Pakistan Political News

Malik says ‘credible information’ Hakimullah dead

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday he had information suggesting that Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud had died of wounds inflicted in a US drone aircraft attack in January. “I have credible information that he’s dead but I don’t have any confirmation,” Malik told reporters, as speculation swirled over the Taliban leader’s fate. Malik also said Qari Hussain, the man … Read entire article »

Armed Forces to be equipped to meet challenges: PM

KARACHI: The PNS Shamshir, manufactured in collaboration with China, has been inducted in Pak Navy, Geo News reported Monday. Addressing on this occasion of F-22P frigate ship joining the Pak Navy fleet, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said all the needs of the armed forces will be fulfilled and they would be armed in view of world situation. PM Gilani said … Read entire article »

Big Helmand offensive in the offing

LASHKAR GAH: Taliban militants are digging in ahead of a major NATO operation in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, in one of the biggest offensives in the eight-year-old war. U.S. Marines are set to launch an operation within days to take Marjah, an area of lush farmland criss-crossed by canals in the centre of Helmand, Afghanistan’s most violent province. The offensive will … Read entire article »

Twin bombings kill at least 22 in Pakistan,President, PM condemn Karachi bombings

wo bomb blasts targeting a bus filled with Shiite Muslims and later a hospital in Karachi on Friday killed at least 22 people in the latest outbreak of violence plaguing the troubled, nuclear-armed state. The first attack occurred early afternoon in the heart of Karachi, when a explosives-laden motorcycle detonated next to the bus, Karachi police said. The blast killed at … Read entire article »

18 dead, 50 hurt in Karachi blast

KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed and over 50 others injured when a powerful explosion occurred in a public vehicle plying on Sharah-e-Faisal of Karachi, media reported Friday. According to Geo News, the blast occurred in a mini bus near Nursery stop towards FTC. The injured riding a mini bus coming from Malir, include children and women. Police and other rescue … Read entire article »

Country can’t be run by disobeying courts’ orders: Nawaz

BAHAWALPUR: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Main Nawaz Sharif said the country can’t be run by violating courts verdicts and President Asif Ali Zardari has violated the promises. PML-N chief said while addressing a party workers’ convention here said Pakistan is passing through a critical phase and a revolution is needed to bring back the things on right track. We have no … Read entire article »

President directs govt to provide legal assistance to Dr Aafia Siddiqui

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed the government to immediately establish contact with the family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and provide her with possible legal assistance in the U.S. Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the President issued the direction soon after a jury in Manhattan pronounced guilty verdict against the Pakistani scientist. … Read entire article »

Terrorism is the biggest challenge: Gilani

LAHORE: Pakistan is facing several problems but terrorism is the biggest issue, said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani while addressing a seminar in Lahore on Sunday. PM Gilani said that the row of terrorism has prevented the investors from making investments in the country. The government has launched successful military operations against the terrorists. An end to terrorism would encourage the investors to invest in the country thereby strengthening our country and developing it. He … Read entire article »

Imran Khan takes British degrees to Pakistan

To most Westerners, Pakistan is a turbulent and dangerous place but to British universities it's an attractive market in which to expand. A number have launched degree courses there in recent weeks, lured by the promise of large numbers of students – it has 100 million people under the age of 25 – and the desire to compete on the global stage. "We think there is a big market in that country," says Professor Mark Cleary, vice-chancellor of Bradford University, which started seven degree programmes at a Namal College in Pakistan in October 2009 near the geographically remote tribal territories. "Pakistan is a very challenging place but this is about giving something back to a country from which we recruit a lot of students directly." Bradford has the advantage of a strong connection with the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who is the university's chancellor. Khan founded Namal College three years ago with a plan to equip young Pakistanis with better education through the University of Bradford. "When I was campaigning during the 2002 elections in Mianwali, I was appalled at the high level of unemployment among the youth," says Khan. "Hence I resolved to set up a technical college so that this youth could become employable."