Did Afghan govt use 'smuggled' voters from Pakistan to rig parliamentary elections

The Afghan government may have used a significant number of unregistered Afghan voters, mostly refugees from Pakistan, to cast votes in favour of government-backed electoral candidates, suggest reports received from United Nations (UN) Afghanistan.

Pakistan's military intelligence closes its political wing

Following in the footsteps of Pakistan's intelligence agency – the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) – the Military Intelligence (MI) has also reportedly shut down its political wing.

9 killed, one injured in Kashmir road accident

Srinagar, Sep 22 : Nine people were killed and one critically injured in a road accident in north Kashmir's Ganderbal district, police said here Wednesday.

Kashmir death toll rises to 104, curfew clamped

Curfew remained in force in Kashmir Valley for the 11th day today even as the death toll in the ongoing agitation rose to 104 after a youth succumbed to his injuries in a hospital here. Although curf…

Pakistan considered police action over nets incident

Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's one-day captain, said that his team had considered filing a police complaint against Jonathan Trott after his altercation with fast bowler Wahab Riaz in the nets before Monda…

Zaheer Abbas vouches for "clean and fair" England cricketers

Former Pakistan cricket captain Zaheer Abbas has applauded “clean and fair” England for continuing the ODI series with Pakistan, even after controversial remarks by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt and a string of spot-fixing allegations against the visiting team.

NAB’s Qazi appoints new advisors despite SC order

ISLAMABAD: Despite the Supreme Court’s verdict, Deputy Chairman National Accountability Bureau Javed Qazi has appointed new legal advisors at Karachi and Islamabad. On September 1, the apex court h…

1-Meeting fails to resolve financial issues of varsities …..

ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the committee constituted by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to resolve the issue of the non-provision of funds to the public sector universities has hit a snag …

2-‘18 Pak soldiers missing in Indian jails’ …..

ISLAMABAD: Bitter memories of the 1965 and 1971 wars with India were revisited in the Senate on Tuesday when Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made a shocking disclosure in writing that 18 personn…

3-China confirms two N-reactors for Pakistan …..

BEIJING: China on Tuesday gave its firmest government confirmation yet of plans to build two new nuclear reactors for Pakistan, but a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said she did not know about talks ove…

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