PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pro-Taliban fighters seized an Islamic shrine in restive northwestern Pakistan and renamed it after the Red Mosque, where dozens of militants died this month in a showdown with government forces in the capital, officials said Monday.
Seven people died in Islamic militant attacks on Monday and a mosque and shrine have been occupied in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, as the country struggles to cope with increasing violence.
President Pervez Musharraf's secret rendezvous with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Abu Dhabi last week has left Pakistan guessing what kind of an alliance is being hatched with elections months away.
Pakistan's ex-PM Benazir Bhutto says disputes over "core issues" are delaying a power-sharing deal.
Pro-Taliban militants seized control of a shrine in northwestern Pakistan and renamed it after Islamabad's Red Mosque, while 10 people died in violence Monday near the Afghan border, officials said.
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said he was set to join a multi-million-dollar breakaway cricket series in India, as officials warned it could end his Test career.
Pro-Taliban militants seized control of a shrine in northwestern Pakistan and renamed it after Islamabad's Red Mosque, while 10 people died in the latest violence near the Afghan border, officials said Monday.
Washington, July 31 (IANS) The United States says it considers relations with both India and Pakistan as important but the accord to implement India-US civil nuclear deal is a clear recognition of a 'real difference' between them.
Trade / foreign investment Pakistan will achieve its mango production target of 1.6 million tons for the current year despite harsh weather and crop disease, said president Pakistan Mango Growers Association (PMGA) Zahid Hussain Gardezi. Talking to PPI here on Sunday, he said with a bumper mango crop, the export target of 120,000 tons would also be achieved. "There is a potential to ...
Pakistan will achieve its mango production target of 1.6 million tons for the current year despite harsh weather and crop disease, said president Pakistan Mango Growers Association (PMGA) Zahid Hussain Gardezi. Talking to PPI here on Sunday, he said with a bumper mango crop, the export target of 120,000 tons would also be achieved. "There is a potential to increase mango exports by 400 per cent, ...