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A powerful suicide blast ripped through the crowded Emergency Ward of District Headquarters Hospital here Tuesday, killing at least 23 people and wounding another 20, IGP NWFP Malik Naveed told reporters. The blast took place when activists of a religious sect and relatives of victim, Basit Shah who was shot dead by unknown gunmen near […]

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf, the dictator who reinvented himself as a U.S. ally against terrorism, resigned to avoid facing impeachment charges for illegally seizing power and stifling economic growth.
“This is not time for individual bravado. I lose or win in impeachment proceedings, the Pakistani nation will be the loser,” Musharraf, 65, said in a televised […]

LAHORE: Saudi Intelligence chief Prince Muqran reportedly met President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad and delivered him an important message from Saudi King Abdullah, Geo News reported on Friday.
According to the channel, Saudi Arabia wanted to play its role in Pakistan’s present political circumstances and it sent Muqran to Islamabad for reconciliation between Musharraf and the […]

President Pervez Musharraf fought back Friday against politicians who had said he would resign rather than face impeachment charges, saying through his chief political supporter that he will challenge the charges when they are brought to parliament.
Politicians across all parties, however, characterized the public insistence by Musharraf, a former military man, as a kind of […]

Pakistan marked the 60th anniversary of its independence today amid a crisis facing the country’s American-allied president who faces growing pressure from militants and opposition politicians.
In the capital, Islamabad, 31 artillery guns boomed at daybreak, marking the start of ceremonies to celebrate Aug. 14, 1947, when British colonial rulers granted independence to the subcontinent.
The Islamic […]

LAHORE: Five police officials have been reportedly dead while 20 people are feared wounded as a suicide bomber exploded himself at Allama Iqbal town near Dubai roundabout in Lahore amid Independence Day celebrations, police sources said
Police and rangers troops have cordoned off the area while the security has beefed up around the Iqbal Town.

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, an American educated Pakistani neuroscientist who is suffering from gunshot wounds, was granted access to urgent medical attention by a U.S. judge when she appeared for her bail hearing in a federal court on Monday.
British journalist Yvonne Ridley visited Pakistan recently and called on the international community to work for the release […]

A roadside bomb destroyed an air force truck on a bridge Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest and killed up to 14 people. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it “an open war” and retaliation for recent military operations in the region.
The escalation in violence raised new doubt about the government’s controversial policy of […]

The ruling coalition on Sunday after hours-long meeting prepared the points of charge sheet against the President, but remained very cautious to unveil the contents to the media. Information Minister Sherry Rehman Sunday while talking to the media at her residence vowed that these will soon be made public and will be provided to […]

ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf will have to face impeachment under Article 47 of the Constitution if he fails to take vote of confidence from the assemblies immediately.
This was announced by Co-chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Asif Ali Zardari at a joint press conference with Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief, Nawaz Sharif, here at Zardari House on Thursday.
The […]