Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) The mystery of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination remains unresolved as her first death anniversary approaches, though police and Scotland Yard experts say she died after her head hit the sunroof lever of her costly and bomb proof Toyota Land Cruiser.
Islamabad, Dec 14 (Xinhua) Pakistan Sunday declared emergency at its airbases following the violation of the country’s air space by Indian jets, media reports said.
Kabul, Dec 13 (Xinhua) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, hinted Saturday that additional troops would be stationed in the troubled country.
Islamabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Reiterating that his government will not hand over any terror suspect to India, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday said he had not received any evidence of any Pakistani’s involvement in the Mumbai carnage.
Islamabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Amid escalating tension between Pakistan and India in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, officials here said Saturday security forces had captured an Indian female spy from near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Islamabad, Pakistan’s economy during the 2007-2008 fiscal year is expected to grow by 4.5 percent while the inflation rate is to vary between 20 percent and 22 percent. The country’s central bank, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), said that exports for the fiscal year are expected to remain in the range of $21.50 billion-$23 billion.
In its annual report for the fiscal year (July 2007-June 2008), the SBP said that the economic growth rate during the year was originally planned at 5.8 percent, short of the target by 1.2 percent.
Washington, Dec 6 (DPA) Speaker of the US House of Repersentative Nancy Pelosi has said Congress was considering a short-term funding deal for the US automotive industry and that a vote on some sort of bail-out for the Big Three was expected by next week.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has dismissed his Press Secretary Zahid Bashir for meeting Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hamid Dogar without permission.
Islamabad, Nov 30 (Xinhua) Seventeen people have been killed in various incidents of violence in Pakistan’s Karachi city, Geo TV reported Sunday. The violence erupted Saturday evening in Banaras Chowk area and continued Sunday in various areas.
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned Sunday in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist massacre, and Finance Minister P. Chidamabarm was promptly given additional charge of the critical ministry, Congress sources said.