A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday handed down death sentence to the police guard who assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for calling for changes in the country's controversial blasp

A girl who topped the class 10 examination was gang raped in Lahore, a media report said.

Two men gang raped the teenager in Shahkot area of Lahore, reported Geo News.

The men had called out the gir

A Taliban plot to rescue killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's youngest widow from custody in Pakistan has reportedly been foiled.

According to the Sun, terror chief Mullah Omar ordered 500 men to

Pakistan on Thursday said it would not accept any “dictation” from the United States regarding operations against the Haqqani network in the tribal North Waziristan Agency.

Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar and ISI chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha on Thursday will brief a meeting of Pakistan’s political parties convened by the Prime Minister to forge national consensus on dealing with mounting tensions with the US.

Pakistan on Thursday closed ranks against increasing American pressure for action against the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, refusing to be pressured into doing more in the war on terror.

Prime Min

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and his wife Sania Mirza, on Thursday met President Asif Ali Zardari, who congratulated the couple on their marriage.

During the meeting, Zardari appreciated Malik's

Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on 'all-weather friend' China.

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, sp

At least 16 people were killed in a massive explosion at a marble mine in Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Tuesday.

The deafening blast took place late Monda

Gunmen shot dead a mother and daughter in broad daylight in an upmarket neighbourhood of the Pakistani capital on Tuesday after the mother filed for divorce from her husband, police said.

Najma Bibi,