By Rida Zaheer CENTURION: Pakistan  bowling attack  dismissed both South African opening batsmen early on the first day of the third and final Test at SuperSport Park on Friday but Sout Africa  started fighting back and now on track.   That left South Africa on 205 for five at tea time .   Rahat Ali and Ehsan Adil both claimed their first Test wickets. Rahat, playing in his second Test, dismissed Alviro Pet ...

Posted by Sumera Friday, February 22, 2013 - Since the advent of 2013, Hazaras of Quetta have been targeted with impunity, being killed mercilessly as if their lives were of no consequence. Prior to 2013, too the Hazara community has been hunted down, being off loaded from passenger buses and vehicles and slaughtered like animals. The January 10 massacre resulted in the death of over 100 innocent victims bu ...

ISLAMABAD - Voicing support for the continuity of democratic process in Pakistan, the military has dispelled the reports that it favours the postponement of the forthcoming general elections. “Pakistan Army puts its weight behind the democratic process in Pakistan,” said Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa during an informal interaction with a select group ...

by Zaheerul Hassan Majlis-e-Wehdat-e-Muslameen (MWM), Unity Council of Quetta, Shia Ulema Council, All Pakistan Shia Action Committee have called for an end to the nationwide protests and sit ins condemning the Quetta bombing on Tuesday. The Shia leader Allama Amin Shaheedi made this call while addressing the media alongside Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira.   Kaira was heading a six member government mission to ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi THE Siachen dispute has exacted a toll. A study by Dr Ghulam Rasul of the Pakistan Meteorological Department entitled Climate Data and Modelling Analysis of the Indus Ecoregion warns that the Siachen glacier has been reduced by 5.9 kilometres in longitudinal extent between 1989 and 2009. A ‘Siachen proposal’ was formulated some months ago at Lahore by a group of retired military of ...

Staff Reporter Strategic Gwadar Port handed over to China Port to remain property of Pakistan, It will become regional hub of trade: Zardari Strategic Gwadar Port handed over to China Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - Islamabad—A signing ceremony was held were Monday to hand over Gwadar Port to a Chinese company. The Chinese company will fully assume the responsibility of Gwadar Port. The port will remain proper ...

Posted by Tommy Francis Trade resumed after a 20-day hiatus when six Pakistani trucks carrying goods crossed into Indian administered Kashmir last Tuesday (29 January), according to an official. Reportedly, halt was sparked by deadly clashes on the Line of Control earlier this month, followed by accusations of aggression and breach of peace by India and Pakistan against each other. Talking about the Line of ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Monday, February 11, 2013 - This year, ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ was observed under peculiar circumstances. Recent violations of ceasefire have brought the Kashmir conflict under renewed focus at the international level. This dispute has been on the agenda of the UN for more than six decades, it is indeed an unfulfilled obligation of the UN. The government and people of Pakistan con ...