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Hateful graffiti messages against Shiite Muslims are scrawled along main roads. The striped flags of a banned militant faction accused of hundreds of murders flutter from homes. These are the outskirts of Quetta in Pakistan, from where Shiite leaders say Sunni extremists towed a giant bomb by...

Shazaf Fatima Haider was always interested in how it happened. How strangers met in contrived settings, were expected to like each other and get married. Eventually, the 30-year-old teacher from Karachi saw the funny side of arranged marriages and cultural backgrounds in Pakistan and decided...

Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves dropped to $12.565 billion in the week ending March 8, from $12.804 billion in the previous week, the central bank said on Thursday. Remittances from Pakistanis abroad rose 7.47 percent to $9.23 billion in the first eight months, July to February, of the...

Asia’s defence spending overtook Europe’s for the first time last year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Thursday, reflecting China’s military rise and shrinking European economies. In its annual report on the world’s militaries, it said China’s defence...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the Punjab Police failed to protect the lives and properties of the inhabitants of Joseph Colony in Lahore. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and...

This is very much possible and can be an asset to Pakistan. But the gliders would still need power to move and snoop in/out.

Bangladesh announced plans Thursday to monitor social media networks such as Facebook in a bid to identify bloggers who have been accused of insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. A special panel is being set up, including leaders of the main intelligence agencies and the telecoms...

France’s foreign minister said Thursday that France and Britain are ready to help arm Syrian rebel fighters even if other European Union countries disagree. The British government took a more cautious position, saying only that it is not ruling out any options to help the opposition. Some...

Iranian media say the military has test-fired several short-range missiles, including the type Palestinian militant Hamas group used to attack Tel Aviv last November. Thursday’s report by the semi-official Fars news agency says the missiles were tested during an army exercise in central...

As he contemplates retirement next year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appears to have one over-riding ambition -- to ensure that his people do not remember him as a puppet of the United States. Karzai will stand down after elections in April 2014, and his final year in office promises to be...

Imran Khan and Mushy don't have much difference. Both are honest, but Mushy is experienced.

The government’s recent directives to cellular mobile operators (CMOs) about sale of new SIMs and verification of customer data seem to have done the trick. The industry recorded a negative growth in mobile subscriptions in December 2012, according to statistics released by the Pakistan...

I am against increasing defence budget. We only need to spend minimum on defence budget to maintain nuclear arsenal. Spend enough to fight the TTP and all these terrorist organizations. Divert the funds towards education. Because lets be honest how many times and how many concerns are related...

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s political party – the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) – plans electoral alliances with three political parties, including the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of Imran Khan. Musharraf will make a formal announcement about possible alliances next week...

Hungary is keen on expanding trade activities in Pakistan and is making efforts to further improve bilateral trade. Hungarian Ambassador in Pakistan Istvan Szabo made these remarks while addressing a meeting at the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) on Friday. He said that...

Stopping the load shedding is the government's work as well as the electricity providers.

Pakistan wins the toss and FIELDs. :hitwall: I like to watching batting, not a fan of bowling. Especially on the South African ODI flat tracks.

The Industrial Area Police Station (PS) here on Saturday arrested three officials of CIA (Crime Investigation Agency) Police on charges of taking bribe after formally registration of a first information report (FIR) on a private complaint.An officer of the PS Industrial Area said that the...

Tameez and respect of other religions is not being thought by some Mullahs. This needs to be corrected. People of other faith are not evil people.

Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said though political and religious parties have tasked a jirga to hold peace talks, the government is reluctant to take any decision in this regard. “The government will have to come out of its indecisive position and start meaningful...