The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday hinted that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf may be disqualified like his predecessor Yousaf Raza Gilani if he does not write to the Swiss authorities by July 2

Pakistan's upper house on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at protecting top leaders from contempt of court and curbing the Supreme Court's efforts to push the Prime Minister into reopening graft cases a

A special anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Sibbi has issued arrest warrants for former President Pervez Musharraf, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Balochistan former chief minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Balochistan former Governor Awais Ahmed Ghani and other accused nominated in the Akbar Bugti murder case .

Pakistan's Supreme Court today set July 25 deadline for Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf to approach Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, triggering a fresh political crisis over the issue which had cost his predecessor his job.

Another clash between the executive and judiciary is brewing in Pakistan as the government is rushing a new law to make the contempt of court irrelevant for the President, the Prime Minister, the chief ministers and the governors.

Pakistani religious groups have threatened to march on the Afghan border to pressurise the government to block the Nato supplies to Afghanistan once again.

Militants attacked a security forces camp near the city of Gujrat in Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday, killing seven soldiers and a policeman and injuring several others.

The security personnel

Rehman Mailk, Pakistan's advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs, on Tuesday resigned from the Senate over a month after the Supreme Court suspended his membership of Parliament.

Gunmen opened fire on an army camp near Islamabad on Monday, killing seven security personnel and wounding five others, the military said.

The encampment was attacked from a bridge over the river Che

Pakistan's only Nobel laureate helped develop the theoretical framework that led to the apparent discovery of the subatomic "God particle" last week, yet his legacy has been largely scorned in his homeland because of his religious affiliation.