The party of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ruled out reconciliation with Pakistan's embattled military leader Friday, a day after a court said he can return home before upcoming elections.
Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, said there was a need for dialogue to ensure a smooth period of preparation for elections.
Pakistan?s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, said there was a need for dialogue to ensure a smooth period of preparation for elections.
Afghanistan's women football team went down 1-0 in a hard-fought final in Pakistan's national championship but captain Sahmila Kohistani said her side still made history.
Around 250 Islamic militants and 60 troops have been killed in just over a month of fighting in Pakistan's tribal belt, the army said Friday, following intense US pressure to pacify the area.
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) -- A suicide car bomber killed five Pakistani soldiers and wounded 30 Friday in an attack on a military convoy in troubled North Waziristan region near the Afghan border, a military spokesman said.
Security forces have killed about 250 militants in Pakistan's troubled northwest in the past month, the army said, while six soldiers died in a suicide attack and a roadside bombing on Friday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday cleared maverick paceman Shoaib Akhtar of indiscipline and suspended a 5,000-dollar fine, while warning him to stay out of trouble for six weeks.
A suicide bomber Friday rammed his explosives-packed truck into a military convoy in Pakistan's tribal zone, killing at least five troops and wounding five others, security officials said.
Pakistan's Supreme Court ruling to allow Nawaz Sharif to return to the country has further jeopardised negotiations over a power-sharing agreement between Benazir Bhutto and General Pervez Musharraf, analysts warn.