Pakistan News

It's a measure of Pakistanis' obsession with eating that even the elections held on May 11 - fiercely contested, marred by violence - are being discussed in culinary metaphors.

Talking to media here on Wednesday, Olson said holding dialogue with Taliban is prerogative of Pakistani government.

On Monday, May 20, 2013, a lawyer for Pakistan's former military ruler says a judge has granted Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

A Muslim political candidate suspected of murdering a Christian has instigated calls from mosque loudspeakers for attacks on Christians, whom he blames for his May 11 election loss.

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

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A soldier walks near a bus as he helps to secure the area and clear the roads before the motorcade of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passes by in Islamabad, May 22, 2013.

Noreen, 13, uses candlelight as she studies during a power outage in a slum in Islamabad April 29, 2013.

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.

This screenshot from Coca-Cola's short film "Small World Machines" shows two men from India and Pakistan reaching out to each other through high-tech touchscreens in Lahore and New Delhi.

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.

LAHORE Following the directives of Punjab IGP Aftab Sultan, the police department is all set to finalise a policy about the seniority of 3003 police officers to resolve the issue of their promotions, pending for the last 30 years.

Pakistan has authorised the export of 100,000 tons 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.

MQM workers and supporters, including women and children gathered at the KPC to protest against Imran Khan's alleging MQM chief Altaf Hussain responsible for the Zahra Shahid murder.

Islamabad : Mountaineer Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 metres.

Jodi Arias returns to court for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution.

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.

Nawaz Sharif, who is expected to resume is former post as Prime Minister, could have difficulty getting the military on his side.

Militants opened fire on a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's tribal belt Monday, killing a paramilitary soldier and underscoring the continued threat to one of the region's most urgent health campaigns.

Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday.