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Pak increases Atomic Energy Commission`s budget

Energy-starved Pakistan has increased the budget of its Atomic Energy Commission by a whopping 78 pe...

Jamia to felicitate girl students admitted in male bastion

The Anglo Arabic School has made history by admitting girls for the first time in its over 300 year ...

Lashkar-e-Islam lashes two alleged robbers

Militant groups in northwest Pakistan have often punished or even executed people accused of various...

US judge halts construction of mosque in Tennessee

A judge in Tennessee has ruled that the public wasn`t properly notified about a meeting on a propose...

Pakistan judges pressured to use blasphemy law: UN

Pakistan`s blasphemy laws call for the death penalty for anyone insulting Islam, its holy book or th...

Pak authorities step up security for Afridi

Pakistani authorities stepped up security in jail for Shakeel Afridi after an intelligence agency re...

Senior Karachi police officer shot down

A senior police officer and his friend were gunned down by unidentified men in the port city of Kara...

Pak to examine India`s request for an extradition

Pakistan has promised to examine for the first time an Indian request for an extradition treaty to e...

ISI chief Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam`s US visit put off

New ISI chief Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam`s planned visit to Washington this week has been put off against...

Dhubri: Kidnapped engineer rescued

After a 25-day long search operation, the police and security agencies rescued executive engineer Fa...

Abducted engineer rescued after 25 days

After a 25-day long search operation, the police and security agencies rescued executive engineer Fa...

Engineer rescued after 25 days in captivity

After a 25-day long search operation, police and security agencies rescued executive engineer Faizur...

Mali rebels agree on new Islamic state based on Sharia

Two rebel groups that seized northern Mali have reportedly agreed to merge and create an independent...

Politician shot dead in Nigeria

A Nigerian politician, Alhaji Ahmadu, was shot dead by gunmen suspected to be from the Islamist sect...

Russian Muftis, scholars to meet in Moscow

Russian Muftis, Muslim scholars and political experts are planning to draft a practical guide to com...

Kazi Nazrul Islam: The eternal rebel lives on!

Till date Kazi Nazrul Islam is best known as Bidrohi Kobi (The Rebel Poet).

Use fresh info to nail 26/11 accused: India to Pak

India said it has provided additional evidence against Hafiz Saeed and other perpetrators of the Mum...

Defa-e-Pakistan Council postpones anti-NATO march

The long march was postponed as Pakistan had not announced the restoration of the supply routes duri...

FIR registered against Facebook in Pak

Islamabad Police, on the orders of a city court, have registered a case against social networking gi...

Pakistan wants apology for NATO air strike: Envoy

Islamabad was adamant on its demand for an apology for a NATO air strike at a border post in which 2...

Pakistani clerics condemn use of religion for terr

Around 40 religious leaders in Pakistan launched a front -- National Solidarity Council --to promote...

Pak`s navy inaugurates Strategic Force headquarers

The Pakistan Navy inaugurated the new headquarters of the Naval Strategic Force Command.

Zardari stays Pak`s first hanging in four years

The stay order issued by the President was received by jail officials in the southern port city of K...

`Pakistan Army chief knew of 1990 poll rigging`

Gen Mirza Aslam Beg denied his involvement in the disbursement of funds among political parties on t...

Two Pak trainer aircraft crash, 4 pilots killed

The accident occurred close to the Pakistan Air Force Academy at Risalpur shortly after 10 am.

Pak wants US’ apology on Salala incident: Khar

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said in categorical terms that restoring NATO supp...

Syrian Christians fear Islamist rule if Assad goes

Christians in Syria are afraid their community would fall victim of religious extremism if Assad`s r...

Pak Army officer urges cutting alliance with US

Brigadier Ali Khan faces charges of conspiring with 4 other officers and a British member of Hizb ut...

Clashes in Bangladesh, over 200 people injured

The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its 17 allies held rallies to protest the disap...

B`desh: Islamist leader indicted over 1971 war

Prof Ghulam Azam has been indicted for conspiracy, planning, incitement, complicity and murder durin...

Nine injured in Peshawar blast

At least nine people, including a child and three policemen, were injured on Sunday when a bomb expl...

We want better ties with US: Gilani

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the relationship between the CIA and ISI was good.

No corruption case against me, says Gilani

Gilani said there is no case of corruption against him and he is performing his role to uphold and p...

Crucial meetings in Pak; NATO routes on agenda

Pakistan`s civilian and military leaders will hold two crucial meetings next week to discuss reopeni...

US suspends anti-Islam military course

A controversial US military course taught officers to prepare for a total war against Islam using Hi...

‘ISI funded politicians to manipulate elections’

Mirza Aslam Beg has told the Supreme Court that former ISI chief Lt General Asad Durrani allegedly d...

Pakistan successfully tests Hatf III missile

Pakistan successfully tested its short-range ballistic missile Hatf III or Ghaznavi.

Voters sceptical of change in Algeria elections

Algeria is gearing up for parliamentary elections on Thursday that promise to be the freest ever.

`US making Pak a scapegoat for Afghan failure`

The US can no longer expect Pakistan to attack all the militant factions on its side of the border, ...

US Ambassador to Pakistan decides to quit

The news comes at a critical time when the US and Pakistan are believed to be having crucial negotia...

Malaysia: `It’s haram to join demonstrations`

Malaysia`s Fatwa council has banned Muslims in the country from taking part in "unproductive demonst...

At least 8 killed in northeast Nigeria violence

Separate attacks in northeast Nigeria targeting a village and a wedding party killed at least eight ...

US drone attack kills 10 militants in Pak

US drone targeted a compound in North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, killing 10 suspected mil...

Haqqani`s plea seeking Pasha as witness rejected

A Supreme Court-appointed commission has been investigating the memo that had sought US help to stav...

Iraq VP goes on death squad trial in absentia

Tariq al-Hashemi, accused of several counts of murder, has dismissed charges as politically motivate...

Will Pakistan drop its demand for US apology?

Islamabad is considering the possibility of making compromises in its efforts to obtain an apology f...

Professor heckling: TMC leader granted bail

Debjani had alleged that Arabul, the president of the college governing body and a former MLA, hurle...

Osama’s family not tied to terror: Saudi Arabia

Osama bin Laden was killed a year ago in a US raid on his compound in Pakistan.

Afghan Taliban reject safe passage offer

Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the possibility of direct talks with the Afghan...

Jamia to run 50-bed medical centre

A 50-bed medical centre, named after King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, has been inaugurated at Jamia Mi...

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