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Pakistan PM gets two more weeks over graft cases
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the country's prime minister another fortnight's breathing space in a long-running wrangle over reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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Olympics: Pakistan to sue British tabloid
Pakistan said on Wednesday it is to sue a British newspaper that claimed to have uncovered a visa scam that could have allowed potential terrorists into the Olympic Village.
The Sun tabloid said it h
Krishna to undertake three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will undertake a three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7 to review the second round of the bilateral dialogue process with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar
No decision to approach Swiss authorities: Pakistan government tells SC
A day before the expiry of a deadline set by Pakistan's Supreme Court for reviving graft charges against President Asif Ali Zardari, the government on Tuesday informed the court that the federal cabin
Women banned from shopping alone in Pak province
Police in Lakki Marwat, one of the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, have banned women from shopping in the markets without being accompanied by a male relative in Ramazan.
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‘CIA agents’ a thorn in Pak-US ties
The presence of ‘unregistered’ officials of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Pakistan is set to create a new rift between Islamabad and Washington, diplomatic sources said.
“Pakistan has be
Pakistan mourns the ‘great actor’
People across Pakistan on Wedne-sday mourned the death of Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna, with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf describing him as a “great actor” and others taking to social networ
Pak troops kill Afghan militants ahead of PM Ashraf's Kabul visit
Ahead of the Pakistan prime minister's maiden visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss cross-border attacks being mounted by Afghan militants on Pakistan, Pakistani troops reportedly killed six Afg
Pakistan to ask India for cross examination of Mumbai witnesses
The Pakistan government will write to its Indian counterpart to allow the cross-examination of key witnesses in the Mumbai attacks case following a court's rejection of the findings of a judicial c
26/11 case: Pak court calls panel’s report illegal
In a setback to the prosecution of seven suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a Pakistani court on Tuesday ruled that all findings of a judicial commission that visited India were illegal and could not be made part of the evidence against the accused.
