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Pak yet to ask Interpol for notice
Pakistani authorities were on Saturday caught on the wrong foot as an anti-terror court hearing the 26/11 case was told that Interpol was yet to be approached for a Red Corner notice for Ajmal Kasab,
US drone strikes, Pak ops kill 37 militants
At least 36 militants were killed on Saturday in Pakistan forces’ operation and US drone strikes.
Govt, SC headed for confrontation on Zardari
The Pakistani government and the Supreme Court seemed headed for a major confrontation on reopening a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari and a statute amendment that has created a commissio
‘Pakistani caterer may have met NY bomber’
A Pakistani who was detained in connection with the failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square had no ties with the main suspect but may have met him, the arrested man’s father said on Saturday.
UK family is shot dead in suspected honour killing
Five people, three of them British nationals of Pakistan origin, were shot dead in Pakistan’s Gujrat city in a suspected honour killing over their son’s marriage, the police said on Friday.
Pak suspends BlackBerry services, blocks Twitter
After banning Facebook, YouTube and scores of other websites to black out the blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, the Pakistan government on Friday put on halt BlackBerry services “until furt
‘Going back to Pak to join politics’
Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said he intends going home to enter politics, perhaps standing to become President or Prime Minister, CNN reported.
Court in Pak wants Prez notification
In an embarrassment for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, a Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the government to present the notification of the of remission of interior minister Rehman Malik’s jail sentence awarded by an accountability court and upheld by the superior court. The Lahore high court — that upheld the sentence
After Facebook, Pak shuts down YouTube
Pakistan on Thursday blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain blasphemous material.
The blockade came hours after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to stop access to social network site Facebook i
Gilani raps defence minister on Kayani
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that the matter of awarding extension to the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani will be looked into “when its time will come”.
