Formula One icon, who suffered a disastrous ski crash last week, and has been fighting for his life for the last few days, was stable overnight but remained in critical condition on Wednesday, according to his manager Sabine Kehm. The 44 year German suffered a brain injury during the incident showed minor signs of improvement […]
JUI-S Chief Maulana Sami-ul-Haq starts efforts to bring Pakistani Taliban to the table Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S), Maulana Sami-ul-Haq has formally started making contacts with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, which has been responsible for countless bomb blasts, executions and killings inside Pakistan over the course of the last decade or so. According to sources […]
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A strike is being observed on Thursday (today) in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province in Pakistan, following Wednesday’s suicide attack on a bus of pilgrims. At least three people died while 31 others were injured, six of them critically, when an explosive laden car blew up as the bus carrying Shia Pilgrims passed nearby. […]
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Former Pakistan Army Chief and the country’s once all powerful president Gen(R) Pervez Musharraf has been rushed to a heart hospital, while he was on his way to the court. Musharraf, who overturned Nawaz Sharif’s government, via a coup in 1999 after the latter allegedly tried to assassinate him mid-air, remained Pakistan’s president till 2008, […]
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The man who fought in all the Israeli wars since 1948 and is considered a hero in Israel is apparently breathing his last. Sharon became prime minister in 2001, before suffering a major stroke in 2005, and has been in coma since 2006, when he suffered a second stroke. He has been in a vegetative […]
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Appearing before the three-judge special court bench on behalf of his client Pervez Musharraf, lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri said that given the security concerns surrounding the hearing, even the lives of judges are at risk. The retired general and former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf is facing treason charges and did not appear in front […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a meeting with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday when the UAE President visited Pakistan. The UAE President and the ruler of Abu Dhabi is here on a private visit and during the meeting, the Pakistan PM emphasized the importance of ties between the two countries and extending […]
The Lahore High Court on Tuesday gave a verdict on the delimitations carried out by the Punjab Government in order to conduct the local bodies’ elections. The full bench of the LHC (Lahore High Court) declared the exercise illegal and stated that only the ECP (Election Commission of Pakistan) has the authority to conduct delimitations. […]
Speaking to reporters after the inauguration of the passport office complex, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan shared that the government was expecting progress in dialogues with the Taliban and good news might come sooner than later. Nisar also clarified that negotiations were the government’s top priority, which is why no military operation in North […]
General (retd) and the former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, who was to appear before a special court today, January 1, 2014, for his treason case hearing, remained absent and his counsels asked for a five-week adjournment of the hearing. Musharraf had earlier made it clear that he was not decided upon whether he will […]