Application against Aamna Taseer baseless

Besides fielding the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi-linked Chaudhry Abid Raza from NA-107 (Gujrat), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has awarded another party ticket to Sardar Ebaad Dogar from NA-178 despite his being an ardent disciple of the ...

By Salim Haq, New Delhi, May 23 : This is a heady cocktail. The cast- an unlikely villain- Iron brother Chinese, The locale- Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), The narrative- the blasphemy laws with their death penalty, The timing- just days prior to ...

The life of a Pakistani politician is fraught with life-threatening situations. In recent years, several high-profile politicians have been assassinated: former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, and Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and Minority ...

Two man-made tragedies have shaken Bangladesh recently: riots over Islamist demands for blasphemy laws and the garment factory collapse. Bangladesh's response to both will show how well it can meet citizens' needs. US retailers must also take ...

LAHORE - The Punjab police are yet to trace the whereabouts of the abducted son of former Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, as the investigators are still groping in the dark with no clue and no lead, police sources revealed on Tuesday. A top ...

ISLAMABAD: Sherry Rehman has quit as Pakistan's ambassador to the US, it was reported here Tuesday. Rehman, a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader, has resigned as Pakistani ambassador to Washington with immediate effect owing to the fact that her ...

To wake up hammered, disoriented, with a headache in an unfamiliar place with a stranger on the side is unnerving. It might be exhilarating or it might be mortifying, yet it will almost always be a slightly nervous moment. That is how some will feel ...

Robinson accuses top Punjabi politicians of involvement in attacks on Christians Tony Cross/RFI The death toll of more than 100 during Pakistan's general election campaign has drawn attention to the political violence that is part of the country's ...

LAHORE: Raja Riaz, former leader of opposition in Punjab Assembly, has said in a statement on Tuesday that the Sharif brothers were losing ground among the people with every passing day as their credentials as believers in democracy were becoming ...