Pakistan

Noor Pur Shahan's residents have to scrabble for firewood in the dirt if they want a cooked meal.

Arundhati Roy's call for 'justice' for Kashmir strikes a nerve in India.

PML-N chief says national consensus needed to save Pakistan.

Shelling operation using gunship helicopters leaves 12 militants dead in Orakzai, 5 are killed in clash in Mohmand.

Robbers steal Watan Cards worth Rs2 million along with pin codes in Rohilanwali.

Two more patients admitted to a civil hospital in Hyderabad.

American policy makers have tried to pull off a delicate balancing act of courting both rivals.

At least two persons, including a policeman, were killed after an explosive device went off along Saryab Road.

Govt cuts 40 per cent of the budget allocated for the federal ministry of human rights.

United Jihad Council urges people to prepare themselves for breaching the Kashmir Line of Control.

More than 50,000 smuggled non-duty paid vehicles are on the roads of Quetta and other cities.

Wives of Haji Lalu and Arshad Papu were told the men were tranferred to Hyderabad.

Expiry of ordinance which authorised Nepra to increase tariff saves consumers in K-P from rise in their monthly bills.

20 per cent of flood victims yet to receive their Watan Cards, only two days left till the deadline for distribution.

Two university students are whisked away by armed men late at night.

Literary Review, 'Life’s Too Short' encourages more positive international focus on Pakistan.

Eminent lawyer and political activist Asma Jahangir has been elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.

Obscurantist militants want to forcibly impose their own rigid brand of Islam

According to officials, they have gone to bring his body back to Pakistan.

Children from poor localities are made camel jockeys in the UAE by wealthy and powerful princes.

Parliamentary panel orders immediate cancellation of "illegal" inductions by Zardari’s close associate.

Around 3,000 complaints are recieved every month against govt departments, says Federal Ombudsman Javed Sadiq Malik.

Dengue is a self limiting disease with an almost 100 percent recovery rate, says Pakistan Medical Society chairman.

LHC directs ECP to allot the deserving seat to JUI-F according to the ratio of reserved seats.

Sharif says recent meeting between Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Babar Awan makes no difference to the PML-N’s future.

Successive prime ministers have distributed plots worth millions among officials.

"Multan was dengue free, until visitors to Lahore brought it back", claims Nishtar Hospital medical superintendent.

Jahang­ir's electi­on is a balanc­ing factor in the convol­uted govt-judici­ary relati­ons.

The govt hopes to introduce Gilgit-Baltistan's precious stones to the international market.

Long power outages in the Swat region threatens work in the marble industry.

14.5 acres of land and two rest houses illegally occupied by Rangers, claim CDA officials.

Thousands of flood-affected people unable to get money due to non-functional ATMs.

Police pickets, road blocks and the maze of under- and over-passes have turned the capital city into a nightmare.

Despite shortage of government accommodation, 400 residential quarters are being illegally occupied.

An old family feud could be the reason behind the murder of the contractor, police investigations suggest.

Signs of the devastating bomb blast at Meena Bazaar can still be seen today.

CJ orders the prompt arrest of the accused in sexual harassment and murder cases.

83 mosques and seminaries built on encroached land, states ICT report.

Paleontologists uncovered the remains of a primitive animal species in Chakwal.

A faculty member of Quaid-i-Azam University allegedly hacked into a professor's computer and changed results.

Upcoming tennis player Samir Iftikhar loses chance to represent Pakistan in the ITF Junior Grand Slam.

Taliban led by Mullah Toofan are allegedly planning coordinated attacks on the Shia community in Kurram.

Indian forces fire at Pakistani civilians across the Line of Control in Kashmir, injuring one person.

Salmaan Taseer and Hussain Haqqani accuse Transparency International of foul play in recent corruption report.

Pakistan urged to ensure women, minorities, disabled are spared "further victimisation" during flood rehabilitation.

Interi­or minist­er says attack­s on shrine­s an attemp­t to create sectar­ian unrest, govt trying to catch culpri­ts.

Media analyses the recent meeting between Law Minister Babar Awan and PML-Q leader Chaudhary Pervez Elahi

Polio is a disease which leaves behind remains of morbidity and disability causing tremendous distress to millions.

District govt of Hyderabad starts fumigation in different dengue-infested areas for the elimination of mosquitoes.

Federal Minister for Water and Power says US to help Pakistan overcome power crisis.