With India and Pakistan engaging in war of words post-July 15 parleys between their foreign ministers, Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik on Sunday tweeted that the talks should not be judged “ma

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday set a July 12 deadline for the government to take steps to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland, saying it was giving the authorities

A Pakistani court has reportedly ordered a ban on nine leading websites, including Google and Hotmail, for allegedly posting blasphemous material though officials today said they had not received any

The retention of an essential nuclear capability is a “compulsion” for Pakistan because of the growing imbalance created by India’s massive military build-up and “assertive posturing”, a top Pakistani

Pakistan is expected to seek the firming up of confidence-building measures during the upcoming foreign secretary-level talks with India to pave the way for progress in addressing long-standing issues like Kashmir, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.

More than 35 Pakistani soldiers are missing after a fierce attack by the Afghan Taliban on a border checkpost in the tribal belt and militants have claimed they are holding 10 soldiers hostage.

Pakistan government’s total allocation for the military for fiscal 2010-11 is about Rs 675 billion and not Rs 442 billion as shown in the defence budget, a top finance official has said.

A substantial amount of official data of the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Secretariat, including some classified documents, has been stolen by persons employed on short-term contracts who accessed a secu

The Pakistani pol-ice has detained another man on suspicion of having links with Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Sh-ahzad, who allegedly tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square in New York, from a market in the heart of the federal capital.

In the face of mounting pressure from the Supreme Court for reopening of graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland, Pakistan Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani has said Parliament has the authority to determine the immunity available to the head of state.