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Vendetta Rapes Continue as Pakistan Resists Change 
New York Times - 38 minutes ago
Pakistan?s Hudood laws, under which a woman must produce four witnesses to prove rape, are hindering efforts at justice.Pakistan begins census of Afghans BBC News - 2 minutes ago
For the first time Pakistan starts a campaign to register all Afghans currently living in the country.Cricket-Pakistan prepare for Shabbir comeback in South Africa Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 14 2:52 AM
Pakistan are hoping banned seamer Shabbir Ahmed will be cleared by the International Cricket Council to tour South Africa next year before the World Cup.Pakistan cancels previous tender for Gwadar port Khaleej Times - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
DUBAI Ending media speculation about side-stepping an open bidding process to hand over Gwadar port operation and development to DP World, Pakistan has announced a re-tendering process for the concession.UN Refugee Agency Assists Pakistan Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
The United Nations refugee agency is assisting Pakistani authorities with the first-ever registration of Afghans living in Pakistan there are still 2.4 million - which will result in official identification cards and yield valuable information for continued repatriation efforts.Look who's watching over Pakistan team: Vir Chakra veteran Yahoo! India News - Oct 14 3:23 PM
A Vir Chakra veteran guarding the Pakistan cricket team? But for Col (retd) Anil Kaul, it's just another day on duty, days after he got a call from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to join up as Pakistan's security pointman. The ICC, of course, had done their homework well. Having "saved over 250 lives" during his stint with the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in 1987 -- Qatar bans fish imports from Iran, Pakistan The Peninsula - Oct 14 6:35 PM
doha Qatar has imposed an indefinite ban on the import of all kinds of fish and seafood from Iran and Pakistan. The ban order comes in the wake of reports of high radiation detected in the imported fish and shrimps from Iran to Kuwait.India to test Pakistan s help against terror: Singh Dawn - 1 hour, 1 minute ago
NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that Delhi would test Pakistan s help against terrorism only after giving Islamabad credible evidence of elements from across the border that Indian officials says are responsible for the Mumbai train blasts in July.Dengue fever outbreak in Pakistan TVNZ - Oct 14 12:42 PM
Mosquito-borne dengue fever has killed at least 17 people in Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, in the past four months, five of them since the beginning of October, health officials said on Saturday.India-Pakistan talks likely in November The Hindu - Oct 14 12:53 PM
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will hold their long-awaited meeting to review the third round of the composite dialogue process in the second week of November, the Dawn reported on Saturday. The meeting was to ...Pakistan-US symposium on high capacity optical networks held Pakistani Newspaper - Oct 14 12:46 PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (APP): An International Symposium on High Capacity Optical Networks by Enabling Technologies - HONET 2006 was organised in USA to enhance already existing US-Pakistan collaboration for the promotion of science to benefit humanity at large.Pakistan to sell 15 bln rupees of PIBs on Oct. 30 Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 14 4:41 AM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank said on Saturday it planned to raise 15 billion rupees ($247.5 million) through the auction of three-, five-, 10-, 15- and 20-year government bonds later this month.Urdu version of President s Memoir "Sub She Pehle Pakistan" to be launched on Oct 21 Pakistani Newspaper - Oct 14 1:02 PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (Online): Book launching ceremony for the Urdu version of the Presidents book " Sub Say Pehle Pakistan" will be launched on 21 October, 2006 in Islamabad.Akmal leads Pakistan to six-wicket win CricInfo - Oct 14 8:41 AM
Kamran Akmal scored a quickfire 69 off 49 balls to guide Pakistan to an easy six-wicket win in their second practice match against Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI in Jaipur.Amnesty International Claims Pakistan "Sold" Innocent Terror Suspects to U.S. WTOL News 11 - Oct 14 10:41 AM
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) -- Pakistan illegally detained innocent people on suspicion of terrorism, secretly imprisoned them, and transferred them to U.S. custody for money, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Friday.Despite Critics, Pakistan May Expand Tribal Deal NPR - Oct 13 5:50 PM
More than a month has elapsed since Pakistan made a controversial peace deal with tribal leaders in North Waziristan, along the border with Afghanistan. The agreement has been criticized for allegedly allowing al-Qaida and the Taliban to regroup in the border mountains -- and attack U.S. forces in Afghanistan.Pakistan hopeful over Shabbir CricInfo - Oct 14 6:11 AM
Pakistan are hoping that Shabbir Ahmed, the right-arm seamer, will be cleared by ICC for their tour of South Africa early next year.We'll test Pakistan after giving terror evidence: PM Sify News - Oct 14 8:11 AM
Brushing aside Islamabad's repeated denials about its involvement in the Mumbai train blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said India will test Pakistan only after giving it "credible evidence" about "elements" in that country being behind the July 11 terror strike.No coup attempt against Musharraf: Pakistan Yahoo! India News - Oct 14 2:54 AM
Islamabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Pakistan has denied a report suggesting there had been a coup attempt against President Pervez Musharraf after his high-profile visit to the United States.No coup attempt against Musharraf: Pakistan Hindustan Times - Oct 14 5:21 AM
Pakistan has denied a report suggesting there had been a coup attempt against President Pervez Musharraf after his high-profile visit to the United States.We'll test Pakistan after giving terror evidence: PM Outlook India - Oct 14 7:22 AM
On Board PM's Special Aircraft, Oct 14 (PTI) Brushing aside Islamabad's repeated denials about its involvement in the Mumbai blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India will test Pakistan only after giving it "credible evidence" about "elements" in that country being behind the July 11 terror strike.Pakistan want Shabbir for SA News 24 South Africa - Oct 14 7:27 AM
Pakistan are hoping banned seamer Shabbir Ahmed will be cleared by the ICC to tour South Africa before the World Cup.'Eight held' over Pakistan alerts BBC News - Oct 13 10:47 AM
Pakistan says a total of eight suspects are being held over recent security alerts in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.Pakistan wants Shenhua to revive $1b project Khaleej Times - Oct 13 8:28 PM
ISLAMABAD Pakistan wants Chinese Shenhua Group to revive the $1billion mining and coal fired power project of 600MW which remained unfinished for the last many years.Experts dismiss Pakistan involvement in Mumbai explosions Gulf Times - Oct 14 1:25 AM
WASHINGTON: Experts quoted in a US think-tank report have rejected claims that Pakistan s intelligence agencies were involved in the Mumbai or London blasts.Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline pricing report soon, says Pak Petroleum Secretary New Kerala - Oct 14 1:18 AM
Islamabad, Oct 14: Pakistan's Petroleum Secretary, Ahmad Waqar, has said that the report on the price formula for the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline will be submitted to the three governments soon.India-Pakistan Punjab games unlikely for now New Kerala - Oct 14 12:04 AM
By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh, Oct 14: The India-Pakistan Punjab Games have been put off yet again. The second edition of the games were scheduled first to be held in November last year in Lahore and other places in Pakistan's Punjab province, and re-scheduled twice since.Govt ready to hold talks on all issues with Pakistan: PM Gulf Times - Oct 14 1:18 AM
HELSINKI: India is ready to discuss "all issues", including Jammu and Kashmir, with Pakistan, but not publicly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told a Finnish magazine, stressing that there would be no talks on altering the disputed state s borders.Pakistan's largest energy company plans to explore oil overseas next year People's Daily - Oct 13 7:55 PM
The Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC), Pakistan's largest energy exploration business, planned to launch its energy exploration ventures overseas next year, the website of local newspaper The News reported on Friday.Pakistan to set up an autonomous drug regulatory authority PharmaBiz - Oct 13 7:47 PM
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday approved the setting up of an autonomous Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) to ensure supply of quality drugs and to streamline their registration.Pakistan border police arrest Afghan defence ministry official New Kerala - Oct 13 9:36 PM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan police today arrested an Afghan defence ministry official at Chaman border for entering the country illegally even as 124 Afghan nationals were deported for the same offence.A look at U.S. deaths in Afghan fighting AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
As of Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, at least 280 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006.Kriss jury hears how police flew to Pakistan to collect murder suspects The Scotsman - Oct 13 4:51 PM
DETECTIVES from Glasgow flew to Pakistan 18 months after the murder of the schoolboy Kriss Donald to collect three suspects, a jury heard yesterday.Pakistan state oil firm plans overseas exploration The Star Online - Oct 13 4:12 PM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Oil and Gas Development Co Ltd (OGDCL) hopes to forge its first overseas exploration venture next year, its chief executive said ahead of a planned London listing.Dengue Deaths Put Pakistanis on Alert New York Times - Oct 14 5:55 PM
Hospitals in Pakistan?s largest city have been put on high alert as Dengue fever has killed at least 17 people in the past four months.90 percent affected people shifted to quality shelters in Pakistan quake areas: official People's Daily - Oct 13 7:29 PM
Vice Chairman of Pakistani Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) Nadeem Ahmed said Friday that out of 3.5 million people affected due to last year's Oct. 8 earthquake in northern Pakistan, 90 percent have been shifted to mid term and good quality shelters.Pakistan Arrests 8 Militants Suspected of Planting Rockets Voice of America - Oct 13 9:20 AM
Pakistan says it has arrested eight militants suspected of planting explosive devices at three security points in and around Islamabad this month.Pakistan becomes attractive country for investors: Musharraf Business Recorder - Oct 13 4:02 PM
ISLAMABAD (October 14 2006): President General Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that Pakistan has become attractive country for investors owing to continuity of policies and adoption of reform agenda by the government.Pakistan Steel raises billets prices by Rs 1000 per tonne Business Recorder - Oct 13 4:02 PM
KARACHI (October 14 2006): Pakistan Steel (PS) on Friday raised its billets prices by Rs 1,000 per ton due to rising raw material and steel prices on international front, market sources said.Pakistan's Largest Energy Company Plans Overseas Exploration Rigzone - Oct 13 12:12 PM
The Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC), Pakistan's largest energy exploration business, planned to launch its energy exploration ventures overseas next year, the website of Islamabad newspaper The News reported on Friday.Pakistan accuses India of nuclear proliferation rediff.com - Oct 13 10:09 AM
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam alleged it was India which started proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region, according to state-run APP news agency.In Pakistan rape cases, stigma, but little justice International Herald Tribune - Oct 12 8:39 AM
Pursuing justice is not easy for a woman in Pakistan, not if the crime is rape.Chinook Helicopters Complete Aid Deliveries to Remote Pakistan U.S. Department of State - Oct 13 1:33 PM
Landing on the edge of high mountains the pilots and crews of the United States Army Chinook helicopters complete the airlift of vital supplies to many earthquake-devastated parts of Pakistan before the severe Himalayan winter cuts off the remotest regions of the country. Construction of shelters and water tanks now can continue thanks to the cement, iron sheeting and steel bars brought by the PAKISTAN: Musharraf defends writing book AsiaMedia - Oct 13 12:30 PM
Islamabad --- President Pervez Musharraf has defended his decision to write his autobiography while in office and claimed that it is the first time that a book from Pakistan has because a bestseller.Pakistan has to work with us to uproot terrorism: PM Outlook India - Oct 13 8:21 AM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he hopes Pakistan will "seriously work" with India to "uproot terrorism" as agreed in Havana by President Pervez Musharraf during a meeting with him.Pakistan's CPI rises 8.73 percent yr/yr in Sept Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 13 2:57 AM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI), the main indicator of inflation, rose 8.73 percent in September from the same month last year, the Federal Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.Galloway to visit Pakistan for Tahir The Pakistan Link - Oct 13 10:49 AM
LONDON: British MP George Galloway will arrive in Pakistan next week to lobby the authorities to revoke Mirza Tahir Hussain s death penalty.US boost to India's case on Pakistan-based terror Yahoo! India News - Oct 13 3:08 AM
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The US pressure on Pakistan to stop anti-India terror by using its influence with Kashmiri separatist groups has come as a shot in the arm for New Delhi, which plans to present to Islamabad the evidence of the complicity of the Pakistani intelligence agency in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.8 with suspected al-Qaida links arrested in attempted rocket attacks in Pakistan Leesville Leader - Oct 13 6:48 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Eight Pakistani militants suspected of links to al-Qaida have been arrested in connection with attempted rocket attacks in and near the capital of Islamabad, the interior minister said Friday.Pakistan's NBP hopes to open Indian branch soon Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 13 12:49 AM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters) - National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) , the country's largest bank, hopes to set up its first branch in India next year, the bank's president said on Friday.Pakistan: 8 Arrested in Rockets Plot New York Times - Oct 13 10:41 PM
The authorities have arrested eight suspects, all Pakistanis, in connection with foiled rocket attacks in and around the capital, Islamabad, last week. Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said there were indications that the suspects had links to Al Qaeda and had received training in Afghanistan. He gave no further details, including the suspects? identities, but said a large cache of Pakistan foils coup plot Asia Times - Oct 13 4:15 AM
KARACHI - A plot to stage a coup against Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf soon after his recent return from the US has been uncovered, resulting in the arrest of more than 40 people.Mobile phone usage growing fast in Pakistan Yahoo! India News - Oct 13 1:53 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13 (Xinhua) Mobile phone users in Pakistan are growing fast with 41.5 million subscribers by the end of September 2006, out of the total population of 160 million, according to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).Pakistan: No U.S. Pressure Regarding Attacks On India India Daily - Oct 13 5:46 AM
The United States has not asked Pakistan to pressure Kashmiri militant groups to halt attacks against India, and even if they had, Pakistan has nothing to do with the situation, a spokesmen for Pakistan's Foreign Office said Oct. 13. U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said a day earlier that the United States had asked Pakistan to apply pressure.Pakistan's forex reserves rise to $12.561 billion Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 12 9:44 PM
KARACHI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves rose by $28 million to $12.561 billion in the week ending on Oct. 7, the central bank said on Friday.INTERVIEW-Cricket-Inzamam calls on Pakistan to fire in India Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 1:39 AM
Banned Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has urged his team mates to put the side's recent problems behind them at the Champions Trophy tournament in India.Rush to marry ends in tragedy CNN.com - Oct 14 2:55 AM
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -- A Pakistani man has committed suicide outside his fiancee's home after he thought he accidentally killed her while trying to persuade her to get married early, police said on Saturday.Locals want role in Pakistan's quake reconstruction The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 1:00 AM
There are mornings when Sardar Bashir, a mayor in this earthquake-affected region of Pakistan, wishes he had never been elected to local government. Angry residents often crowd his office, lamenting the slow pace of reconstruction and the lags in basic amenities.India, Pakistan, North Korea all different: US Hindustan Times - Oct 13 12:25 AM
The United States says there is no comparison between a defiant North Korea and a "responsible" India or for that matter Pakistan, an ally "transitioning to its own form of democracy".Pakistan Vs Iran (non nuclear)!!! Strategy Page - Oct 13 3:38 AM
what would be the out come of a war between these two! and this does not incluse the use of nukes! ArrowGuns RE:Pakistan Vs Iran (non nuclear)!!! 10/28/2004 11:09:23 PMPakistan catches alleged plotters CNN.com - Oct 11 8:55 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's president on Wednesday said authorities had captured "extremists" allegedly behind an attempt on his life.We'll test Pakistan after giving terror evidence: Dr Singh rediff.com - Oct 14 7:40 AM
The prime minister said there is world support for India and the terrorism it faces.Musharraf says Pakistan didn't enable NKorea test AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 10:08 PM
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has denied that proliferation by the country's disgraced nuclear supremo allowed North Korea to carry out its claimed nuclear test.Musharraf's shoddy attempt to rewrite military history Yahoo! India News - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
General Pervez Musharraf's brazen attempt in his memoirs 'In the Line of Fire' to whitewash the Pakistan Army's defeat during the Kargil conflict with India has once again focussed attention on the events of the summer of 1999.Militants seized after rockets, blast near Pakistan leader's homes AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 10:17 PM
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said security forces have arrested an extremist gang which aimed rockets at his official residence and set off a blast near his army home.Pakistan team happy with security New Kerala - Oct 13 4:00 AM
Jaipur, Oct 13: Pakistan team has expressed satisfaction with the security arrangements provided by India in the wake of the threats by Shiv Sena to disrupt their matches in the ICC Champions Trophy.A Look at U.S. Deaths in Afghan Fighting AP via Yahoo! Asia News - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
As of Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, at least 280 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.Pakistan to register cattle breeds to thwart Indian claims New Kerala - Oct 13 4:03 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan has initiated measures to register what it claimed were its indigenous cattle breeds to prevent India from patenting them.Interview World Vision on Pakistan Quake One Year Later Christian Today - Oct 13 2:07 AM
One year after the 76 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan some 60 percent of the survivors are still displaced according to a recent survey Following a commemoration service in Pakistan on Sunday John Schenk World Vision International Pakistan communications managerUS boost to India's case on Pakistan-based terror New Kerala - Oct 13 2:13 AM
By Manish Chand, New Delhi, Oct 13: The US pressure on Pakistan to stop anti-India terror by using its influence with Kashmiri separatist groups has come as a shot in the arm for New Delhi, which plans to present to Islamabad the evidence of the complicity of the Pakistani intelligence agency in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.With an eye on Pakistan, India for 'zero tolerance' on terror New Kerala - Oct 13 3:17 AM
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Helsinki, Oct 13: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for "zero tolerance" against terrorism, which he said, clearly with Pakistan in mind, would send the right signal to countries engaged in promoting terrorism.Eight Al-Qaeda-linked militants seized over Pakistan rocket plot AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 13 5:32 AM
Pakistani security forces have arrested eight militants with suspected links to Al-Qaeda for an attempted rocket blitz in and around Islamabad, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said.Pakistan says no request from United States on stopping terrorist groups New Kerala - Oct 13 2:13 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan today said it has not received any request from the United States to use its influence on militant groups to stop attacks in India and insisted that it did not support or encourage violence.Eight militants seized over Pakistan rocket plot AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 13 4:58 AM
Pakistani security forces have arrested eight militants with suspected links to Al-Qaeda for attempted rocket attacks in and around Islamabad, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said.Pakistani dengue fever outbreak kills 17 AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Oct 14 5:39 PM
Mosquito-borne dengue fever has killed at least 17 people in Pakistan's biggest city Karachi in the past four months and five since the beginning of October.Talk on stranded Pakistanis urged Khaleej Times - 14 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Repatriation Council has called for discussions on the issue of stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh in a conference to be held in Islamabad next month. The conference is titled 'Refugees in OIC States'.Pakistan: Three day forecast Dawn - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Note: Temperature estimates are internationally sourced and may differ from local estimates.Century-old railway record found Khaleej Times - 14 minutes ago
LAHORE A Pakistan Railways team has found around a century-old railway record, documents and instruments from a small railway station at Gurmani, near Muzaffargarh.'Musharraf must restore democracy in Pakistan' rediff.com - Oct 12 8:54 PM
Shouting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf, dozens of volunteers of the Pakistan Muslim League in the US has asked the UN to pressurise the "military dictator" to step aside and restore democracy in the country.Deal reached on Benazir s return to country: report Khaleej Times - 14 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto have worked out a deal ahead of next year's general elections and this arrangement will help the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairperson return to Pakistan without any fear of arrest or state-sponsored harassment and intimidation, the Daily Times reported yesterday.Indo-Pak talks on Nov. 10 likely Khaleej Times - 14 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD The talks between foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan may he resumed on November 10 during which New Delhi is likely to present evidence to Islamabad about the latter's alleged involvement with the July 11 Mumbai blasts.Pakistan to promote Sufism to improve image New Kerala - Oct 13 12:43 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan has set up a National Council for Promotion of Sufism to project its soft power and improve its image in the West. President Pervez Musharraf is patron-in-chief of the body, said a notification on Thursday.India ready to talk 'all issues' with Pakistan: PM New Kerala - Oct 13 12:47 AM
Helsinki, Oct 13: India is ready to discuss "all issues", including Jammu and Kashmir, with Pakistan, but not publicly, Prime Minister Manmohan has told a Finnish magazine, stressing that there would be no talks on altering the disputed state's borders.Masood is still disappointed Khaleej Times - 23 minutes ago
ABU DHABI Fahad Masood is still disappointed for missing the opportunity to tour New Zealand in 2003. A stress fracture ruled him out of that tour. Since then, he has been overlooked by the Pakistan Cricket Board.Literacy norm hampering Parliament representation in Pakistan: NGO New Kerala - Oct 12 9:51 PM
New Delhi, Oct 12: While the democracy in Pakistan is overshadowed by the military, the norm making it compulsory for Parliamentarians in that country to be at least a university graduate is restricting the representation of people in Parliament, according to a Pakistani NGO.Al Qaeda active in Pakistan tribal areas: report New Kerala - Oct 12 11:34 PM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Several activists of Al Qaeda, the Taliban militia and Islamist extremists from Iraq and Uzbekistan are active in Pakistan's South Waziristan, The News International newspaper said Friday.Search continues for man who went missing from Rolla Khaleej Times - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
SHARJAH Ali Raza's search for his brother is far from over. Zamin Raza Rajani, 28, who arrived in the UAE from Pakistan in August, went missing from a mosque in Rolla on October 6.Pakistan sets up body to promote Sufism New Kerala - Oct 12 10:32 PM
Islamabad, Oct 13: The Pakistan government has set up a National Council for Promotion of Sufism to foster positive linkage between Islam and the West in the field of philosophy, religion and mysticism.Decent record NDTV - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
India hasn't really done well since the series win in Pakistan but this is why they are reckoned as favourites for the Champions Trophy. Their record at home in the last 20 matches is a clear signal of home strength, with 13 wins.Suspects said nabbed in Pakistan attacks AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 3:53 PM
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced Wednesday that authorities had captured suspects allegedly behind an attempt on his life and said Pakistan had to win its battle with extremists. Pakistan not behind blasts Dawn - Oct 12 8:42 PM
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: Experts quoted in a US think-tank report have rejected claims that Pakistan s intelligence agencies were involved in the Mumbai or London blasts.'Positive progress' in China, Pakistan trade talks New Kerala - Oct 12 10:16 PM
Beijing, Oct 12: China and Pakistan concluded here Thursday their fourth round of talks on establishing a free trade zone, said a Ministry of Commerce official.Pakistan News PakTribune.Com Pakistan News Tribune - Oct 14 10:32 AM
Register with My-PakTribune and see what you've been missing!Pakistan skips conclave, India wonders why Hindustan Times - Oct 12 2:36 PM
At a time when the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) has urged India and Pakistan to impose a joint moratorium on the use of landmines, India was looking at the possibility of making some headway in this direction.NATO wants to copy Pakistan's militant peace deal: Musharraf AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 12:32 PM
NATO approves of Pakistan's peace deal with militants in a volatile tribal region and wants Islamabad's help to do the same thing in Afghanistan, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Oct 14 4:05 PM
JEDDAH, 12 October 2006 The Pakistan Welfare Society (PWS) has set up its women wing to provide welfare services to Pakistani women in the Kingdom. Convener of the society Dr. KhalilurTies with India improving: FO Dawn - 1 hour, 0 minute ago
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Pakistan-India relations are much better now as compared to the past and they are improving gradually, says foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam.Protest held for ousted Pakistan PM AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Oct 12 8:13 AM
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani police baton-charged and arrested supporters of exiled prime minister Nawaz Sharif during a small protest to mark the seventh anniversary of the coup which ousted him.Four hurt in crowd trouble at Pakistan-Jordan Asian Cup match AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Oct 12 8:16 AM
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Four fans were injured and several others were arrested when Pakistani and Jordanian fans clashed at an Asian Cup football qualifier, officials said.'Extremists' said captured in Pakistan AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 12:26 PM
Pakistan's president said Wednesday that authorities have captured the "extremists" behind a bombing and a planned rocket attack last week.
