A suicide bomber on Thursday rammed his explosive-laden motorcycle into a bus carrying Pakistan Air Force personnel, killing eight of them and injuring 40 others, in the second such attack this week in Punjab province.
The Sikhs arrived by special trains to Lahore, capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, on Wednesday and will stay for a week. The pilgrims will visit various temples in the country.
A powerful suicide blast ripped through a mosque in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Friday, killing at least 52 people and injuring over 50 others gathered to celebrate Prophet Muhammad's birthday, authorities said.
Asif Ali Zardari was overwhelmingly elected as the 14th President of Pakistan on Saturday, becoming the only civilian President of the coup-prone country for a second time.
Bhutto said the staging of peaceful demonstrations against the suspension of the chief justice was their democratic right and that the arrest of leaders and workers was condemnable.
According to the police, Sarwar told them during questioning that he killed Huma as he could not tolerate women occupying senior positions, which was against the tenets of Islam and an attempt to subjugate men
The accident occurred near Pattoki, when the bus carrying more than 60 passengers was going from Lahore to Multan, police said.
A study by the agency has claimed that the smog was caused by excessive fossil fuel combustion (mainly coal) in India's north-eastern region.
The Times, London, reports that the 17th century monument to love is scheduled to benefit from the sort of beauty treatment prescribed in Ayurvedic tracts, and much in favor with the haute set -- namely, the mudpack.
At least 22 Pakistani riot policemen and four civilians were killed and over 65 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Lahore High Court ahead of a planned protest by lawyers on Thursday.
A bench of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence against him in yet another case for which a review petition would be filed separately after the court released its detailed judgement, Hamid said.
With the FIFA World Cup 2006 round the corner, Pakistan, the world's largest producer of soccer balls, has exported more than 55.8 million footballs worth $14 million for the event.
Meanwhile, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), a key partner in the ruling alliance supporting President Pervez Musharraf, has threatened to withdraw support if the government used force against Baloch rebels.
In unprecedented scenes, supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday stormed the Pakistan Army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the Corps Commander's residence in Lahore after his dramatic arrest in a corruption case.
7 killed, 20 wounded in shooting at Ahmadiyya mosque in Pak
All eyes went teary as wheelchair-bound Singh had an emotional meeting with his sister Kulsoom Akhtar at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday.
Agency reports said bombs struck a large gathering organised to mark the death anniversary of the leader of\n\nthe outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba group.
'After a ten year search, the so-called 'mastermind' of the Mumbai Terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!' said Trump who is scheduled to meet Khan at his Oval Office on Monday, July 22.
The Jamaat-ud-Dawa, parent unit of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, organised an anti-India meeting a stone's throw away from a reception hosted for Indian cricketers by Punjab province CM.
A gang rape victim, who was earlier barred by the Pakistani government from travelling to the United States to speak about her ordeal at a women's conference, will now address the meet over telephone on July 2.
'It is a breathtaking journey towards the Tibet border, especially since the Border Road Organisation has accomplished a fabulous feat in black-topping the road till the border.' 'One is left with a salute for the dauntless Indian soldiers who spend the winter in these majestic, though inhospitable areas (we were told that the temperature comes down to minus 40 in winter),' recounts Claude Arpi.
The rather amateurish, even ham-handed, attack would lend some credence to a 'false flag' theory, of the PTI leadership staging this incident, to provide new impetus to a flagging agitation, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RAW, India's external intelligence agency.
The cases have been registered in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan for collection of funds for terror financing through assets/properties made and held in the names of Trusts/ Non Profit Organisations including Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust and Muaz Bin Jabal Trust.
The grenade attack took place on a Protestant church in the town of Daska, about 70 km northwest of Lahore.
The Bilawal Bhutto-led Pakistan Peoples Party which won the third largest number of seats in the National Assembly in the elections appears to be split on whether to join a coalition government or sit on Opposition benches.
Pakistan's Punjab police have booked former prime minister Imran Khan and 1,500 of his party workers for attacking and setting on fire a top army officer's house in Lahore.
Nearly 200 people have been killed in floods and rain-related incidents in Pakistan with four days of incessant showers, officials said on Monday.
'The surrendered terrorist in custody identified himself as Ali Babar Patra of Pakistan's Punjab. He has admitted he is a member of the LeT'
Anti-terrorism court Lahore Judge Natasha Nasim also handed down two-year rigorous imprisonment each to 72 accused persons, including nine juveniles.
One of the suspects Arsalan, a friend of prime suspect Mohammad Hassan who married the Sikh girl, has been arrested.
Notwithstanding a clean chit from the police, a Pakistani court dismissed the bail plea of a young die-hard fan of India's ace batsman Virat Kohli who was arrested on treason charges for hoisting the Indian flag atop his home.
The corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Punjab with Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, just about 4 km from the international border, located at Narowal district of Pakistan's Punjab province.
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that banned JeM chief Masood Azhar has been taken into "protective custody" along with his accomplices, but clarified he isn't arrested."
Shehbaz Sharif, the joint opposition's candidate for the post of prime minister, on Sunday vowed that the new government in Pakistan want to 'move forward' and not indulge in 'politics of revenge'.
Earlier in the day, Nawaz Sharif resigned from the prime minister's office following disqualification from the Supreme Court in the Panamagate verdict.
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