Voicing “a great sense of confidence, optimism and determination,” India and Pakistan on Thursday opened their two-day foreign secretary-level talks here and discussed the issue of peace and security, including confidence-building measures on Kashmir.

A day ahead of crucial Indo-Pak talks on the Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday described Kashmir as the ‘jugular vein of Pakistan’ and assured the Kashmiri people of his com

The Pakistan Army has arrested a brigadier posted to General Headquarters (GHQ) in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, adjacent to the capital Islamabad, on charges of alleged links with a banned outfit, media reports said Tuesday.

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has revealed that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

“The assassins and perpetrators of

A woman was pelted with stones and then shot dead in the name of honour by a group of men led by her husband in a village in Pakistan, a media report said on Wednesday.

The incident took place in Bai

President Asif Ali Zardari has accused former Premier Nawaz Sharif of trying to pit the ruling Pakistan People’s Party against the powerful military but said he would not allow this to happen.

Four majors of the Pakistan Army are being questioned by authorities in connection with the detention of a brigadier for his alleged links with a banned militant group, amid fears of terror sympathise

Journalists in Pakistan face danger all the time, said a daily on Tuesday, noting this 'climate of threats to journalists is serious and troubling'.

An editorial in the Daily Times referred to the mu

Taliban militants attacked the homes of pro-government tribesmen in Mohmand region of northwest Pakistan and killed four persons, officials said on Monday.

The MV Suez's 22-member crew, including six Indians, were on Sunday transferred to a Pakistani warship when the Egyptian merchant vessel, which was recently released by Somali pirates after payment of