Shoot at sight orders have been issued in the port city of Karachi where spiralling violence over the past three days has left 63 people dead, media reports said on Friday.

The third consecutive day

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday appealed to the people from all walks of life to play their role in maintaining peace and security in Karachi.

Addressing a reception in honour of Special

A Pakistani commission probing Osama bin Laden’s presence in the country has directed the interior ministry and ISI to ensure that the slain Al Qaeda chief’s wives and children do not leave the country without its permission.

India has to play a “more positive and accommodating role” and respond to Pakistan’s “legitimate security concerns” in order to resolve outstanding issues, including Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday.

Pakistani security forces on Wednesday used helicopter gunships and artillery to shell Taliban hideouts in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, a day after a roadside bomb attack in the area ki

At least two Pakistani soldiers were killed and nine more injured when a security forces convoy was targeted with a roadside bomb in the restive North Waziristan tribal region today.

The bomb explode

Thousands of Pakistani troops, backed by helicopter gunships and fighter jets, advanced on Taliban strongholds in Kurram tribal region and consolidated their positions on Monday even as hundreds of fa

The Pakistani authorities have noticed “extremely suspicious movements and the presence of several foreigners” in the neighbourhood of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, official sources said.

A Swiss couple was abducted by unidentified armed men in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, a senior police official has said.

"Unidentified gunmen intercepted the foreigners' ve

If provinces had been given autonomy, then East Pakistan would not have been split to become an independent Bangladesh, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said.