Islamabad, March 15 (IANS) Police and intelligence agencies in Pakistan arrested several opposition politicians and lawyers in raids carried out at their residences in Lahore and other cities past midnight on Thursday as protests continued against the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:19:34 PM
Islamabad, March 15 (IANS) Even as Pakistan has agreed to consider a long-standing Indian proposal for group tourism visas and the two countries hope to conclude a relatively liberal visa regime soon, a huge gulf remains in the number of visas issued by the two countries and their approach to this issue.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:58:33 AM
Islamabad, March 15 (IANS) Feudal laws, honour killings and domestic violence... these sum up the pathetic state of women in Pakistan. But there is the other picture too - of women diplomats in key posts fine tuning foreign policy decisions and effectively articulating their country's viewpoints to audiences across the world.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:32:22 AM
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) India and Pakistan appeared to be narrowing their differences over their decades-old Kashmir dispute as they decided Wednesday to launch new cross-border truck and bus links and sought to accelerate people-to-people contacts through a liberal visa regime.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:15:55 PM
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) The US has for the second time in four months postponed its scheduled strategic dialogue with Pakistan amid persistent pressures on the Pervez Musharraf regime to 'do more' to curb activities of the Taliban and their Al Qaeda conduits in the tribal areas.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:55:06 PM
Islamabad, March 14 (DPA) A parliamentary delegation from NATO member states arrived in Islamabad Wednesday for talks on the security situation in Afghanistan and the military alliance's use of Pakistani facilities and air space.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:44:47 PM
Islamabad, March 14(DPA) US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher arrived in Pakistan Wednesday evening for talks on joint efforts to contain Taliban insurgents fighting foreign forces in Afghanistan.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:32:37 PM
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) More substance and less paperwork - this appears to be the new mantra of India and Pakistan as the two countries decide to get real on the way they conduct their dialogue to resolve sensitive issues.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:30:58 PM
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) India Wednesday gave Pakistan the list of 19 passport numbers of those who were killed in the Samjhauta Express' link train blasts last month and sought its cooperation in identifying them even as it suspected that some of them could be involved in the terror attack.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:27:05 PM
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) India and Pakistan appeared to be narrowing their differences over their decades-old Kashmir dispute, deciding Wednesday to launch a slew of confidence-building measures (CBMs), including cross-border truck and bus links, while underlining their strong 'political will' to put relations on a new plane.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:00:05 PM
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