Update: 13 millitants killed as Pakistani planes pound hideouts in Bajaur tri...

At least 13 militants were killed when Pakistani jetfighters bombed suspected positions of militants in the troubled Bajaur tribal region on Sunday. "KHAR: Fighter planes carried out fresh strikes on militants’ hideouts, killing at least 13 more militants in Tehsil Mamond...

Forget IMF, Pakistan Should Default

"This is serious. If you know President Zardari, please take this article to him. Pakistan does not have to go to IMF and we do not have to service debt. This is an opportunity to spend our money rebuilding our economy and nation. Pakistan is trying to avoid defaulting so...

Asia celebrates Obama's historic win

"MANILA: Champagne corks popped across Asia as former schoolmates in Indonesia, the Japanese town of Obama and thousands of American expats Wednesday celebrated Barack Obama's historic election as US president.Bars were packed in cities from Beijing to Sydney as election...

Ready For Change

"Ready For Change Tuesday, November 04, 2008 Mosharraf Zaidi The writer is an independent political...

Pakistan lawyers press call to reinstate judges

The lawyers’ movement in Pakistan that started after the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry last year turned into a mass movement after Pervez Musharraf ambushed judiciary on this day of...

Plastic Fantastic: Chishtee and His Trash-bag Art

It was a sheer coincidence, albeit a most interesting one, that a wellknown Pakistani artist residing in California for some years now, was showing his plastic sculptures and drawings at an art gallery in Karachi...

Diwali in Karachi

The place resounded with the sound of devotional songs, temple bells and loud firecrackers. All around, there was illumination. I attended the Diwali celebrations at the Swaminarayan temple a short while ago. It...

Art critics and scholars converge for a two-day regional symposium in Karachi

Discussions about the effect colonialism has had on non-western and specifically Asian art dominated at ‘The Anxious Century: Discourses Waiting to be Born’, a two day regional seminar on art that took place...

Power riots erupt in Karachi due to Massive power breakdown

Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, is in severe power crisis. Karachi is Pakistan's economic nerve centre of banking, industry and trade. Power supply to the entire city was disrupted on Wednesday morning following a tripping in both the circuits of the...

Sachin breaks Lara’s record, crosses 12000 Test runs

"Sachin Tendulkar became the highest scorer in Test cricket after surpassing West Indian legend Brian Lara in the ongoing second Test in Mohali on Friday. India vs Australia 2nd Test - Live Score The Master Blaster needed just 15 runs today to overtake Lara’s Test match...

Millions mark UN hand-washing day

Every  20 second a mother mourns a dead child lost to diarrhea - a completely preventable and utterly inexcusable cause of  death. Each year 1.5 million children under the age of five years die from...

Karachi ( Sindh ) Bank Robbery And Bhakkar ( Punjab ) Pakistan Suicide Attack...

Monday, 6 October 2008 ( 7:28 PM Pakistan Standard Time )Pakistani Television News Channels Showed Two Breaking News Side By Side :-News 1 ( Suicide Attack ) = Bhakkar ( Punjab, Pakistan ) :Twenty people were...

Pakistani Schoolchildren make History for the Rights of the Disabled

After a year-long campaign spearheaded by the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights run in schools to not only put pressure on the government to become a signatory of the United Nation's Convention for the...

Three wanted terrorists blew themselves up in Pakistan to avoid arrest

The terrorists active in Pakistan seem have adopted a new tactic to avoid arrest as three most wanted terrorists blew themselves up when police raided a home in the port city of the country on Friday. "Three most wanted terrorists, belonging to a banned outfit, blew...

Six killed, several wounded in Pakistan train blast

Six persons were reportedly killed, including a woman and three children, and several others injured when a bomb ripped through two bogies of a train near Bahawalpur in southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province. "At least six persons have been killed while several...

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