Updated : Friday April 30 , 2010 RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani has declared martyrs the greatest asset of the nation, and said that the country’s defense is a religious duty for the Pakistan Army. Addressing the Martyrs Parade held at the GHQ here Friday in connection with the Yaum-e-Shuhada celebrated to pay tributes to the army troops laid their lives ... Read More

Updated : Friday April 30 , 2010 KARACHI: At least one man was killed and three others injured in an apparent bomb blast in old city area here Friday night, BNA reported. The blast was triggered by a bomb planted in a motorcycle that was parked near a trash site in Hindu Parra area of Soldier bazaar, eyewitnesses say. One man was killed in ... Read More

Updated : Friday April 30 , 2010 MIRANSHAH: An ex-intelligence official associated with Pakistan’s premier military spy agency who was abducted last month by alleged militants has been found dead in North Waziristan www.pakistannews24.com reported. Khalid Khowaja, a former officer of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), was abducted along with another ISI’s ex-official Colonel (retd) Imam and a British journalist of Pakistani origin ... Read More

New York, April 30, 2010 Having steered clear of North Waziristan for years, Pakistan army is contemplating an offensive into the restive area fearing that it may have become a "witches brew of jihadi groups". The idea is being kicked around as Pakistani officials are now recognising that the area has become converging point for diverse groups like Punjabi Taliban, Al-Qaeda militants and Haqqani supporters, New York Times reported. The plans for an ... Read More

Critics and relatives denounce Fatima Bhutto's book that links her aunt, Benazir Bhutto, with the deaths of her two brothers. Fatima Bhutto's memoir, Songs of Blood and Sword, has been praised outside Pakistan, but reviled at home. Pakistan's most fiery family feud has been reignited with the publication of a tell-all memoir that links assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto with the deaths of her two brothers. Songs of Blood and ... Read More

Updated : Friday April 30 , 2010 KARACHI/QUETTA: Compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in Sindh and Balochistan have been closed Friday at 12:00 noon for 24 hours as part of the government’s plan to conserve energy. In Quetta 11 CNG station owners have refused to accept the decision of shut down of the stations. Over 600 CNG stations in Karachi, Hyderabad and other parts ... Read More

Friday, 30 Apr, 2010 Law Minister Babar Awan. Official concealed facts on NRO beneficiaries, SC told Official concealed facts on NRO beneficiaries, SC told ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed that a new law to ensure across the board transparent accountability was in the offing and it would be tabled before the parliament soon, after due consultation with all political forces. Law Minister Babar Awan told ... Read More

Friday, 30 Apr, 2010 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that a former joint secretary of the interior ministry, Tahir Sarfraz, had concealed information about conviction of FIA official Ahmed Riaz Sheikh at the time of his promotion in the agency. A bench comprising Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi and Justice ... Read More

Friday, 30 Apr, 2010 PESHAWAR: Troops pressing an anti-Taliban offensive into a second month in a tribal district near the Afghan border killed at least eight militants on Friday, officials said. Clashes broke out during a military search operation in Goain village, about 25 kilometres west of Kalaya, the main town in Orakzai district, local administration official Fazle Qadir told AFP. Orakzai is the latest district ... Read More

Friday, 30 Apr, 2010 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday accepted the appeal of 10 PCO judges, including Justice (Rtd.) Abdul Hameed Dogar, against the contempt of court notices issued to them. The appeal’s hearing was fixed for May 3. The five-member bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, while announcing the court’s decision, said that the appeal of the PCO judges regarding the notices issued to ... Read More

Friday, 30 Apr, 2010 SRINAGAR: The Indian military Friday said it had killed three suspected militants and foiled an attempt by militants to enter Indian-admnistered Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region. The fresh violence came a day after the prime ministers of India and Pakistan agreed to work towards resuming their frozen peace dialogue when they met in Bhutan for their first ... Read More

Friday, 30 Apr, 2010 Benazir Bhutto got into a car to leave, waving to supporters moments before being attacked. Former MI chief faces investigators today Former MI chief faces investigators today ISLAMABAD: The Special Investigation Group of the FIA, which has been asked to fix criminal responsibility in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, has conducted the DNA test of the suicide bomber and the ... Read More