Holi celebrated at Pakistan National Council of the Arts

ISLAMABAD: People from different religious minorities celebrated the Hindus festival of colours ‘Holi’ with zeal and zest at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) here the other day. The event... Read more »

First insurance payments made for missing plane

BERLIN: German insurance company Allianz says it has made initial payments in connection with the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. Allianz´s global head of communication Hugo Kidston confirmed Wednesday that the Munich-based insurer and “other co-reinsurers... Read more »

Putin recognises Crimea as independent state

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree recognizing Crimea as an independent state following its vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum that has fanned the worst East-West crisis... Read more »

Thailand gives radar data 10 days after plane lost

BANGKOK: Thailand’s military said Tuesday that its radar detected a plane that may have been Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just minutes after the jetliner’s communications went down, and that it didn’t share... Read more »

Govt says $1.5 billion from Saudi Arabia a ‘gift’

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz informed the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday that Saudi Arabia had gifted $1.5 billion to Pakistan and added... Read more »

Malaysia Flight 370: The 10 big questions

By Tom Watkins and Michael Pearson, CNN (CNN) — Every day brings new details and new questions surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people aboard that went missing on March 8 en... Read more »

Dick Cheney the Svengali behind neo-Nazi coup in Ukraine; 8 Nazis in new cabinet

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, the enforcer of the Bush administration’s lies about Iraqi WMDs, its pre-emptive strike doctrine, its assault on civil liberties and use of torture, and its no-bid... Read more »

Missing Malaysia plane: Investigators study pilots’ background

Malaysian police have searched the homes of the pilots of the Malaysia Airlines plane that vanished eight days ago with 239 people on board. The police are also reportedly looking at the... Read more »

Devyani Khobragade: Indian diplomat re-indicted in US

A US grand jury has re-indicted an Indian diplomat whose arrest strained US-India relations. Devyani Khobragade is accused of visa fraud and underpaying her housekeeper, lawyers in New York said. It comes... Read more »

ECNEC approves Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved on Saturday the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project (Islamabad portion) at a total cost of Rs 23.839 billion. According to the decision, the... Read more »

Karzai says war ‘imposed’ on Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the last 12 years of war were “imposed” on Afghans, a reference to the US-led invasion that ousted the Taliban. In a last address to Parliament... Read more »

Disappearance of Malaysian jet appears ‘deliberate’: PM

KUALA LUMPUR: A missing Malaysian aircraft was flown for hours in a fashion “consistent with deliberate action” after dropping off primary radar, but hijacking could not be confirmed, the country´s prime minister... Read more »

Meeting with TTP shura encouraging: Professor Ibrahim

ISLAMABAD: Taliban Committee member, Professor Ibrahim has termed the meeting with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) shura ‘encouraging’. Professor Ibrahim said: “we are making arrangements for meeting between TTP shura and the government team”.... Read more »

Lost Malaysian airliner may have run out of fuel over Indian Ocean : source

KUALA LUMPUR/WASHINGTON: Faint electronic signals sent to satellites from a missing Malaysian jetliner show it may have been flown thousands of miles off course before running out of fuel over theIndian Ocean,... Read more »

Non-bailable arrest warrant for Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: The special court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. The special court has ordered for Pervez Musharraf’s warrant to be implemented on March 31.... Read more »

Kick U.S. out of World Cup, Russian politicians tell FIFA

MOSCOW: Two Russian politicians are demanding the United States be kicked out of this year’s World Cup and has its membership of world soccer’s governing body FIFA terminated. The petition to FIFA... Read more »

Rahul Gandhi compares Narendra Modi to Hitler

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, the heir to the dynasty that leads ruling Congress party, on Tuesday compared opposition leader Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler – his sharpest attack yet on a rival... Read more »

Justice For Musharraf Campaign Enters in 9th Week

Report by Rehan Shakeel Sydney, Australia Justice4Musharraf.com,online social media forum, has organized its 9th consecutive protest in Karachi on Sunday 9th March 2014.Civil society is strongly committed to its cause and will... Read more »

Pakistan Army to rescue drought-hit Tharparkar

No PR45/2014-ISPR                                     Press Release Rawalpindi – March 8, 2014: To help out affected population... Read more »

China says to work with Afghanistan to fight terrorism

BEIJING: China said on Saturday that it will work with Afghanistan to fight terrorism, after it blamed a deadly train station attack on extremists from its western Xinjiang region, which shares a... Read more »

Holland: Muslim convert politician to launch new Islamic party

Arnoud van Doorn, a former far-right Dutch politician who later accepted Islam and became a Muslim, has announced his plans to launch a new Islamic party in his native Holland. The Islamic... Read more »

Time for Pakistan’s leaders to stand up for women (On Women’s Day)

By Farahnaz Ispahani, Special to CNN International Women’s Day, being marked Saturday, is as good a time as any not just to celebrate how much progress has been made, but also how much... Read more »

Prestigious human rights award for Pakistani women’s group

A Pakistani women’s rights group was conferred a top human rights award in Ireland Friday for its work in the terror-dominated tribal region of Pakistan. Hollywood actor, and founder of the J/P Haitian... Read more »

Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine: Crimea’s parliament voted on Thursday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that... Read more »