Friday 27th January, 2012
Anti-American protest in Kashmir for release of Pakistani scientist jailed in US
Jammu and Kashmir's women separatist outfit, Dukhtran Milat protested on Friday to sought the release of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui who is jailed in America. The members of the ...
India-Pakistan committee on Prisoners conclude visit to Indian jails
Members of the India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners visited Indian jails in Delhi, Jaipur and Amritsar from 23-27 January. The members of the Committee, Justice (Retd.) Mr A.S Gill and ...
Imran Khan won't be a pro-Western PM: paper
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan would not be much of a Western supporter, a Sydney Morning Herald editorial has said. Since Imran Khan switched to politics in 1996, his ideologies were ...
Kashmir highway closed down following gas tanker leak
Karachi News.NetAuthorities averted a major tragedy here by shutting down a highway in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) leaked from a tanker. An alert passer-by witnessed the leakage ...
Army personnel undertake avalanche rescue training in Kashmir
Karachi News.NetIndian Army personnel were from the Third Rashtriya Rifles were recently given special training and equipment on how to rescue civilians trapped in an avalanche. According to Third Rashtriya Rifles ...
"PM in waiting' Imran Khan confident PTI will "sweep elections" in Pak
Karachi News.NetPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has predicted that his party will sweep the next national elections and he will become the country's next prime minister. "I don't think we'll win the ...
Imran Khan says he's against 'military intervention of any sort' in Pakistan
Karachi News.NetPakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said he is against any sort of army control over the policies of a democratic government, or military takeover or intervention. "I am against military ...
US says Pakistan 'too small an economy' to have free trade accord with
Karachi News.NetThe United States has said that a free trade accord is too big for Pakistan as there is no match between the economies of the two countries, a top official of the commerce ministry in Islamabad has ...
75% Pak children unable to read single sentence in English: Report
Karachi News.NetSeventy-five percent of children in Pakistan are unable to read a sentence in English, a survey report launched by South Asia Forum for Education Development has found. The report of the Forum, ...
Abu Dhabi cricket pitch "nightmare" for fast bowlers: Shoaib Akhtar
Karachi News.NetFormer Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said the cricket ground in Abu Dhabi, where Pakistan and England are engaged in a Test match, is not at all suitable for fast bowlers. "The ground ...
Ijaz threatens to expose "extremism proliferation umbrella" ISI-Pak Army during Islamabad visit
Karachi News.NetPakistani-American business man Mansoor Ijaz, the key person in the Memo Gate scandal, has said he would expose Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or the military over their alleged role ...
Three of nine rockets fired on Abbottabad hit Pak Military Academy outer wall
Karachi News.NetNine rockets were fired on the wall of the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad early Friday morning, near the place where former al-Qaeda leader Osama bon Laden, was hiding, with three hitting ...
Gilani rejects coup speculations saying "masses and army fully support democracy" in Pakistan
Karachi News.NetPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has turned down speculations of a military coup in the country, saying that "both masses and the army fully support democracy". The BBC quoted Gilani as saying ...
Gilani's ex-media coordinator Rasool Butt gets 3 yrs jail term over absence from court proceedings
Karachi News.NetPakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's former media coordinator Khurram Rasool Butt has reportedly surrendered to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) after he was sentenced to three years ...
Pak-Iran gas pipeline project 'not under' international sanctions: FO
Karachi News.NetPakistan has said that the gas pipeline project between it and Iran does not come under the sanctions imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear issue with the international community. "Pakistan is ...
Pakistan: Multiethnic Karachi, a challenge for Mgr Coutts in his new mission
Spero NewsThe outgoing bishop of Faisalabad is back to the city where he did his seminary studies and was first priest. On Wednesday, Benedict XVI named him archbishop of ...
Former Pakistani president calls off return home
San Diego Union-TribuneDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -; An aide to former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he's called off a planned return to his homeland, where he faces arrest in connection with the ...
Tabish bowls Sind to innings win
Cricinfoin Karachi . Baluchistan began the third day facing a mammoth first-innings deficit - 323. As in the first innings, only one of their batsmen could go past 50, and with scant support even he could ...
England edge ahead against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi
Arabian BusinessMonty Panesar ripped through Pakistan's top order to reduce the hosts to 125 for four at the close of the third day of the second test on Friday, 55 runs ahead of England's first innings ...
Pakistani academy attacked; no injuries
UPIGraffiti reading 'Bin Laden Town' is seen on a wall near the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 6, 2011. A military academy ...
TV show in Pakistan draws public outrage
UPIA Pakistani TV program showing a group of women chasing young dating couples in a public park outraged the public, and the issue appears to be headed to court. The hourlong program was shown live ...
Panesar leaves Pakistan reeling
IOLMonty Panesar ripped through Pakistan's top order to reduce the hosts to 125 for four in their second innings at the close of the third day of the second ...
Iranian Border Guards Kill 6 Pakistanis
IBTimesThe dead and wounded men, who have not been handed over to Pakistani authorities, were reportedly livestock traders. However, other reports claim they were members of the Pakhtun tribe who entered ...
England have the edge despite Pakistan resistance
The NationalEngland ended the third day of the second Test against Pakistan at the Zayed Cricket stadium on top, but not before some late resistance from Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq ...
Kashmir celebrates Republic Day with ardour
New KeralaSrinagar/Guwahati, Jan 26 : Marking the nation's 63rd Republic Day, people and government leaders of Jammu and Kashmir celebrated the occasion with patriotic fervour in Srinagar on ...
Pakistan fight hard as England chase win
SBSPakistan were left with a battle to avoid conceding England a series-levelling win after Monty Panesar proved threatening with three wickets in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on ...
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