On the anniversary of Lal Masjid siege in Pakistan two suicide bomb killed more than 15 policemen. It was also celebrated with several fiery speeches against the officials responsible for the act. "At least 15 policemen and two other people were killed and more than 40...
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There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...
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An Australian newspaper publisher has been deported by the interim government of Fiji for allegedly breaching the conditions of his work visa.
Fiji Sun publisher Russell Hunter, who arrived in Sydney yesterday...
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I had no idea, until this morning, that Bollywood movies were banned from being screened in Pakistan. Having only allowed three Indian films to be shown in Pakistan, back in 2006, today's announcement proposes...
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Daughter of the West
Tariq Ali
Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...
Last week Musharraf stepped down as military leader in Pakistan to take over as president. Now 37 judges who refused to take an oath of allegiance to Musharraf have been removed from their positions."Pakistan's...
See all of NowPublic's Pakistan coverage here.(Note to our Pakistani members: Feel free to add comments, photos, videos and anything else to this story. And tell your friends!)Riot troops swept through Pakistan...
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On 6 October 2007 and after a ruling by Pakistani Supreme Court allowed polls to take place but restrained the official announcement of the results until it dealt with challenges to the candidacy of President...
"Tipster Bill Warner has been investigating the Pampas Place home for years and writes that
one of the names tied to the address is FBI Most Wanted terrorist Ramadan Shallah. I noted the arrest of Yousef Megahed,...
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"Emergency looms on the horizon
Absar Alam
ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure smooth re-election of the president, the government is expected to slap emergency on the country, apparently to ward off the rising...
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"ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in an historic ruling on Friday, that dealt a blow to President Pervez Musharraf who suspended the country's top judge four months...
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Three more persons were killed, several injured and many shops were set on fire in the Karachi violence, which continued on second consecutive day today (Sunday).While at least 36 people were killed, over 150...
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This is a sad article about the near-slavery or, more appropriately, indentured servitude, that many Nepali girls find themselves sucked in to. The regions of remote Western Nepal - which I had the opportunity to...
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