ISLAMABAD: Admitting that the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks is "stuck", Pakistan on Saturday said the formation of a commission to record the testimony of two key Indian witnesses is necessary to take things forward. Interior minister Rehman Malik -- who had a meeting with Indian high commissioner Sharat Sabharwal here on Saturday morning -- contended that the trial ... Read More

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday released another batch of 100 Indian fishermen from a prison in Karachi, two days after it freed 100 fishermen languishing in the port city's jail, authorities said. Pakistani authorities released 100 Indian fishermen Aug 31 from a prison in Karachi. They were held for fishing illegally in Pakistani waters across the Sir Creek border, Xinhua reported. The freed fishermen will be handed over to Indian authorities ... Read More

Islamabad: The Pakistan government had given precedence to political considerations over the welfare of the flood-affected people when it was undecided about India's five million-dollar flood assistance package, an editorial in a leading Pakistani newspaper has said. "One wonders why there is so much confusion among the ranks of those who represent the government. It appears that despite Pakistan's desperate need for aid, in the end political considerations were given ... Read More

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should not accept the Indian aid of $5 million for flood victims, or even have any kind of ties with its neighbour unless India allows the Kashmiri people to determine their own future, an editorial in a Pakistani paper said on Tuesday. "Until India is willing to give Kashmiris the freedom of deciding their own future, we will not like any sort of ties with India and the ... Read More

Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday offered another 20 million dollars in flood aid to Pakistan, the country's foreign minister said, boosting efforts to build goodwill between the estranged neighbours. S.M. Krishna told parliament a fresh installment of 20 million dollars would boost India's total aid contributions for Pakistan to 25 million dollars. “As a more concrete assessment of the damage inflicted by this natural ... Read More

Friday, August 27, 2010 NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday insisted that dialogue with Pakistan must continue even though elements in Pakistani establishment sanctioned attacks on Indians in Afghanistan. Manmohan made the statement while addressing heads of Indian mission at a conference in New Delhi. "Pakistan has tried to block us in Afghanistan and elements in Pakistani establishment underwrote attacks on Indians in Afghanistan including the Kabul Embassy bombing. ... Read More

Updated: August 20, 2010 New York: Pakistan has finally accepted India's offer of 5 million US dollars as aid for the devastating floods that have hit the country. And has thanked India. Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday sent five boxes of mangoes to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a gesture of gratitude. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who is in New York to drum up ... Read More

Updated: August 18, 2010 New Delhi: India has responded to the numerous questions sent by Pakistan in connection with the Headley dossier. These are questions that Pakistan raised after India gave them the last dossier which had records of what Headley told Indian interrogators about Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed's involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Government sources have told NDTV that they were expecting this sort of ... Read More

Updated:Mon Aug 09 2010 Islamabad: Pak's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the testimony is a legal requirement to speed up the trial of the seven Pakistani, Pakistani prosecutors on Monday filed an application seeking permission for an Indian magistrate and a police officer to depose via video conferencing in the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The prosecutors filed ... Read More

August 08, 2010 New Delhi: Unfazed by India's attack, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has justified his statement comparing Home Secretary G K Pillai with Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, saying it was "balanced and objective". Breaking his silence on the issue since his controversial July 15 remarks, Qureshi said there was "no justification" for Pillai to make the "unhelpful" comments and contended that it spoiled ... Read More

Posted: Sat Aug 07 2010 Over a dozen villages in Punjab province were inundated in the border areas of Sialkot district and the Pakistani officials blamed it on India, saying authorities across the frontier had released excess flood water. The villages in Bajwat area of Sialkot district were submerged following a fresh spate in the Chenab river after the release of waters by India, Pakistani officials alleged. Besides the Chenab, ... Read More

Updated: August 07, 2010 Islamabad: Pakistani prosecutors filed an application before an anti-terrorism court seeking voice samples of LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects in the Mumbai attack case on Saturday. The proceedings of which of the case were adjourned for three weeks. The case was put off till August 28 as Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan was on ... Read More