Karachi closed as MQM observes mourning day
KARACHI : Karachi remained closed as Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) observed a mourning day on Friday against killings of its activists and sympathizers in a blast at one of its election offices in the city last night
At least six people [...]
Pakistan court orders Musharraf’s arrest in Benazir murder case
Islamabad : An anti-terrorism court has issued orders to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf in Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The Express News reported that the court also granted permission to investigate Musharraf in this regard.
A joint [...]
Musharraf wants Supreme Court to summon his ‘collaborators’ in proclamation of 2007 emergency
Islamabad : Former Pakistan president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has said that all the individuals who aided, abated or collaborated with him in the proclamation of November 3, 2007 emergency should also be summoned.
Musharraf contended [...]
Musharraf hopeful ‘ordeal’ will end in few weeks
Islamabad : Former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf is hopeful that his ordeal will end in few weeks time, his counsel barrister has said.
Salman Safdar told Dawn.Com on Wednesday that Musharraf also hoped that he will be granted [...]
Kerry: More Work Needed on Afghanistan, Pakistan Relations
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Pakistan’s army chief and foreign secretary Wednesday in the hopes of easing tensions between the neighboring countries ahead of NATO’s pullout from Afghanistan next year.
U.S. Secretary of [...]
Pakistan Blast Wounds 13
Police in southwestern Pakistan say a bomb blast has wounded at least 13 people.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion Wednesday in Quetta, the capital of the oil and gas-rich province of Baluchistan, which borders [...]
Majority of candidates demand army deployment at PS-90 constituency
KARACHI, April 24 (PPI): Most of the election candiates belonging to different political parties have demanded army deployment at polling stations of PS-90 Ittehad Town, Karachi during the upcoming general elections.
PS-90 constituency consists [...]
NATO urges Pakistan to fight militants who ”use country as launchpad” to attack Afghanistan
London : NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on Pakistan to combat militants who use the country as a launchpad for attacks on neighbouring Afghanistan. Rasmussen was speaking alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the eve of US-led [...]
Pakistan 2007 emergency based on Shaukat Aziz”s ”secret letter”, claims Musharraf”s counsel
Islamabad : Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf’s counsel Ahmed Raza Kasuri has said that his client had no faith in the Supreme Court bench hearing the treason case.
Kasuri said the Supreme Court should first address the question [...]
Pakistan Court Orders Musharraf as Part of Bhutto Probe
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has ordered the country’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, to be part of the ongoing probe into the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Authorities escorted the former [...]
