Pakistan

Type: Country
Name: Pakistan
population: 160,166,704
First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 mins ago - 7 reports

MWM boycotts re-polling

KARACHI, May 18: After the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen on Saturday announced a boycott of re-polling in 43 polling stations of NA-250 constituency, but it demanded re-election in all constituencies where “massive rigging” ... [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 8 mins ago - 4 reports

PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain gunned down in Karachi

A wicked man levelled allegations against me: Altaf HussainMyanmar leader starts landmark US visitAssad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits DamascusElection Commission concerned over Zahra Shahid murderAltaf Hussain condemns PTI leader Zahra Shahid’s ... [Published Geo Tv - 51 mins ago]
First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 18 mins ago - 4 reports

Shahbaz talks about institutions’ revival

LAHORE, May 18: Former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif says the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has devised a plan to steer national institutions like the Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Railways and Pakistan Steel Mills out of crisis.“PML-N ... [Published DAWN Group - 18 mins ago]
First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 9 reports

PTI politician gunned down, Imran Khan blames MQM

Islamabad, May 19: Zara Shahid Hussain, a senior woman politician of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party was gunned down by unidentified men in Karachi on Saturday night, sparking off a war of words between the ... [Published Oneindia - 20 mins ago]
First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 8 reports

Asad Qaiser nominated for speakers post

Asad Qaiser nominated for speaker’s postPESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief, Imran Khan nominated provincial party chief Asad Qaiser as speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly, party announced on Saturday. Asad Qaiser had been hoping to clinch the ... [Published Daily Times - 28 mins ago]
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 9 reports

Nawaz calls partys meeting on May 20 to discuss policies

LAHORE: PML-N president Mian Nawaz Sharif, set to become Pakistans next prime minister, has convened a meeting of parliamentarians and legislators of his party here on May 20 to brainstorm a plan of action to deal with pressing problems including terrorism. ... [Published Daily Times - 28 mins ago]
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 reports

Temperature, and misery, continue to rise

Jump in power loadshedding in urban and rural areas across the country has added to the woes and misery of the common man.Heat wave of the current summer had hit the plains earlier. However it was a pleasant surprise for the twin cities and areas around ... [Published The News International - 1 hour ago]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 40 reports

Pakistan: Woman Politician Shot Dead

Police in Pakistan say gunmen have killed a woman politician who was a member of former cricket star Imran Khans party. Police said Zohra Shahid Hussain was shot outside her home in the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday.The gunmen escaped, and ... [Published Radio Free Europe - 3 hours ago]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 19 reports

All set by ECP for Sunday?s partial re-poll, PPP joins boycott

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has made all necessary arrangements including security measures for re-polling in 43 polling stations of Karachi’s NA-250, PS-112 and PS-113 on Sunday as PPP clamoured for boycott in a belated decisi ... [Published DAWN Group - 10 hours ago]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 44 reports

Pakistan Mosque Bombs Claim 13 Worshippers

TEHRAN (FNA)-Twin bomb attacks killed at least 13 people outside mosques in Northwest Pakistan, where the party of cricket star Imran Khan is forming a coalition government, officials said. ... [Published Fars News Agency - 22 hours ago]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 15 reports

Sarabjit: Pak urges online submissions

Lahore, May 18 : A Pakistani inquiry tribunal, which is investigating the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, has urged public at large having information on the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days, reports ... [Published NewKerala.com - 20 hours ago]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 30 reports

MQM boycotts NA-250 re-polls

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced on Friday that they boycotted the repolling in 43 polling stations of NA-250 constituency.MQM leader Raza Haroon alleged while speaking in a press conference, “We reject Election Commission of Pakistan’s ... [Published AAJ TV - May 17 2013]

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"Sohrabuddin had to die one day like this. Had the police not eliminated him, a common man in the mould of a Mahatma or a Dharmatma would have been forced to shoot him dead" begins the article titled 'Sohrabuddin was not a saint' in the latest issue of Samvad Manthan...
Author: "Serial Entrepreneur: Balancing Business and Family to Achieve True Wealth and Happiness" published in 2
...known as the father of the Taliban, believes the Taliban is the victor after 12 years of war with the US and Afghanistan should be left to them. "America has lost the war and they must go. Jihad is a spirit, an unfinished revolution" he says
"Nawaz hoped that the democratic process would continue in the same manner which will help strengthen the institutions in the country" the sources said while quoting the PML-N chief as having said...

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Post-election: ‘PTI set to become ruling party’ [Published The Express Tribune - 4 mins ago]
‘No research done in planning development’ [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
MWM boycotts re-polling [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
PMA slams caretaker PMDC executive body [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Fahim advises all to accept election results [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Hearing put off in case against ex-minister [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Recounting of votes in PS-19 ordered [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Renewed passion for polling in NA-250 expected ... [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Polling staff held hostage on May 11: DRO [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
BIEK team removes four invigilators [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Three killed in Lyari [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Larkana remains hottest place in country [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Generators: what you always wanted to know [Published DAWN Group - 6 mins ago]
Cheap prices paid in blood money [Published Pocono Record - 11 mins ago]
Brazilian envoy fetes additional foreign secretary [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Australia a major study destination for Pak pos... [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Survey depicts acute shortage of womens police ... [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
uggers in police uniform deprive man of 125,000... [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Elimination of child labour still a far cry [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
People want bold without gold leader [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Ex-PMDC registrars name put on ECL [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
From Antarctica to Rawalpindi! [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Children literature festival from May 24 [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Rs6.58m recovered from property tax defaulters [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Rise in temperature helps eliminate mosquitoes [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Electricity outages hit HSSC students hard [Published The News International - 11 mins ago]
Will Nawaz Sharif open a promising new chapter ... [Published Firstpost.com - 12 mins ago]
Kataria ideal man, Sohrabuddin had to die: RSS-... [Published Siasat Daily - 13 mins ago]
LDA to demolish five floors [Published DAWN Group - 18 mins ago]
Hike in power tariff flayed [Published DAWN Group - 18 mins ago]
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New Leaflet: Wanted For Crimes Against Humanity [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - 3 hours ago]
Thanks to Infidel Bloggers Alliance for this is a GREAT idea!! New Leaflet: Wanted For Crimes Against Humanity A fourth leaflet has been created by an excellent writer who wishes to remain anonymous. You can read about how he uses these leaflets ...
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Topics: barack obama ♦ bin Laden ♦ noam chomskyLike Raw Story on FacebookMIT professor Noam Chomsky criticized the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Friday, saying President Barack Obama could have provoked a nuclear war.“We were very close ...
Pakistan: No end to measles in Lahore [Published H5N1 - 8 hours ago]
Via the Daily Times:  No end to measles in Lahore .LAHORE: At least 87 people suffering from measles been admitted in various hospitals in the provincial metropolis on Saturday. Sources said 15 new measles patients were admitted in Children’s Hospital, ...
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I understand there were a number of Rabbis who opposed the letter -- where are they? And where is their public disavowal? SPEAK. The should be ashamed that they are being lauded by vicious Muslim Brotherhood groups like Hamas-CAIR.Excellent letter of ...
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Female politician killed in Pakistan [Published Reuters Video: Top News - 3 hours ago]
Conflict harming Kashmir tourism [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - 14 hours ago]
Two bombings at mosques in Northwestern Pakistan [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 18 2013]
The week ahead: Swede sound of success [Published Economist Magazine - YouTube - May 17 2013]
Pakistan's Sharif must decide the fate of Musha... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 17 2013]
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