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The road to normalisation of relations between India and Pakistan is riddled with huge roadblocks. Therefore, when prime minister-designate Nawaz Sharif talks of forgetting the bitterness of the past and moving on, two nagging questions arise — is ...

The outcome of Pakistan's elections has not been particularly surprising. Mian Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) is likely to form the next government in Islamabad, as well as the country's most important province, Punjab. The general ...

Muhammad Ajmal Kasaab and nine other Lashkar-e-Taiba were, we know from subsequent investigations, were at about that time making their preparations for 26/11. Now, as Nawaz Sharif prepares to take office as Pakistan's Prime Minister in the wake of ...

There is a need to restrain euphoric expectations from the positive statements on relations with India coming out of some mainstream Pakistani political leaders such as Nawaz Sharif, B. Raman Text Size There is a need to restrain euphoric ...

PESHAWAR, May 10: The government has taken proactive steps for providing security to voters and candidates by deploying contingents of law-enforcement personnel, but fresh distribution of threatening leaflets by Taliban has created fear among voters ...

Today, the people of Pakistan are going to take an important political decision for its leadership for the next five years. Today's elections seem to be the most interesting one in the recent history of Pakistan in particular after two long tenures ...

Red flags symbolising the Awami National Party (ANP) strung across the street in Karachi a day ahead of the May 11 elections. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS The road leading to the office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) wears a forlorn look. The ...

More in: ISLAMABAD: The former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son, Mr Ali Haider, kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday while campaigning for Pakistan's landmark elections, had received threats from the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba. Though no ...

The detention of former U.S.-backed dictator General Pervez Musharraf on treason charges has been extended by an Islamabad anti-terrorism court until May 18. However, the country's election-period caretaker government has refused to back Musharraf's ...