Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explosions on Friday. The city of 18 million people houses the main stock exchange, central bank and offi...
Death toll from Karachi blasts reaches 33: minister China Daily | KARACHI, Paksitan: Death toll from twin- bombing, targeting Shiite Muslims in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Friday, has reached 33, provincial health minister said Saturday. | Dr Sagheer Ahmed, Health Minister of southern Sindh province of which Karachi is the capital, said that several ot...
Pakistan ex-minister hurt in attack Arab News | Azhar Masood | Arab News | ISLAMABAD: Former Information Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, a candidate in the by-election for a National Assembly seat, was injured and four people were killed when gunmen opened fire at his election office in Rawalpind...
Gunmen Open Fire on Former Official in Pakistan The New York Times | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan- Four people were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire at the election office of a former federal minister and opposition leader Monday evening in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, police and rescue officials said. At leas...
Avalanche in Kashmir claims 17 soldiers’ lives Deccan Chronicle Avalanche in Kashmir claims 17 soldiers’ lives | Feb. 8: At least 17 soldiers, including an officer, were killed and an equal number of others injured when a massive avalanche buried a training camp of the Army’s High Altitude Warfare School near...
Malik terms Karachi twin blasts 'sectarian violence' Newstrack India | Lahore, Jan.6 (ANI): Condemning Friday's twin blasts in Karachi, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has described the attacks as 'sectarian violence.' | Two bomb blasts within the span of 30 minutes ripped apart Karachi on Friday evening...
Karachi mourns bomb attack victims Al Jazeera | Thousands of people have gathered in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, for a mass funeral after 25 people were killed and more than 150 were wounded in bomb attacks on Friday. | ...
Pakistan: Funerals set for Karachi bomb victims The Boston Globe | KARACHI, Pakistan-Hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims have gathered in Pakistan's largest city amid tight security for a mass funeral for those killed in a pair of bombings. | At...
India-Pakistan thaw key to Afghan peace Asia Times | By Siddharth Srivastava | NEW DELHI - India has proposed the first high-level bilateral talks with Pakistan since their peace process broke down following the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008. | New Delhi and Islamabad are still working ...
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explosions on Friday. The city of 18 million people hou...
Unrest in Indian Kashmir enters 2nd week The News & Observer | SRINAGAR, India -- Authorities put separatist leaders under house arrest and thousands of armed troops in riot gear warned people to stay indoors in Indian Kashmir's main city Monday in an attempt to block a seventh day of violent demonstrations against Indian rule. | Widespread unrest has rocked the disputed Himalayan region for the past week, a...
Qureshi not aware of ‘secret’ Indo-Pak deal on Kashmir Zeenews Multan: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has claimed that a proposal by the previous Pakistani regime to resolve the Kashmir dispute was “a secret” between “selected individuals” of Indian and Pakistani governments, and therefore he has no knowledge about it. | Former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri recently clai...
