Pakistan cricket team to tour Sri Lanka next month
Pakistan will tour Sri Lanka next month for three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday. The Pakistanis will kick off the six-week tour with two Twenty20 More...
Pakistan’s top court convicts PM of contempt
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (C) is escorted by security as he waves upon his arrival at the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on April 26, 2012. Pakistan's prime minister was convicted More...
Pakistan opposition demands PM’s resignation
ISLAMABAD—Pakistani opposition parties Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani resign after he was convicted ofcontempt of court over corruption allegations against the president. Nawaz Sharif, More...
Pakistan says U.S. not listening: drone strikes must stop
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has spelt out in no uncertain terms that U.S. drone aircraft strikes against militants inside its territory must stop, but Washington is not More...
Pakistan military’s grip on foreign policy easing
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s military, which has dominated the country for much of its turbulent history, has less sway over foreign policy, and a new power More...
Pakistan PM vows to face contempt verdict in person
Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday vowed to appear in person to face the verdict in acontempt of court case that could see him jailed and thrown out of office. The Supreme More...
Pakistan tests missile days after India’s launch
Successful conduct of the launch of the intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1A Weapon System today. (25-04-2012) – Photo ISPR ISLAMABAD — Pakistan successfully launched an upgraded ballistic More...
Lucky draw schemes – A punishable crime
Aslam Mumtaz Aslam Mumtaz.—File Photo Become Crorepati by answering a question via SMS; Go abroad Just buying one product (free tickets) and win a 1300cc car or home in posh areas are the slogans revolving in More...
‘Hunger Games’ scores Easter feast with $33.5M
LOS ANGELES — Film fans are still forking over for “The Hunger Games,” which took in $33.5 million to lead the box office for a third-straight weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, Lionsgate’s “The More...
Pakistan president in rare but ‘fruitful’ India trip
President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday became the first Pakistani head of state since 2005 to visit India, on a one-day trip that he described as “very fruitful” in improving ties between the rivals. During More...