Suicide bombing kills three and injured 30 in Swat valley , Pakistan

This is latest bombing incident reported from Swat valley of Pakistan, acording to reports three policeman are killed and more than 30 injured in this sicide bombing in which a bomb loaded vehicle has been used. " ...

Musharraf’s dream farmhouse almost ready

Pakistan's former military ruler General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf will move to his farmhouse in the capital city of the country early next month. "Former Pakistan president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf’s under-construction farmhouse in Islamabad’s Chak Shehzad...

Foreign envoys in Pakistan asked to limit activities

Keeping in view the growing security concerns, the Pakistani government has asked the foreign diplomats in the country limit their activities. "With a surge in suicide bombings in the country, the Pakistan government has asked all the foreign diplomats based in Islamabad and...

22 killed in suicide attack on tribal council meeting in Pakistan

A day after a spate of blasts in different parts of Pakistan on Thursday, including the suicide attack on office of the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Islamabad Police at Police Headquarters in the capital city, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a jirga (tribal council) meeting in...

Bomb hits school bus in Pakistan

A roadside bomb blast has killed at least 10 people near the troubled Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan, local authorities say. The bomb, apparently detonated via a remote control, exploded near a prison van and a school bus at Kwago Obbo in the Upper Dir district in North...

Eight dead in blast at Islamabad police complex

At least eight people have been reported to be killed in a car bombing at the main police complex in the Pakistani capital Islamabad today. Early reports said that a car bomb exploded within the Police Lines complex killing Eight people. More details are...

Numerous Earthquakes Rock Central Asia

A number of earthquakes in Asia are making headlines today, and there's been some confusion as to whether the tremors originated from the same epicentre or if there were indeed numerous isolated quakes.  The US...

India 'not a threat to Pakistan' :Pakistan President

Extending a new hope of friendliness between two traditional rivals for the first time new Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari have said that India has never been threat for their country and he is ready to do...

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...

Pakistan::Foreign elements involved in Wali Bagh suicide attack: ANP Chief

ISLAMABAD, Oct 3 : Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan, who escaped an assassination attempt in Wali Bagh suicide attack, Friday said local Taliban have denied their involvement in the heinous crime and held foreign elements responsible for the act. “It is...

E-cards, SMS eclipse Eid cards sales in Pakistan

"Widespread use of SMS and Internet in Pakistan has promoted e-cards and eclipsed the business of traditional Eid cards.Stalls of traditional Eid cards at Super Market, Jinnah Super Market, G-10 Markaz and Karachi Company – all major business districts of federal capital...

Islamabad beginning to wear the expected deserted look as Eid nears

"As Eid-ul-Fitr nears, Islamabad is slowly beginning to wear the expected deserted look with its majority non-native population heading out to their hometowns to celebrate the festival.There has been a big rush at bus stands and railway stations since Friday, people trying to...

Food & energy security: Commonwealth states urged to cut defence expenditure

"The Commonwealth countries of Asia should reduce the expenditure on defence and armaments and use the resources thus saved for the uplift of the poor who are the worst affected by the rise in prices of food and energy, the civil society organisations of Commonwealth states...

Pakistan takes the bazaar to diplomats’ doorsteps

" Pakistani authorities have opened a 30-shop market inside the high-security Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad housing embassies and residencies to save the diplomatic community of the security risk involved in going out for daily shopping. “The main purpose is to facilitate...

Fatwa against Zardari for flirting with Palin

" A Pakistani cleric has issued a fatwa against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for flirting with US Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Maulana Abdul Ghafar of Islamabad's Lal Masjid said that...

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