Pakistan?s Supreme Court on Friday gave the election commission 30 days to register all eligible voters after complaints that millions of people were missing from draft electoral lists.
Flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least 13 people in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, officials said Friday.
Helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in northern Pakistan as the military scoured mountainous areas on Friday for 16 missing soldiers believed kidnapped by Taliban rebels.
Pakistan has extended a polio inoculation drive to ensure it reaches children in volatile tribal areas where some vaccination teams have been attacked, health officials said Friday.
Hundreds of Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders held their second day of talks Friday on tackling rising militant violence along their shared border, and Pakistan's president said he had agreed to attend the meeting's closing session after earlier canceling his appearance.
U.S. military intelligence officials are urgently assessing how secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons would be in the event President Gen. Pervez Musharraf were replaced as the nation's leader, CNN has learned.
Helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in northern Pakistan as the military scoured mountains on Friday for 16 missing soldiers believed kidnapped by Taliban rebels.
Helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in northern Pakistan as the military scoured mountains for 16 missing soldiers believed kidnapped by Taliban rebels.
Pakistan's Supreme Court gave 30 days to the election commission on Friday to register all eligible voters for the next election after complaints that millions of citizens were missing from draft electoral lists.
The decision by Pakistan's military leader not to impose a state of emergency was broadly welcomed Friday with calls for elections and stepped-up operations against militants in border regions.