Viral email accuses Pakistan's Chief Justice killing his daughter

Yesterday night I received a disturbing email. A friend of mine had forwarded the email to me who had also received it from one of his friends, who got it from one of his – a typical way these days information is shared. It was not the way of receiving the email but its...

Larger Bench Constituted For Hearing Of Judges Case

A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has suspended the notification of judges’ appointment hours after its issuance by the government on Saturday.The special bench held a meeting soon after its formation by the Chief Justice of Pakistan and suspended the...

France: Pakistan not to get India-like civil nuclear pact

A statement by a French official has put Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in an embarrasing situation. Qureshi, in May this year had gone on record saying that France is ready for a...

Pakistan: President Zardari hands over nukes control to PM Gilani

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari transferred control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. He also revealed his intentions to strip the office of President of more powers by...

Pakistan Ex-PM Sharif Defies House Arrest as Violence Escalates

Nawaz Sharif, the leader of Pakistan's opposition who served as the prime minister of Pakistan for two terms in the early 1990s, has defied an order of house arrest amidst growing political instability in the country...

Nawaz Sharif Says Pakistani Govt. Plotting To Kill Him

Pakistan ( Lahore )Dated = Thursday, March 12, 2009 ; 08:54 AM PSTNews Source = GEO News PakistanNews Source Link = http://www.geo.tv/3-12-2009/37103.htmPML ( N ) leader Nawaz Sharif has accused the government of...

Zardari leads Pakistan; 45 people killed in Taliban-plagued north-west frontier

Opinion Barry Artiste, Certainly a country plagued with corruption and uncertainty, the Taliban are more than willing to take advantage of a even more dire situation, which looks like there may be no end in sight,...

Pakistan reinstates judges sacked by Musharraf but Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudry

As Pakistan "parliament" prepares to elect a new President, few judges who were sacked by Musharraf have been reinstated by the Supreme Court.  However, Judge Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudry was not among...

Pakistan lawyers rally for judges

" Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers have rallied across the country to demand the reinstatement of judges sacked by Pervez Musharraf, the former president. Lawyers were joined by political activists as they...

Sharif quits Pakistan coalition (updated)

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Nawaz Sharif pulled his Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) from the ruling coalition on Monday. This political move comes after expressing concerns over the...

Bhutto widower proposed for Pakistan president

" ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's largest political party on Friday proposed the widower of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto become the country's new president _ but with the ruling coalition on the...

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