Pakistans MQM denounces Imran Khan in Karachi protest

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

1 of 2. Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), addresses his supporters after his visit to the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, during an election campaign in Karachi May 7, ...

Gunmen Attack Pakistani Polio Team Kill Policeman

RadioFreeEurope - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistani officials say gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in the country's northwest, killing a policeman who was escorting the health workers. The group was assaulted on May 20 in the Bajur tribal area, one of Pakistan's seven tribal areas along the Afghan border. A local official said more than 600 teams are taking part in the latest campaign in Bajur to vaccinate ...

First Pakistani woman scales Mount Everest

Congoo - Monday 20th May, 2013

ISLAMABAD, May 19: The news about the first Pakistani woman summiting Mount Everest on Sunday morning spread like a wildfire. Text messages congratulating every Pakistani started doing the rounds only half an hour after Samina Baig reached the top of the highest peak in the world at around 7:30am. ...

Pakistan turns off air-conditioners and tells civil servants to ditch socks

The Guardian - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring temperatures to deal with chronic power cuts.The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day in some places."There shall be no more use of air-conditioners in public offices till such time that substantial ...

Imran Khans party wins Karachi seat election rerun

West Australian - Monday 20th May, 2013

KARACHI (AFP) - The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials said Monday.Voting was held under tight security in 43 polling stations on Sunday, a day after a senior official of Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party was shot dead outside her home in the city.Polling was re-run ...

Imran Khans Party Wins Karachi Re-Vote

Radio Free Europe - Monday 20th May, 2013

The party of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan has won a repeat election held in one constituency of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. The new balloting came after Khan's Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI) complained bitterly of irregularities and fraud by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), long the dominant party in Karachi, in the first vote on May ...

Former Pak dictator Pervez Musharraf granted bail

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pervez Musharraf became the first former army chief to be arrested, breaking an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable, even after they have ...

Pakistani judge orders Musharraf held for 14 days

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

A Pakistani judge ordered Pervez Musharraf be held in custody for two more weeks, until the next hearing in a case related to his 2007 decision to sack and detain several ...

First Pakistani Woman Conquers Mt. Everest

Radio Free Europe - Monday 20th May, 2013

Media reports say 21-year-old Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. Karrar Haidri of the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Baig reached the 8,848-meter peak on May 19. The Pakistani news site Dawn.com said Baig was accompanied by two twin sisters from India, Tashi and Nugshi Malik, who are also 21 years old. Baig lives in ...

Li Keqiang makes India first stop on his foreign visit

Middle East Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

China's official media, in its extensive coverage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's Indian visit, sought to play down the Asian neighbors' border disputes. Li, who made India the first stop on his first foreign tour since becoming the China's No. 2 leader, arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a three-day trip. The visit comes after last month's tense situation resulting from a ...

Will Musharraf be granted safe-exit from Pakistan

National Turk - Monday 20th May, 2013

There are widespread speculations within and outside Pakistan that Pakistan's former military ruler Parvez Musharraf, who is presently in detention, may be granted safe-exit and allowed to leave ...

Khan’s party wins re-vote in Karachi

IOL - Monday 20th May, 2013

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan protest against the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain, a leading member of the PTI, in ...

Investors to gain access to Pakistan with imminent fund launch

European Pensions - Monday 20th May, 2013

The first Pakistan fund, the Melchior Selected Trust Pakistan Opportunities Fund (MSTPOF), will be launched on 19 June by Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP, advised by KASB Funds in Karachi. At launch, it is believed that MSTPOF will be the only Luxembourg UCITS Fund dedicated to investing in Pakistan equities. Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP believes that Pakistan warrants particular ...

Pakistan holds news conference to say cant end power blackouts

Yahoo Health - Monday 20th May, 2013

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two Pakistani ministers in charge of water and power explained what can be done to end power cuts of up to 20 hours a day in parts of the country enduring temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius and above - absolutely nothing, it seems, except raise prices. The power shortages have sparked violent protests and crippled key industries, costing hundreds of thousands of jobs in a ...

Pakistan Gunmen attack polio team kill policeman

San Diego Union-Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

Local government administrator Faramosh Khan says the gunmen attacked the team on Monday in the town of Mamound in the Bajur tribal area, just as it had started a vaccination ...

Protests and poll re-runs in Karachi

Euro News - Monday 20th May, 2013

Protests have taken place in the city of Karachi in Pakistan, the day after a senior politician from the country’s third largest party was killed in a drive-by shooting. It is not clear who was behind the death of Zara Shahid ...

I should have quit presidency to lead PPP in polls Zardari

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

Asif Zardari has said that he should have quit his position and led the Pakistan People's Party's campaign in order to ensure a better performance in the just concluded general election. Zardari made the remarks while interacting with a delegation of ...

Pakistani health officials blamed for measles outbreak

The Seattle Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

Hundreds of Pakistani children have died of measles in the past year because Pakistani health officials have incompetently handled vaccination programs, according to a new government ...

Imrans party wins revote in Karachi

Times Of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi on Sunday, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a party leader, setting the stage for protests and counter-protests. Khan blamed the killing ...

Go slow on India Gen Kayani tells Sharif

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

The report said Kayani called on Sharif to congratulate him on the PML-N's success in the general election and informally talked "about all national security ...

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row

NDTV - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ...

Pakistan repeats vote despite killing

Tribune Review - Sunday 19th May, 2013

KARACHI, Pakistan -- Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's ...