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Washington, May 15 (ANI): India could use Tuesdays serial bombings in Rajasthan capital Jaipur to create a crisis with Pakistan, Americas private intelligence gathering agency STRATFOR has claimed. In a commentary published here and accessed by the Daily Times, STRATFOR writes that prior to the diplomatic process that took off ... Read more...

Amritsar, May 14 (IANS) The special narcotics cell of the Punjab Police Wednesday arrested two smugglers and recovered from their possession 10 kg of heroin worth Rs.100 million. Both smugglers, Puran Singh and Mohinder Singh, were nabbed near the bus-stand here following a tip-off. "They were standing there to deliver ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Indian Army on Wednesday asked for a flag-meeting with their Pakistani counterparts following a reported violation of the ceasefire pact along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. The ceasefire pact was signed by the two armies on November 25 2003. In ... Read more...

Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) Pakistani troops Wednesday violated the 2003 ceasefire agreement and fired on Indian positions near the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between the two countries, a military spokesperson here said. Terming it the first violation of the bilateral ceasefire agreed to in December ... Read more...

Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The Kolkata Knight Riders have been penalised for the third time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for maintaining a slow over rate. IPL match referee Talat Ali of Pakistan fined Knight Riders $1000 for falling two overs short in the stipulated time in their match ... Read more...

Lahore , May 14 (ANI): In the run-up to the by-polls slated for June 26, the erstwhile ruing party in Pakistan , the PML-Q has decided to exploit the differences between the PPP and the PML-N and misdeed of the new government and take it to the voters. Appealing for ... Read more...

Peshawar , May 14 (AIN): Even as the NWFP government held the second-round of peace talks with the pro-Taliban militants in Peshawar , unknown persons distributed pamphlets asking the provincial government, military and the people of Pakistan to join hands with the Taliban against the US . The pamphlets warned ... Read more...

Islamabad , May 14 (ANI): India will play three Tests and five ODIs in Pakistan in January-February 2009, the PCB announced last evening after the Boards governing meeting in Islamabad . Besides, efforts are also being made to fix two 20twenty games too during the Indian tour to Pakistan . This ... Read more...

By Mohammed Najeeb Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday condemned the terror bombings in the Indian city of Jaipur, in which around 60 people were killed and over a 100 injured, and expressed sympathy with the bereaved families. In separate messages to their Indian counterparts, President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister ... Read more...

Islamabad , May 13 (ANI): Senior PPP leader and Pakistan s Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said that resigning from the federal coalition government was a democratic right of the PML-Q and PPP respected it. She said that the PML-N took the decision of walking out of the government was ... Read more...

Washington , May 13 (ANI): The US State Department has once again said that Washington was not meddling into Pakistan s internal political affairs and that issues like judges restoration and who should be a part of the federal coalition or not, are to be addressed by Pakistanis themselves. State ... Read more...

Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) India has made all arrangements for trade across the Line of Control (LoC) and a green signal from Pakistan is awaited, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday. "The road from Baramulla town to the Kaman post has been widened. Godowns and custom ... Read more...

London, May 12 (ANI): The Commonwealth decided on Monday to readmit Pakistan, suspended last year when President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule. In a statement issued at a news conference in London, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) said the suspension would be lifted immediately. "It (CMAG) decided that Pakistan is ... Read more...

London, May 12 (ANI): The 53-nation Commonwealth is to readmit Pakistan, suspended last year when President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule. Sources were quoted by a foreign news agency as saying that the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) of nine nations, which deals with violations of the organisation's rules on ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 12 (ANI): Amid continuance of the complex issue of judges restoration in Pakistan, Americans behind-the-scene role of pursuing PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari not to pay heed to Nawaz Sharifs demand of restoring deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudhary, has once again proved that still want to see ... Read more...

Islamabad , May 12 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that neither party the PPP nor his government was having back-channel contacts with President Pervez Musharraf, and that it was working with Musharaf according to the Constitution. He said that it depended on Musharrafs sole wish to ... Read more...

Lahore, May 12 (ANI): PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif will chair a joint meeting of his partys Central Working Committee (CWC) and parliamentary group in Lahore today to decide whether to continue his partys support to the PPP-led government or move out of the coalition. Nawaz Sharif ... Read more...

Xinhua Islamabad, May 11 (Xinhua) Pakistan Sunday dispatched two military C-130 aircraft with relief goods on board to the cyclone-hit Myanmar. The goods include tents, plastic sheets, mosquito nets, medicines and water purification tablets, said a government statement. Myanmar has said nearly 23,000 people have died and 42,000 are missing after ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 11 (ANI): Pakistan will export about 52,000 tons of cement to India in the next two months. This step has been necessitated after the cement cartel in India is said to have informed that country's Government that it could take that much time for them to bring prices ... Read more...

Lahore, May 11 (ANI): Six years after he was banned for life from playing all forms of cricket for and in Pakistan, former captain Salim Malik is expecting a reprieve from the country's Supreme Court, which has agreed to grant him an appeal hearing. Malik was banned by a ... Read more...

Lahore, May 11 (ANI): Lawyers across Pakistan will observe Monday (May 12) as a "Black Day" to condemn the killing of innocent civilians in Karachi on the same day last year. They will boycott courts, hold protest meetings and observe hunger strikes to protest against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ... Read more...

Jammu, May 11 (IANS) Militants struck the plains of Jammu after a gap of six years, killing one person and injuring three others early Sunday, leading to a gunfight with security forces in the Samba sector, 45 km from here. According to the police, militants shot dead Hoshiar Singh and ... Read more...

Xinhua Islamabad, May 10 (Xinhua) Three people were shot dead Saturday by unidentified gunmen in a sectarian-motivated attack in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, the police said. The incident took place at 09.00 a.m. in Mukaran market in the city of Dera Ismail Khan. According to local TV channels, a shopkeeper, ... Read more...

Sydney, May 10 (IANS) In 2005, England stole the running from Australia in the Ashes series by reverse swinging the ball earlier than it had been done before. And now it has been revealed how it was done. When it was first introduced in modern cricket by the Pakistan bowlers, ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): US Central Command (CENTCOM) Headquarters have clarified that Major General Jay W Hood, who headed the Guantanamo Bay prison between 2004 and 2006 and who was earlier assigned to replace the US defence representative to Pakistan, is now being considered for a position within the ... Read more...

Lahore, May 10 (ANI): PML-L leader Nawaz Sharif has said that his talks with PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari to resolve the issue of restoration of Supreme Court judges ended inconclusively last evening in London. He said that neither party reached any conclusion on the status of the Provisional Constitution ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has reportedly called a joint meeting of his partys Central Working Committee and parliamentary group on May 12, to decide whether to continue to support the PPP-led federal coalition government. May 12 is the fresh deadline for restoration ... Read more...

Jammu, May 9 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah has challenged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's vision and package for the return of Kashmiri Hindus to their homes in the valley. "It cannot happen, whatever be the package, unless there is a resolution of ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday announced the formation of two task forces to determine the future direction of Pakistan foreign policy and to tackle the economic needs at diplomatic front. Winding up debate on foreign policy in the Senate, Qureshi was quoted ... Read more...

Karachi, May 9 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W.Patterson, met with the MQM leadership in Azizabad here on Friday and expressed Washington's resolve to "interact and consult with all democratic forces" of the country. "The United States is committed to cooperate with the newly installed elected government on ... Read more...

Bhopal, May 9 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Police Friday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang dealing in fake currency with the arrest of three people from Morena town in Madhya Pradesh. The police raided a house in the Housing Board Colony and recovered fake currency totalling Rs.80,000 and six ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India fast bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji is back after a stress fracture kept him out of the game for two years. The 26-year-old from Chennai turned out for his city franchise Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and bowled decently for his two for 35 ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): The PCB had suffered a huge loss of Rs 84 crore due to the postponement of the Aussies tour which was to take place in March this year. This was revealed by a PCB spokesman at a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports ... Read more...

Lahore, May 9 (ANI): Pakistani beauty queen and fashion model, Maria Mateen, who represented her country twice in international beauty pageants, denied press reports claiming that she had a desire to go on a date with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. She, however, admitted that she and the former Army Chief ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Daredevils by four wickets in a thrilling last-ball finish in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here Thursday. Chasing 188 to win, Super Kings hit off the needed 15 runs in the last over bowled ... Read more...

Lahore, May 8 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Mushrraf has reportedly decided not to meet PML-Q president and former premier Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and not to entertain their phone calls in future. If a presidential aide privy to a recent meeting between Musharraf ... Read more...

London, May 8 (ANI): PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that political will was required to reinstate the deposed judges. He said this while talking to reporters in London last evening. Both, the PML-N and the PPP had agreed to restore deposed judges in 30 days according ... Read more...

By Dr Shabir Choudhry London, May 8 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is a sacred name for some, as they sacrificed their lives and everything else they valued in name of liberating the state. They did that to promote the name of JKLF believing that they were ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 8 (ANI): PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is likely to fly to London tonight to meet PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and hold talks with him on current issues Pakistan was facing. PML-N central leader Khawaja Asif is also leaving for London to join both leaders in the meeting. During ... Read more...

Washington, May 8 (ANI): Following reports that Islamabad had wasted US funding and allowed Al Qaeda to rebuild a haven in its western tribal regions, the Pentagon has rejected or deferred millions of dollars in military aid requests from Pakistan. This could mark a sudden change in US policy towards ... Read more...

Karachi, May 7 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Ministry is learnt to have cautioned the Sindh Home Department about the entry of as many as five members of Baitullah Mehsud group into Karachi to carry out suicide bombings in the city. Baitullah Mehsud is a tribal leader in the Waziristan region, and ... Read more...