A prominent Pakistani think tank on Thursday demanded strict action by the country’s election commission against attempts of pre-electoral rigging in run up to the general elections scheduled for May 11.

Terming it as pre-poll rigging, the Citizens Group on Electoral Process Continue Reading…

Pakistan has categorically rejected reports by Indian media regarding the judgment of the Indian Supreme implicating Pakistani government agencies in the deadly Mumbai blasts which killed 257 people in 1993.

A spokesman for the Pakistan’s Foreign Office “categorically rejected any insinuations pointing to the involvement of the Government of Pakistan or any of its agencies Continue Reading…

Pakistan attaches great importance to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline and wants to see the project built as soon as possible, said President Asif Ali Zardari here on Wednesday.

President Zardari was in the Turkmen capital to attend the Nauroz Festival that was also attended by other world leaders.

During his meeting with Turkmen President Dr Gurbanguly M. Berdimuhamedov Continue Reading…

A general election would take place on May 11 for National Assembly seats, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said on Wednesday.

“The president received a summary from the government asking him to announce a suitable date for the election, so the president announced today that a general election to Continue Reading…

The top military brass resolved on Tuesday to continue the fight against terrorism.

The meeting, chaired by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne, was attended by Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Defence Secretary Lt Gen (retd) Asif Yasin Malik, Chief of General Staff, Director General Joint Continue Reading…

A populist Pakistani cleric who has generated mass protests to demand sweeping political reform will boycott the forthcoming general elections.

The polls, expected by mid-May but for which no date has yet been set, will mark the first democratic transition between two civilian governments in Pakistan, where the military remains powerful after staging three coups.

“This is just an election of money, might and manipulation. That is why I decided Continue Reading…