Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Muslim Leaque-N chief Nawaz Sharif and his rival Imran Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Saturday won from their respective constituencies in the landmark general elections.
Five people were killed and 15 others injured on Saturday when a bomb went off near a secular political party's election office in Karachi, hours after thousands of Pakistanis began voting in a landmark general election. The blast occurred near an election office of the Awami National Party in Landhi area of Karachi.
A Pakistani court on Thursday declared that US drone strikes in the country's lawless tribal belt were illegal and directed the Foreign Ministry to move a resolution against the attacks in the United Nations.
In a severe jolt to former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf's plans to stage a political comeback, a court on Tuesday banned him from contesting elections for the rest of his life for abrogating the constitution twice and detaining judges during the emergency in 2007.
Shaharyar Khan said India's decision to play in Karachi and Peshawar is a welcome development.
The families of victims of US drone strikes have asked Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to stop the campaign by shooting down the CIA-operated spy planes if necessary, their lawyer said.
Five female health workers administering polio vaccines to children, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed in attacks by unidentified gunmen in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Peshawar on Tuesday prompting authorities to suspend their anti-polio campaign.
Traders in the restive Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan have stopped selling mobile memory cards loaded with music videos and songs after receiving threats from militants, who have described such forms of entertainment as "un-Islamic".
The party of former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf, facing a series of legal cases over his actions while in power, has said it would boycott Pakistan's May 11 general election.
In one of the deadliest terror attacks in Pakistan, at least 80 people were killed and over 200 injured on Wednesday when a powerful car bomb ripped through a packed market in Peshawar, hours after the United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan on her maiden official visit.
Pakistan's zero tolerance policy against terrorism is questionable given its reluctance to take action against Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attack, a US expert has s
The death toll in the gruesome suicide attack on a historic church in this northwestern Pakistani city on Monday rose to 83 after five persons succumbed to their injuries.
Two policemen were killed when a group of terrorists ambushed a check post on the outskirts of Peshawar city in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.
Most of the students at the army-run school in Peshawar were shot in the head from point blank range by the ruthless Taliban suicide attackers, in one of the most gruesome attacks against children in recent years.
India want to play one-day internationals in Karachi and Peshawar instead of Test matches.
The UCBSA had written to the PCB asking them to consider moving the matches to 'safer' venues.\n\n
Hundreds of people in Swat, the picturesque home district of Malala Yousafzai, on Wednesday lauded the teenage global icon and peace activist for jointly winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
At least 19 people were killed and 25 others injured on Sunday in a car bomb attack that targeted a bus taking Shia pilgrims to Iran in Pakistan's restive southwest, hours after 21 soldiers abducted by Taliban from check posts near Peshawar were gunned down by the militants.
The Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of 11 opposition parties formed on September 20, has launched a three-phased anti-government movement under an "action plan" to remove the Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf government.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter Services Intelligence regards the United States as its "worst enemy" and Islamabad's claim that it is cooperating with Washington is a sham to extract billions of dollars in aid, jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi who helped the CIA trace Osama bin Laden has said.
President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday pledged that the people of Pakistan will continue the campaign against militancy and extremism to the finish as it was a fight for their survival and for protecting their values.
A Pakistani court on Wednesday issued a notice to former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf for allowing US drone attacks in country even as a fresh strike by the Central Intelligence Agency-operated spy plane killed at least five in the restive North Waziristan.
Burgeoning terrorism and military operations in the area have forced many members of the Sikh community to leave Khyber Agency, says Tahir Ali
British humanitarian group Save the Children is being forced to shut its offices in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Tahir Ali tells us why
Pakistani Taliban terrorists on Tuesday carried out two attacks on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation container trucks in the Khyber tribal region in country's northwest, killing one person and injuring another in the first strikes since supply routes to Afghanistan were reopened earlier this month.
Pakistani authorities on Tuesday announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for information leading to the capture of the militants who attempted to kill teenaged rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who was shot and seriously injured in the former Taliban stronghold of Swat.
A group of doctors have successfully removed the bullet lodged near the spine of a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl, who was attacked by the Taliban for speaking out against the banned outfits' atrocities, her uncle said on Wednesday. Ahmed Shah, the uncle of Malala Yousufzai, told reporters in Peshawar that the surgery was conducted late on Tuesday at a military hospital and the bullet had been successfully removed.
Pakistan, who have lost 13 consecutive Tests in Australia, were in big trouble at 39 for three when rain forced an early end
At least five people, including a child, were killed and 29 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful car bomb suicide attack by the Taliban targeting a senior military officer in this restive northwestern Pakistani city.
Several civil society groups and activists from Pakistan's northwest have formed a 'jirga' or council to work for the protection of Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar's ancestral home in Peshawar.
At least 19 people, including women, were killed and over 40 others injured on Friday when a bus packed with government employees was targeted with a powerful bomb in northwest Pakistan. The bomb was triggered by remote control when the bus carrying Civil Secretariat employees was passing through Charsadda Road in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, said the police.
A university vice-chancellor abducted by the Pakistani Taliban from the country's troubled northwest nearly two years ago has appealed to his colleagues and student groups to pressure the government for his release in a new video issued by the militants.
Having worked in over 200 films, A K Hangal made many a celluloid character memorable.
After a tense seven-month standoff, Pakistan has allowed two United States military liaison officers back on its turf, a move largely seen as a small but "significant" sign of cooperation.
Khurshid Khan, who was recently removed from the post of Deputy Attorney General after he angered lawyers' associations by washing dishes and polishing shoes at Indian shrines, told reporters in Peshawar that he would travel to Jacobabad in Sindh as part of his "sevadari mission
A Pakistani court has issued notices to the chief of Inter Services Intelligence and several government officials over the recovery of the body of a man, who was allegedly tortured to death after being detained by police and spy agencies, asking them to explain how the 'missing person' died.
Khan, 37, was injured in the terror attack and later flown to Delhi in an air ambulance for specialised treatment. However, he succumbed to injuries at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who is still critical after being shot in the head by the Taliban, was on Thursday airlifted to Pakistan's top army hospital in Rawalpindi for better post-surgery care.
The PAF van was headed for the local airbase when explosives planted in a car were triggered by remote control in Badabher area, police officials said.
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