Afghanistan and Pakistan have finalised lists of about 350 people each to attend a joint "jirga," or gathering of influential people, to tackle the Taliban insurgency, Pakistan's interior minister has said.
BankIslami Pakistan, is in talks with potential partners to fund a 10-fold expansion of its local branch network and tap markets overseas.
Lawyers and opposition parties held fresh anti-government rallies as Pakistan struggled with a judicial crisis triggered by President Pervez Musharraf's removal of the country's top judge.
Several people were injured in another day of angry scuffles outside Pakistan's heavily guarded Supreme Court in the latest protest over the sacking of the country's chief judge.
ISLAMABAD, May 4 Asia Pulse - The US intends to go ahead to Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan after striking a mutual investment deal with Pakistan.
Pakistan's new captain Shoaib Malik will not be granted the selection powers of previous skippers.
Ten rockets were fired at an army camp in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region early Thursday but no one was hurt, official sources said.
Pakistani government and the UN refugee agency UNHCR Thursday launched a report on the registration of Afghan citizens in Pakistan, offering insight into the demographic profile of this population.
INDIA and Pakistan are being lined up to play each other in Scotland with Glasgow the venue for this high-profile clash - if Asian TV chiefs get their way.
WASHINGTON, May 3: The Reagan administration allowed Pakistan to continue its nuclear programme because it needed Islamabad’s support to fight the Russians in Afghanistan, says a former CIA official.