Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today said the constitutional transfer of power by an elected government is a victory of democratic forces.

24 Army personnel were killed and five others injured today when a bus carrying them plunged into a ravine in northern Pakistan, officials said.

A Pakistani court has disposed off a contempt of court petition filed against the ISI chief and other senior officials by four civilian employees after the spy agency informed the judge that it had taken action to regularise their contractual employment.

Trying to fish in troubled waters, Pakistan’s parliament today passed a resolution condemning the hanging of Afzal Guru and demanded the return of his body to his family.

Seven persons were injured today when a bomb went off near the residence of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain in northwest Pakistan though he was not in the home at the time,the police said.

At least 15 militants and three security personnel were killed in a skirmish in the restive Kurram tribal region of northwest Pakistan today.

A mob went on the rampage in a Christian-dominated neighbourhood in this eastern Pakistani city today following reports that a Christian man had committed blasphemy, burning scores of houses and driving out about 150 families.

Speedster Lasith Malinga has been warned by Sri Lanka cricket to maintain better relations with the media following his spat with journalists.

Close on the heels of the powerful military expressing concern at the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi, President Asif Ali Zardari has directed authorities to restore peace in Pakistan’s largest city and to take action against militants and sectarian elements.

A Pakistan court today gave a last chance to the government to respond to a petition seeking contempt proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari for not acting on a suggestion that he should give up the political office of head of the ruling the PPP.