Pakistan

NAB submits report to the Supreme Court claiming there is no trace of money in Swiss accounts.

Watan Cards are blocked after three unsuccessful tries because flood survivors simply don’t know how to use them.

Khosa will appear before the Supreme Court as counsel in the NRO review petition for the government.

Media analyse the government's move of appointing Deedar Shah as NAB chief and the opposition's reaction to it.

Yousuf Raza Gilani says that renewed Afghan efforts to make peace with the Taliban would fail without Pakistan's help.

The petitioner says the chief justice had not been consulted regarding the appointment of the NAB chairman.

SHC reserves verdict on an application to register a case of treason against former president Pervez Musharraf.

CDA chairperson did not consult the authority before rejecting a bid on Margalla Towers’ plot about nine months ago.

Limited residential accommodation in government educational institutions gives boost to private hostel business.

Future of 400 PhD students, who were supposed to depart to start studies abroad this month, seems bleak.

Rakhshanda Atawar seems to be following Picasso’s dictum of exploring her own self in her charcoal and chalk canvasses

Quaid-i-Azam University launches its first ever bachelor’s programme, 40 years after its establishment.

Sugar to be available at a lower rate of Rs62 per kilogramme (kg) at 18 sugar stalls all over Islamabad.

Musharraf says that India and Pakistan were very close to an agreement before he lost power.

PM Gilani says that the govt was enjoying ‘cordial relations’ with the military.

US Ambassador Anne Patterson is set to leave Pakistan this week after managing complicated diplomatic ties.

Total number of hospitalised patients increases to 131.

Only six of the 12 MPs summoned appeared to defend themselves against the charges.

Residents of Swat happy after classes for all subjects for the 2010-11 session commence at University of Swat.

People displaced by Diamer-Bhasha dam ask government to settle boundary dispute between K-P, G-B prior to construction

The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz issues a seven-page charge sheet against former President Pervez Musharraf.

HRCP outraged over alleged torture and humiliation of several death-row prisoners at Toba Tek Singh District Prison.

PML-N says criticism of government meant to put it on the right track.

Two-day round of talks to focus on issues pertaining to the Afghan war and US-backed peace initiative of Karzai.

Legal wizards of govt burn the midnight oil to come up with strategy to contest NRO's review and implementation in SC.

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani approves promotion of 29 officers of federal govt to BS-22.

The president says Pakistan cannot afford the adventurism of “dictators, uniformed persons and people wielding...

Perishable food costs rise by 53.9% in a single year.

Suprem­e Court throws out govt's plea to put off hearing of NRO that benefited President Zardari among others.

Twenty-five patients suffering from dengue fever are admitted to various public and private hospitals in Lahore.

Given the ways of the Aafia mafia, it is unlikely to get Dr Aafia back and to help commute her sentence.

The family of the two boys who were lynched in Sialkot has resorted to starving themselves to get justice.

Energy crisis worsens as power generation falls nearly 3000 megawatts behind demand for electricity.

Karachi's first Hajj flight carrying 450 pilgrims departs to Jeddah as part of the PIA's Pre-Hajj operations.

Irsa starts water supply for Rabi crops in provinces in wake of talk of an expected shortage.

Local media talks about Pakistan's decision of reopening the Torkham route and its potential aftermath.

Nine out of 12 legislators have skipped hearing of the fake degrees case in the Election Commission.

FIA summons the former inspector general Sindh as well as the current public prosecutor in LHC CJ murder conspiracy.

Karzai confirms that his administration has been holding unofficial talks with the Taliban "for quite some time."

A moderate 5.1-magnitude earthquake shook Pakistan late on Monday night, tremors felt in Peshawar and Islamabad.

US university recommends Pakistan adopt the proportional representation (PR) electoral system to strength democracy.

Floodwater might be receding from most areas but the Sindh-Balochistan National Highway still stands flooded.

Finance Ministry yet to pay HEC he Rs5.6 billion required to send 400 students abroad on scholarships.

Karakoram International University plans to start Chinese language classes.

Cost of preventive programmes has increased 19 times in less than five years.

Renowned religious and spiritual scholar Maulana Rahimullah passes away in Swat.

Students of 1,500 schools on their way to becoming protagonists in more than 200 stories.

In his longest stay in Karachi in a while, three days went to friends and family

More than 25 schools participate in events held during the space week, including a rocket-launching competition.

One of the arrested men is a repeat offender out on bail from jail, was in jail from 2003 to 2007 before bail.