Germany thrash Canada in Hockey World Cup match

Germany, who are defending the World Cup title, on Wednesday thrashed Canada 6-0 to win their first match in the men's field hockey."NEW DELHI: Defending champions Germany toyed with lowly Canada 6-0 on Wednesday to record their first win in the men's field hockey World...

Search for Dr Aafia’s daughter yields startling results

"Mariam is the second child of Dr Aafia and was only three-and-a-half-years old when she, her five-year-old brother Ahmed, six-month-old baby brother Suleman and their mother were picked up from outside their Karachi home by US Marines and local police in 2003, according to...

India’s Goliaths

"There are people in Pakistan too who advocate standing up to India and policies of confrontation under the ‘nuclear overhang’—just like their counterparts in India. The leadership in Pakistan and those involved in Track II are showing maturity and restraint. Pakistan...

India-Pakistan Talks

"That dialogue is in the interests of both countries is not in doubt. The US has always encouraged dialogue. So has China. Pakistan has repeatedly said that it wants a resumption of the broken down institutionalized dialogue between the two countries. The Indian Prime...

5 militants killed, Nato fuel tanker destroyed in Pakistan

Five militants were killed in an early morning clash with Pakistani security forces in the troubled Swat Valley while miscreants attacked an oil tanker carrying fuel for Afghanistan-based Nato forces with guns and rockets on Monday on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital...

Unesco deplores murder of Pakistani journalist

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has deplored a recent murder of a journalist in Pakistan, saying that such attacks against journalists constitute a serious and unacceptable threat to democracy."ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

Pakistani journos alarmed over lawyers’ excesses against media

The top body of Pakistani journalists has expressed concern over the growing excesses of lawyers against the media persons and cautioning that if this trend is not checked, the democratic values and civil liberaties would be jeopardised."ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of the...

The Sikh Conundrum , The Taliban pyramid

Sikh community offers final prayers for two Sikhs beheaded in Pakistanhttp://news.oneindia.in/2010/02/27/sikhcommunity-offers-final-prayers-for-two-sikhsbeheaded.htmlAmritsar, Feb 27(ANI): Hundreds of Sikh community members here on Saturday offered 'Antim Ardas'...

No loss as 6.2 quake shakes northern Pakistan

No loss of life or property was reported as an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale shook northern parts of Pakistan early Sunday morning."ISLAMABAD: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rattled northern parts of Pakistan early Sunday morning. No loss of...

Zardari apologizes over childbirth in rickshaw, gives 0.5m grant

A member of the provincial assembly in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan on Saturday handed over a cheque for Rs0.5 million to the family of a baby who was born in a rickshaw because of the road blockade during a visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Quetta, the capital city...

Rights body gets Pakistani boy released from Indian prison

A human and civil rights organization has secured release of a Pakistani boy from the Indian prison. The 13-year-old Pakistani child had strayed into India unintentionally on January 11 and was arrested from Atari Railway Station near border between India and Pakistan, two...

Four die as twin suicide bombers hit police station in Pakistan

As the Pakistani nation was celebrating the birth anniversary of the Prophet of Islam on Saturday, a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehile into a police station in Karak town of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province, killing four persons including a...