Pakistan

Ashraf has been in bonded labour since he took a loan to get married.

Finance minister admits that the government has to rethink its role since intervention did not help.

JUI chief argues for strong relations with neighbouring countries as alternative.

Three security officers injured; residents flee to safer areas.

Retd lieutenant general Talat Masood says generals may be considering how to distance from Nato and the United States.

Sheikh Rasheed, Khursheed Kasuri are said to have been approached

Explosion targeting the DCO goes off prematurely; no casualties reported

Spokesperson insists the memo scandal is of national significance.

'Pakistan's role in war on terror must not be overlooked, says Khar, suggests Pakistan could end its support for US.

Its chief delegate at the Durban summit says developing countries need swift injection of cash.

Bokhari forms committee to scrutinise all pending cases.

Dr Muhammad Shafique took charge as the new chief of the N-5 Central Zone

Grade 19 officer, has held the office of Inspector General of Punjab Prisons, a grade 21 post, for the last two years.

Warning to all police stations against harassment of female relatives of suspects.

Suspects had broken into their house in absence of the male members of the family and sexually assaulted three women.

Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL)’s publications on Pakistani Sufis are praiseworthy.

Students from class I to V displayed “Kung Fu”, aerobics and various sports items.

The kidnappers had demanded his family Rs10 million as ransom for his release.

Says threats from Russia are misplaced.

Participants at a seminar emphasise the need to spread awareness about HIV.

Pakistan adult literacy stands at 55% as the country drops 20 places in a year on the human development index.

ACE asserts that the bureau intends to absolve the accused through a friendly prosecution.

Rs571m owed to the dam by the civic body and Punjab and K-P irrigation departments.

Young entrepreneurs displayed their ideas at the Business Expo

A man was mugged on road in the Cantonment area

Government Girls Primary School was inaugurated in Dager Mera village

Two IT parks would be setup in Peshawar and Abbotabad

police claimed to have arrested two suspected militants and 26 proclaimed offenders from the district in November.

Babar Awan evasive when asked whether govt officials will attend if summoned.

US-led Nato forces will now be treated as a ‘potential threat’, say defence analysts.

PM says there will only be one reply from the executive authority to the SC over memogate.

Replies sought from president, PM, army chief and DG ISI within 15 days; Haqqani put on ECL.

PPP high command asks party to start preparations for next polls.

The SHC ordered the factories to pay their current bills, excluding the surcharge.

Shia Ulema Council planning to protest over scout killings on Sunday.

US Ambassador says a full, in-depth investigation into the attack would be carried out.

Police suspected that both the men were addicts who had died from an overdose.

LCCI to take up non-tariff barriers and other bilateral trade related issues with their counterparts.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has announced he will bear the medical expenses of 22-year-old Salman Khan, from Gujranwala.

Memon thanked the governor for accepting his resignation and added that he would support the party’s policy.

Dr Ishratul Ebad has said that Empress Market is a national heritage and should be restored to its original shape.

They had heard Bagri arguing with her husband, Liaquat Shar, on Thursday morning.

They claim that Patni was involved in 30 target killings, extortion and robbery cases.

The villagers were working on the fields when a group of men attacked them with rockets.

In protest, lady workers and other people held a demonstration outside the Thull press club.

Twenty-three CCTV cameras were installed and 550 policemen and 150 Rangers were deployed at the route.

Protesters chanted slogans against the US and burnt an effigy of General John Allen.

Shafqat picked the girl from her tuition centre and was taking her to visit her injured father in hospital.

Bucha was shot outside the main gate of his house by three unidentified men.

Three clerics banned from speaking in public for 90 days during the month of muharram.