History repeated itself on Thursday, only this time the protagonists were different. Five months after Pakistan foreign secretary Salman Bashir’s press conference in New Delhi degenerated into rhetoric, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s joint media interaction with external affairs minister S.M. Krishna in Islamabad

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna began his Pakistan visit Wednesday by reminding his hosts that justice must not only be done to India’s “core concern of terrorism” but must be seen to be done. He indicated there was enough evidence to link Pakistan to the Mumbai terror attacks, a charge repeated on the eve of the minister’s visit by

External affairs minister, S.M. Krishna, began his tour of Pakistan on Wednesday with talks on terrorism. The minister called for prompt and decisive action on the part of the Pakistan government to address India’s concerns about terrorism in general and, in particular, the delay in the prosecution of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) commander

The Pakistani authorities have banned the screening of the Bollywood movie Tere Bin Laden, a spoof centred around the Al Qaeda chief, fearing attacks by militants.
The movie has Pakistani model and singer Ali Zafar. The full Pakistani film censor board took this decision on the eve of the film’s global release on Friday.

The Pakistani police has claimed the arrest a gang plotting assassination of President Asif Ali Zardari. “We have arrested six suspects.

The Pakistani authorities have put the name of Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed — alleged mastermind of the Mumbai carnage — on the Exit Control List — banning his departure outside Pakistan.

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

In a bid to cement the nuclear deal, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will leave on Tuesday on a six-day official visit to China.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will convene a national conference here next week to evolve a common strategy to combat terrorism and extremism.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has thrown himself into another controversy by saying that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was not a graduate.
The Opposition parties and other political personalities have expressed resentment and indignation over President Zardari’s statement about Jinnah’s qualifications. President Zardari had said on television: “Quaid-e-Azam was a non-graduate.”