Lahore police torture 15-yr-old
LAHORE: Lahore police tortured a 15-year-old after arresting him in connection of kidnapping children and later released him declaring innocent when he fainted. Mohammad Syed, a resident of Khaarak, blamed Friday that Sabzazar Police took his son and tortured him for six hours forcing him to accept the kidnapping allegations. The police later called More...
Aisam-Bopanna in Paris finals
PARIS: Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna advanced to the finals of the Paris Masters Tennis Tournament. The duo defeated M. Mirnyi of Belarus and D. Nestor of Canada More...
Berlusconi resigns, Italians celebrate
ROME: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned on Saturday, ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in recent Italian history amid the jeers of thousands of protesters gathered in central Rome to celebrate More...
Butt, Asif ask to serve jail sentences in Pakistan
LONDON: Two Pakistani cricketers convicted of fixing and awarded jail terms by a UK court have asked to be returned to Pakistan, to serve the remainder of their sentence, Britain’s The Independent reported. The More...
Another Mumbai will be a setback for Indo-Pak ties: Singh
ON BOARD PM’S AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday defended his outreach to Pakistan, saying that that the army there also favoured peace process, but declared that another Mumbai-type attack More...
MQM is a political reality: PM
LONDON(PFP): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain Sunday called the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani up and thanked him for inquiring after his health. During the telephonic conversation Altaf Hussain More...
Malik seeks judicial commission on Mirza
LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday said that Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has written him to set up a judicial commission to look into former senior Sindh minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza’s More...
‘India was never serious about Headley extradition’
NEW DELHI: In December 2009, national security adviser M K Narayanan had told then US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that New Delhi’s demand for extraditing Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley More...
Shawwal moon sighted, Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday
ISLAMABAD: The moon for the Islamic month of Shawwal has been sighted and therefore Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated with traditional zeal across the country on Wednesday. Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, Chairman of Central More...
Mirza’s accusations are false: MQM
KARACHI: MQM held a news conference on Tuesday and reacted to statements made by Zulfiqar Mirza, Geo News reported. Addressing the media, MQM leader Faisal Sabzwari said that accusations against his party and chief More...
