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Pak chief justice out of son's case
8 Jun 2012 6:55 AM ISTPakistan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Thursday recused himself from a case against his son Arsalan Iftikhar, who allegedly...
US envoy summoned on drone attacks
6 Jun 2012 6:47 AM ISTPakistan on Tuesday summoned the acting US ambassador and lodged a protest over continued CIA drone strikes in its tribal belt bordering Afghanistan,...
Pak gets missile to hit deeper into India
6 Jun 2012 6:36 AM ISTPakistan on Tuesday successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-VII cruise missile with a range of 700 km, the latest in a series of tests of...
Rehman Malik suspended
5 Jun 2012 8:13 AM ISTIn a jolt to Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the Supreme Court on Monday suspended him from the membership of parliament on the ground that...
Pak turns to India for Jinnah's speech
5 Jun 2012 8:10 AM ISTPakistan's state-run broadcaster has turned to All India Radio for a copy of the historic 1947 speech by the country's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah,...
US seeks cause of Afridi sentence
1 Jun 2012 9:27 AM ISTDisbelieving the 'new story' from Pakistan that a doctor who helped CIA track Osama bin Laden was jailed for his links to militants, the US has sought...
Islamabad increases Atomic Energy budget
1 Jun 2012 9:26 AM ISTEnergy-starved Pakistan has increased the budget of its Atomic Energy Commission by a whopping 78 per cent to Rs 39.2 billion for the next fiscal year...
Pakistan tests nuke-capable missile
1 Jun 2012 9:25 AM ISTFor the second time in a week, Pakistan on Thursday successfully test fired another nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII cruise missile with a range of more than...
Azlan Shah Cup: India clinch thriller against Pakistan
1 Jun 2012 1:22 AM ISTIndia relied on a penultimate-minute goal by striker S V Sunil as they beat arch rivals Pakistan 2-1 in a thrilling match of the Azlan Shah Cup ...
White House wants Pak to release Afridi
31 May 2012 6:43 AM ISTThe White House has said that Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped CIA trace Osama bin Laden, was not working against Pakistan but al-Qaeda...
Pak cleric held for sentencing six to death
30 May 2012 6:59 AM ISTPolice on Tuesday arrested a cleric accused of sentencing four married women and two men to death for allegedly singing and dancing at a wedding in...
Pak parties demand stop to army ops in Balochistan
28 May 2012 1:51 PM ISTPakistan's main political parties have asked the government to stop military operations in Balochistan and find a political solution to the numerous...