Dr Chishti returns home from India after 20 years 5/16/12( 0 )

ISLAMABAD: After spending 20 years in Indian jails, ailing Pakistani microbiologist Dr Mohammad Khalil Chishti returned to Pakistan on Tuesday after the Indian Supreme court allowed him to visit the home country on humanitarian grounds, DawnNews reported. Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik received Chishti at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto airport on his return. On [...]

PTI to bring back public money looted by corrupt politicians 5/14/12( 0 )

Islamabad—Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Sunday vowed to bring back all the public money looted by corrupt politicians and stashed away in foreign accounts. Addressing a programme on the occasion of Mothers’ Day, he said “I promise that PTI will bring back the money plundered by corrupt politicians.” He said the days of the [...]

Mother’s Day to be celebrated worldwide today 5/13/12( 0 )

* It is the time to express gratitude for hardships a mother bears in bringing up a child ISLAMABAD: People across the globe, including Pakistan, are celebrating Mother’s Day today (Sunday) to share their sentiments and express profound love for their mothers. The day to honour motherhood is celebrated on second Sunday of May and [...]

Pakistan blocks YouTube over blasphemous material 5/20/10( 0 )

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain “blasphemous” material, officials said on Thursday.

The blockade came hours after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to stop access to social network Facebook indefinitely on Wednesday because of an online competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad.

Pakistan to decide operation timing in NWA: Pentagon 5/21/10( 0 )

US Department of Defense expressed anticipation that Pakistan would launch an offensive against militants in North Waziristan. The US however wants Pakistan to decide the time for the operation.

Death tally in Karachi violence climbs to 37 5/21/10( 0 )

KARACHI: At least eight more people were killed and 17 injured on day two of the latest bout of politico-ethnic violence in the city on Thursday, taking the death tally to 37. The city remained tense as at least eight vehicles were set ablaze by miscreants in various parts of the metropolis.

Army takes over Hunza relief operation 5/21/10( 0 )

HUNZA: Troops took over the charge of relief operation in Hunza-Nagar and Gilgit districts on Thursday as the water level in a lake formed on Hunza River by a landslide reached a critical stage.

US cartoonist disavows ‘Draw Mohammad’ Facebook page 5/21/10( 0 )

WASHINGTON: An American cartoonist whose work inspired the controversial “Everybody Draw Mohammad Page” on Facebook has condemned the effort and issued an apology to Muslims.

Air India flight from Dubai crashes in India 5/22/10( 0 )

More than 160 people are feared dead after an Air India Express passenger jet crashed while landing in the southern Indian city of Mangalore on a flight from Dubai.