SC asks govt to bring back Haqqani

On May 21, the Chief of Maldivian Defence Force, Maj.Gen. Ahmed Shiyam said there were threats of terrorism in the country, adding they had confirmed reports that some Maldivian youths had joined foreign terrorist groups and several of them were ...

There was nothing of pretence in Nadera Begum. And pretension was an idea abhorrent to her as she coursed through life in all its varied dimensions. Her reading sustained her; and her teaching was something more than a vocation for her. She was ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday announced the formation of a nine-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the Memogate case. The court also announced June 4 as the date for the next hearing in the case. The ...

As temperatures continue to rise and everything sizzles we begin a whole new cycle of governance in Pakistan. It is a much chastened lot, despite familiar party faces, that will ascend the seats of government in all the provinces and the centre, ...

AS a new government enters the corridors of power in Sindh it will find itself empowered with an innovative and sensible document that lays down the gender guidelines for official policies in the province. It was a smart move on the part of the ...

PESHAWAR: As some political parties celebrate their electoral victory, several seasoned politicians suffered surprising setbacks on May 11 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). The Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan lost his NA-7 ...

ISLAMABAD, May 3: Two suspected terrorists, allegedly picked up by intelligence agencies from Butkhela in Malakand in 2009 and 2010, were produced before the Supreme Court on Friday. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad ...

Whether he was a spy or a farmer who had crossed the border innocently--Sarabjit Singh has become a martyr in his death at the hands of criminals in a Lahore jail. Dalbir Kaur, the feisty sister of the 49-year-old Singh, his wife and two ...

As an outraged government and political parties across the spectrum showed solidarity with 49-year-old Sarabjit's family, his sister Dalbir Kaur said he should be declared a martyr. Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh said, "I am deeply saddened by ...