Arguing that the unresolved Kashmir issue poses a threat to the region and the world, Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf asked the international community to push India to resolve the lingering dispute.
Pakistan's top leadership has re-affirmed its support for the people of Kashmir, saying confidence-building measures initiated with India should lead to the resolution of the dragging dispute over the region. In messages issued on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day that is observed on February 5 every year, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf reiterated Pakistan's political, moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said he had ordered an inquiry into the death of Indian national Chambail Singh, who died after he was allegedly assaulted by prison staff in Lahore in December. "I (have) ordered an enquiry by (the Federal Investigation Agency) today," Malik said in a message posted on Twitter on Monday morning.
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf kept such a tight lid on intrusions by Pakistani troops into Indian territory in Kargil in 1999 that the Inter-Services Intelligence learnt of the development when it intercepted Indian Army communications, a retired general says in his new book.
The body of a Pakistani anti-graft investigator who died in mysterious circumstances last month while probing corruption charges against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and other politicians has been exhumed and reburied after forensic experts examined it.
A controversial bill that will give Pakistan's intelligence agencies sweeping powers to conduct surveillance and collect electronic data has been passed by both houses of parliament, paving the way for it to be signed into law by the president.
Pakistan's main opposition PML-N has stepped up its demand for creation of an independent judicial commission to probe the Kargil conflict of 1999 following revelations by retired army officers that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf had masterminded the operation.
Dozens of Taliban fighters, including suicide bombers, attacked a security forces' check post in Pakistan's restive northwest today, triggering an intense gun battle that killed 35 people, including 13 security personnel and 10 civilians.
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque in Pakistan's restive northwest region on Friday, killing 22 people and injuring over 50, officials said. The attacker detonated his explosives in a narrow alley near the Imambargah at Pat Bazar in Hangu town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
Amid claims that a group of four generals led by the then army chief Pervez Musharraf masterminded the Kargil operation, Pakistan's main opposition Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, which was the ruling party at that time, on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the 1999 conflict with India.
A Pakistani lawyer has filed a petition in the Lahore high court seeking a thorough investigation into the death of an Indian prisoner who was allegedly assaulted by prison staffers at Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Talks between the water secretaries of India and Pakistan, which were scheduled to be held in Islamabad during January 28-29, have been put off against the backdrop of tensions between the neighbours over ceasefire violations along the Line of Control. "The talks have been postponed. New dates for the talks are yet to be decided," said an official of Pakistan's Foreign Office.
Pakistani police on Saturday informed the supreme court that anti-graft investigator Kamran Faisal, found dead in mysterious circumstances while probing corruption charges against the Prime Minister, had apparently committed suicide.
Over 50 terrorists have been killed in clashes between the Taliban and another banned group in the restless Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan, according to media reports on Friday.
In an unusual blunt remark, British envoy Adam Thomson has said Pakistan needs "radical change" as the government has failed to deliver, but cautioned against any "unconstitutional" move against the democratic set-up, including a prolonged caretaker administration.
Amidst strain in bilateral ties arising out of ceasefire violations, Pakistan on Thursday said it wants to resolve all issues with India, including tensions along the Line of Control, through talks, as dialogue is the best way to address such matters.
In further trouble for Pakistan Prime Minister, the supreme court on Thursday gave the country's anti-corruption watchdog time till January 30 to file a case against Raja Pervez Ashraf and Interior Minister Rehman Malik over alleged graft in a state-run firm.
Pakistani security agencies are holding at least 700 people indefinitely without trial in connection with the 'war on terror', the country's top law officer informed the supreme court on Thursday.
Pakistan's supreme court on Wednesday formed a bench to inquire into the "shocking" death of an officer who was probing corruption allegations against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and other senior political figures.
Days after he angered Christians by comparing fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri to the Pope, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik met a delegation of the minority community's leaders and extended "heart-felt apologies" for hurting their feelings by his "uncalled for" remarks.
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