Selling kidneys from consenting donors is not illegal in Pakistan, which has a reputation as the world?s ?kidney bazaar.?
May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's economy may expand as much as 7.2 percent this fiscal year because of a record wheat harvest and higher cement and sugar production, the central bank said.
Pakistan's chief justice was to address lawyers and diplomats here Saturday as a violent political crisis triggered by his suspension threatens President Pervez Musharraf's grip on power.
Pro-Taliban militants have warned music and video shops as well as clandestine hashish and alcohol outlets in a northwest Pakistan town to close down, local residents said.
Pakistan's suspended chief justice, who is at the center of a violent political crisis, has told his supporters the judicial branch of government should remain free from the pressure of the executive.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in troubled northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers and wounding seven others, officials said.
Thousands of protesters marched in downtown Islamabad on Saturday in support of Pakistan's oustered chief justice as he prepared to break his silence in a speech to the Supreme Court.
Thousands of lawyers and opposition party members of Pakistan's suspended chief justice have rallied in Islamabad to support the judge and protest President Pervez Musharraf. Iftikhar Chaudhry was speaking at a seminar on the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - About 3,000 supporters of Pakistan's suspended chief justice rallied in Islamabad on Saturday as he warned of the danger of power being concentrated in the hands of an individual.
Thousands of protesters marched in downtown Islamabad on Saturday to support Pakistan's ousted chief justice as he prepared to break his silence in a speech to the Supreme Court.