Bomb blast near Pakistan party office kills six
KARACHI : A car bomb exploded outside a secular party’s election office in Pakistan’s commercial hub Karachi late Friday killing six people, officials said, the latest violence ahead of historic polls next month.
The bomb went [...]
Indian spy seriously hurt in clash with Pakistani prisoners
LAHORE, Pakistan : An Indian national facing the death penalty in Pakistan on espionage charges was rushed to hospital on Friday after suffering serious injuries in a clash with fellow prisoners, officials said.
Sarbajeet Singh was wounded [...]
Bomb attacks on election offices kill six in Pakistan
KARACHI – Bomb attacks targeting election offices in Pakistan on Thursday killed six people and injured nine others, officials said, in the latest violence ahead of historic polls next month.
Five people were killed and eight injured [...]
Musharraf formally arrested over Bhutto killing
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was on Thursday formally arrested over the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said.
The Bhutto case is the second of three cases dating back [...]
Clenching right hand may help form stronger memories
Washington : A new study suggests clenching your right hand may help form a stronger memory of an event or action, and clenching your left may help you recollect the memory later.
Ruth Propper and colleagues from Montclair State University [...]
Taliban, taboos bar millions of women from Pakistan vote
ISLAMABAD : Next month’s elections should mark the first democratic transition of power in Pakistan, but Taliban threats, social taboos and poor organisation will likely deprive millions of women their right to vote.
Out of a population [...]
IMF urges Pakistan to act to stabilize economy
WASHINGTON : The International Monetary Fund urged Pakistan’s government to put more effort into stabilizing the country’s struggling economy, after meetings between officials from both sides in Washington last week.
IMF Pakistan [...]
US-Afghan-Pakistan talks make progress, more work to do: Kerry
BRUSSELS – US Secretary of State John Kerry tried to get Afghanistan and Pakistan on the same page Wednesday, ending their mistrust so they could work together as NATO prepares for its Afghan withdrawal next year.
After more than three [...]
Pakistanis cut off burglar’s arms: police
LAHORE, Pakistan : A purported Pakistani burglar who crept into a village home to steal was caught red-handed and had both arms severed at the elbow by his would-be victims, police said Wednesday.
The incident happened overnight after Muhammad [...]
Bomb attacks wound 17 in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan : Bomb attacks wounded 17 people in Pakistan and targeted an election candidate in the run-up to historic general elections in the nuclear-armed country, police said.
The first attack wounded 13 people near a Shiite Muslim [...]
