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Peshawar bleeds with 10 more injured in car bomb blast

Peshawar bleeds with 10 more injured in car bomb blast

October 23rd, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI -
Peshawar, Oct.23 (ANI) At least 10 persons were injured in a powerful bomb blast that rocked Peshawar's Hayatabad area at noon on Friday. According to sources, the blast occurred in a car ...

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7 killed, 5 injured in suicide attack outside Pak Air Force base

7 killed, 5 injured in suicide attack outside Pak Air Force base

October 23rd, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct.23 (ANI): At least seven persons including two security officials were killed and eight others sustained grievous injuries in a suicide blast near the Kamra Aeronautical Complex in Punjab's Attock ...

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Qureshi blames US for rise of terrorism in Pakistan

Qureshi blames US for rise of terrorism in Pakistan

October 21st, 2009 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct.21 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has blamed the United States for the rise of terrorism in the country. Interacting with media persons during a press conference at the ...

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Hafiz Saeed a free man, appeals against fresh cases: Lawyer (Lead)

Hafiz Saeed a free man, appeals against fresh cases: Lawyer (Lead)

September 24th, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Lahore/New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Hafiz Saeed, who India holds to be mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is not under house arrest and is a free man, his lawyer ...

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Hafiz Saeed a free man, appeals fresh cases: Lawyer

Hafiz Saeed a free man, appeals fresh cases: Lawyer

September 24th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Lahore, Sep 24 (IANS) Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is not under house arrest and is a free man, his lawyer said Thursday, adding that ...

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India sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan, alleges Rehman Malik

India sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan, alleges Rehman Malik

September 23rd, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday again appeared to be speaking in twin voices on improving ties with India, and accusing New Delhi of promoting terrorism in this country. "Yes, it is ...

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Pakistan wants improved ties with India: President, PM (Lead)

Pakistan wants improved ties with India: President, PM (Lead)

September 22nd, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Sep 22 (IANS) Pakistan appears to be setting the tone for the first high-level contact with India in two months, with its top leadership asserting it wanted improved sub-continental ties ...

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Evidence will decide action against Saeed: Pakistani PM

Evidence will decide action against Saeed: Pakistani PM

September 22nd, 2009 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Sep 22 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday confirmed that Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, had been arrested, with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani saying the evidence ...

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No talks without action against 26/11 perpetrators: India

September 16th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): The Indian Government has reportedly said that unless Pakistan takes, some sort of action against the 26/11 accused, the possibility of a resumption of dialogue is remote. According ...

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Qureshi not hopeful about talks with India

September 14th, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Multan, Sep 14 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he did not expect to achieve anything greater than "incremental progress" during his talks with his Indian counterpart SM ...

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India will keep on providing evidence to Pakistan on 26/11: Krishna

India will keep on providing evidence to Pakistan on 26/11: Krishna

August 22nd, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Aug.22 (ANI): A day after the Indian Government gave "additional information" to Pakistan on the Mumbai terror attacks through their High Commissioner Shahid Malik, External Affairs Minister S M ...

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Pak to verify ‘legality’ of fresh Indian dossier on Mumbai attacks: Qureshi

August 22nd, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI -
Multan, Aug.22 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Islamabad will respond to the fresh Indian dossier regarding the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks only after examining the document handed ...

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Sarabjit’s lawyer meets Badal

Sarabjit’s lawyer meets Badal

August 19th, 2009 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) The lawyer representing Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail Wednesday met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and appealed to him to take up the ...

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Gilani hails Pak military success against Taliban, vows to restore 1973 Constitution

Gilani hails Pak military success against Taliban, vows to restore 1973 Constitution

August 19th, 2009 - 7:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Aug.19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday hailed the military's success against the Taliban and also vowed to restore the 1973 Constitution. "Terrorism and extremism are eating ...

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Sarabjit’s new lawyer confident of his release

Sarabjit’s new lawyer confident of his release

August 16th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS -
By Alkesh Sharma Amritsar, Aug 16 (IANS) The newly-appointed lawyer representing Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan on terrorism charges, is confident of his client being pardoned now ...

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Sarabjit Singh’s lawyer meets his family in Amritsar

August 14th, 2009 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS -
Amritsar, Aug 14 (IANS) The lawyer representing Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on a death row in Pakistan on terrorism charges, Friday said the case of his client was crucial to ties ...

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7,571 incidents of violence against Pak women reported in 2008

August 13th, 2009 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Aug 13 (ANI): There were 7,571 incidents of violence against women reported during the year 2008 across Pakistan, Aurat Foundation's annual report has revealed. In the total number of reported incidents, ...

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Signature campaign to save Sarabjit from gallows

July 25th, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, July 25 (IANS) The family of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who is in a Pakistan jail facing death sentence, and an NGO Saturday launched a signature campaign here to convert his ...

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Badal assures Sarabjit’s family all help

Badal assures Sarabjit’s family all help

July 11th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, July 11 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday assured all help to Dalbir Kaur, whose brother Sarabjit Singh is facing the death sentence in Pakistan. Badal also asked the ...

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Indo-Pak talks only possible if Mumbai accused successfully prosecuted: Miliband

Indo-Pak talks only possible if Mumbai accused successfully prosecuted: Miliband

July 9th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, July 9 (ANI): The resumption of the stalled peace talks between India and Pakistan rests on the successful prosecution of the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, British Secretary of ...

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Sarabjit’s family petitions Pakistani president for mercy

Sarabjit’s family petitions Pakistani president for mercy

July 8th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) The family members of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who is in a Pakistan jail facing death sentence, and a city-based NGO Wednesday said they have sent a ...

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Sarabjit to petition Zardari for mercy (Lead)

Sarabjit to petition Zardari for mercy (Lead)

July 6th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Lahore, July 6 (IANS) Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death on charges of staging bomb blasts here in 1990, will file a mercy petition before Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, ...

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Sarabjit to petition Zardari for mercy

Sarabjit to petition Zardari for mercy

July 6th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Lahore, July 6 (IANS) Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh will file a mercy petition before Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, his lawyer said Monday. "I will file the mercy petition on ...

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Manmohan Singh, Gilani to meet in Egypt July 16

Manmohan Singh, Gilani to meet in Egypt July 16

July 3rd, 2009 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Multan, July 3 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani will meet in the Egyptian resort city of Sharam-el-Sheikh July 16, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ...

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Pakistan says no peace without resolving Kashmir issue

Pakistan says no peace without resolving Kashmir issue

July 3rd, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday said that the peace in the region cannot be discussed without the resolution of the long-standing issue with India, stepping up its rhetoric on ...

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Will seek Sarabjit’s pardon: Pakistani lawyer

Will seek Sarabjit’s pardon: Pakistani lawyer

June 27th, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) A Pakistani lawyer who claims to represent Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row for 18 years, says he will appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari ...

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Badal appeals to PM to help Sarabjit

Badal appeals to PM to help Sarabjit

June 25th, 2009 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, June 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene immediately to save the life of Indian national Sarabjit Singh who is facing ...

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Pakistani Supreme Court rejects Sarabjit’s plea, India urges ’sympathetic’ view (Roundup)

Pakistani Supreme Court rejects Sarabjit’s plea, India urges ’sympathetic’ view (Roundup)

June 24th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad/New Delhi/Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday rejected the mercy petition of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who has been on death row for 18 years, after his lawyer failed ...

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India urges Pakistan to take ’sympathetic view’ on Sarabjit

June 24th, 2009 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) India urged Pakistan to take a "sympathetic and humanitarian" view in the case of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on death row whose mercy petition was turned ...

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Pakistan Supreme Court dismisses Indian prisoner Sarabjit’s mercy plea (Lead)

Pakistan Supreme Court dismisses Indian prisoner Sarabjit’s mercy plea (Lead)

June 24th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad/Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday rejected the mercy petition of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who has been on death row for 18 years, after his lawyer failed to ...

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