Latest in Tag: Pakistan Highlight
Latest in Tag: Pakistan
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Musharraf treason court to consider medical report
The court adjourned the hearing until Wednesday to allow time to assess the doctorsâ report and said defence and prosecution teams would receive copies.
Pentagon chief talks drones with Pakistan PM
Ties have been seriously strained over US drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal belt as well as over sanctuaries for Afghan Taliban insurgents inside Pakistan’s borders.
Pakistan to try ex-military ruler Musharraf for treason: Minister
The government would also announce a special prosecutor on Monday.
Afghan peace on the table as Pakistan PM heads to US
Daniel Markey, a senior fellow at US think-tank the Council on Foreign Relations, said that since coming to power in May Sharif had impressed Washington with his willingness to be a partner.
Pakistan army says Taliban must not set terms for talks
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Sunday announced preconditions for any peace talks, saying troops must be withdrawn from the tribal areas and its prisoners released.
Pakistan’s nuclear father dissolves political party
Khan, 77, who is revered at home as a hero for building the Muslim world’s first atomic bomb, had formed his party
Bomb kills two Pakistan government allies
The group were digging in the area to look for antiquities.
US to reopen embassies except Yemen on Sunday
The US had closed some two dozen embassies and consulates since August 4 after reported intelligence intercepts from Al-Qaeda suggested an attack was imminent
US pulls staff from Lahore consulate over ‘threats’
The move came as Quetta was hit by its second attack in two days as gunmen shot dead at least nine people outside a mosque on Friday
Muslims celebrate Eid amid bombs, threat of violence
Muslims marked the Eid al-Fitr festival Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East
Foreigners sentenced to death for drug smuggling
British embassy in Cairo says it will do its âutmost to prevent this executionâ
Pakistani Taliban drop talks offer after leader killed
TTP spokesman: We will take revenge of these killings from the Pakistani government and the establishment
Taliban confirms death of second in command
Taliban’s second in command was killed in a US drone strike in the country’s lawless tribal northwest
Bombs kill four, wound 20 on Pakistan election eve
Violence on the eve of a landmark general election threatened by the Taliban with suicide attacks
Pakistan election candidate shot dead
Campaigning has been marred by Taliban threats and attacks, which have killed 62 people since April 11
Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto, Mumbai cases shot dead
The assassination comes just days before Pakistan holds historic general elections on May 11
Pakistan court remands Musharraf over Bhutto killing
Musharraf is already under a two-week house arrest period over the sacking of judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007
Strong quake hits Iran, felt across Gulf and South Asia
The website of the US Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.8
Satirist Bassem Youssef is slapped with new allegations of insulting Islam and Pakistan, as well as spreading atheism
Youssef confirmed the existence of the case via his official Twitter account.
Morsi arrives in India, holds talks over Syria and Palestine
Calls on India to help end Syrian conflict and support the Palestinian people
Update: Morsi begins Pakistan-India tour
Morsi is the first Egyptian president to visit Pakistan in over 40 years
Morsi begins Pakistan-India tour
Morsi is the first Egyptian president to visit Pakistan in over 40 years
Morsi to visit Pakistan and India
President Mohamed Morsi is scheduled to embark on a three-day visit to Pakistan and India this week.
Egypt less safe tourist destination than Pakistan, Yemen and Chad: WEF
Plunges ten places in World Economic Forumâs Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index
Pakistani official dies after suicide attack
Six people have now died as a result of the attack, in which two suicide bombers stormed the Khyber administration’s compound in Peshawar as Zeb chaired a meeting on arrangements for the elections.
Polio virus discovered in Cairo
Last known case of polio in Egypt was in 2004 and international efforts have so far managed to eradicate it from all but three countries worldwide
Pakistan averts crisis, heads towards historic polls
Charismatic preacher Tahir-ul Qadri secured only a vague date for parliament to dissolve by mid-March
Two Pakistan charity workers shot dead
Pakistan has been battling a homegrown Taliban insurgency for five years, as well as a separatist Baluch uprising in the southwest
Nine Taliban fighters found dead in Pakistan
Pakistan’s seven northwestern tribal districts are rife with homegrown insurgents and are strongholds of Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives