Sarabjit’s condition deteriorates, says Pak doctors
Doctors treating Indian death row convict Sarbajit Singh, comatose in a hospital here in Pakistan after a brutal assault, today said his condition has deteriorated though he had not been declared brain dead.
Pak officials dismiss report about sending Sarabjit abroad
Pakistani officials today dismissed a report that a medical board was considering a proposal to send abroad Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh - comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault - for treatment.
Pak President Asif Ali Zardari quits post of PPP co-chairman
Acting on a court order, President Asif Ali Zardari has quit the political office of co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party and made his son Bilawal its “patron-in-chief”.
Mob in Pak raids Christian colony in search of blasphemer
A mob went on the rampage in a Christian-dominated neighbourhood in this eastern Pakistani city today following reports that a Christian man had committed blasphemy, burning scores of houses and driving out about 150 families.
Pak govt given ‘last chance’ to reply on Zardari contempt case
A Pakistan court today gave a last chance to the government to respond to a petition seeking contempt proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari for not acting on a suggestion that he should give up the political office of head of the ruling the PPP.
Pak to break up if another dictator takes over country: Nawaz
Amidst growing speculation about a delay in holding the next general election, former premier Nawaz Sharif today warned that Pakistan would break up if another dictator takes over the country.
Zardari dismisses US opposition to Iran-Pak pipeline project
No power in the world can halt the 7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, President Asif Ali Zardari has said, dismissing mounting US opposition to the venture that will be formally inaugurated on March 11.
Pak court dismisses petition against President Zardari
A Pakistani court has dismissed a petition seeking an order to bar Asif Ali Zardari functioning as the President.
Miandad cancels India trip to avoid row
Javed Miandad, whose son is married to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter, on Friday cancelled his visit to Delhi in the wake of a raging controversy over the visa given for his trip.
Pak blames India for cough syrup toll
Days after an adulterated cough syrup caused the death of 40 people, a senior Pakistani official has contended that an ingredient imported from India to make the medicine was to blame, a claim describ