Liberalised visa regime pact won't be inked at present: Malik
Pakistan on Friday said an agreement on a new liberalised visa regime with India will not be inked during the ongoing Home Secretary-level talks here, suggesting that the pact should be concluded a
US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan's tribal region
A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants in the second such attack in as many days.
The CIA-operated spy pla
Many actual 26/11 accused not brought before Pak courts: India
India on Thursday voiced concern at the tardy progress in the prosecution of the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, saying many persons who are the 'actual accused' had not even been brought befor
Pakistan seeks face-saving formula in NATO talks
Pakistan is unlikely to re-open supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan unless the United States offers a politically acceptable formula in talks on ending a six-month standoff on the issue, a Pak
Gilani won't be disqualified: Pak Parliament Speaker
In a reprieve for Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Parliament's Speaker on Thursday ruled out his disqualification in the wake of his conviction for contempt by the Supreme Court for refusing to r
Pakistani doctor jailed for helping CIA find Osama bin Laden
A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been jailed for 33 years for treason, officials said, a move likely to deepen strains in ties between Washington and Islamabad.
Karachi airbase attack: Three Pak naval officers punished
Three senior officers of the Pakistan Navy have been penalised after a court martial found them guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty during a deadly Taliban attack on a key naval airbase in Ka
Case against Facebook in Pakistan for blasphemous materials
Acting on the orders of a judge, police in the Pakistani capital have registered a case against social networking website Facebook for hosting ‘blasphemous materials’.
The Margalla police station in
Pakistan restores Twitter after block over Prophet cartoons
Pakistan restored access to Twitter on Sunday, just hours after blocking the site over posts related to a contest involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, the telecoms authority said.
Historic Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan
Unidentified men on Sunday vandalised a historic Hindu temple in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan that was reopened on the orders of a court last year, police officials and local residents said.