituencies of provincial assembly of Sindh PS-112 and PS-113 will undergo a revote under heightened supervision of additional election staff amid tight security measures today .

Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province.

Supporters of the Movement for Justice party protest in Karachi on 12 May. Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior party member, has been killed.

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Friday announced to boycott re-election at 43 polling stations of NA-250 constituency.