MARDAN, May 1: Tough contests are expected in NA-9 and PK-23 constituencies of Mardan district as hectic activity of corner meetings by candidates is being witnessed there. As many as 12 contenders are in the run for NA-9 Mardan-1 and 16 for [...]

GILGIT, May 1: Former Speaker Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Malik Mohammad Miskeen on Tuesday joined Pakistan Muslim League-N. He made the announcement at a news conference where regional leadership of PML-N was also present. Speaking [...]

NOWSHERA, May 1: Muttahida Deeni Mahaz president Hamidul Haq Haqqani stated on Wednesday that wrong policies of former president Gen (retired) Pervez Musharraf had brought the country to the brink of destruction. He regretted that the Pakistan [...]

My friend Jonathan Mardell, from Winchester, England, advises me through emails not to get anxious about recent events in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and think positive. He suggests, “My elder son, Robert, says that the newspapers are always full of [...]

MANSEHRA, May 1: Two young sisters drowned in a stream after falling from a wooden bridge in Rashang area of Allai in Battagram district on Wednesday. The victim girls — 10-year-old Amina Bibi and her six-year-old sister Bibi Razia — were [...]

MINGORA/PESHAWAR, May 1: Unidentified gunmen resorted to firing in the air when Awami National Party candidate and former provincial minister Wajid Ali Khan was touring his constituency PK-80 Swat here on Wednesday. The firing, which followed [...]

LANDI KOTAL, May 1: The Khyber Agency political administration has finalised a security plan for the May 11 elections under which 46 of the 122 polling stations have been declared sensitive. Returning officer for NA-45 Dr Jehangir Azam Wazir [...]

PESHAWAR, May 1: There are signs of winds of change blowing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the regions previously opposed to women’s right to vote are making headway in letting women exercise their franchise on May 11. The parts of Malakand division [...]

PESHAWAR, May 1: Speakers at a seminar have asked the government and Election Commission of Pakistan to ensure participation of women voters in May 11 general elections and take proper security measures for the purpose. The seminar titled “Holding [...]

PESHAWAR: Two security personnel were reportedly injured in cross-border firing at a Pakistani check-post in Mohmand Agency, Geo News reported. Security sources said Pakistani forces also fired in retaliation.

LAHORE: The convicted Indian spy, Sarabjit Singh, has succumbed to injuries in Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Geo News reported. Sarabjit Singh was attacked by two other inmates at the Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore on Friday. He had received serious head [...]

KARACHI: Sister of Indian spy Sarabjit Singh, Dalbir Kaur has said that family was officially not informed about the death of his brother at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Speaking to Geo News, Dalbir Kaur said she received report of her brother’s [...]

British High Commissioner Adam Thomson. -File Photo ISLAMABAD: Credible and acceptable elections on May 11 are of tremendous importance not only for Pakistan but also for the United Kingdom. This was stated by British High Commissioner [...]

— File Photo LAHORE: Indian spy Sarabjit Singh passed away in Jinnah Hospital on late Wednesday night, DawnNews reported. According to hospital authorities, so far the postmortem has not been conducted and the body has [...]

BARCELONA:Bayern Munich cruised into a first all-German Champions League final when they routed Barcelona 3-0 at the Nou Camp on Wednesday to secure a crushing 7-0 aggregate success. The newly-crowned Bundesliga champions had effectively killed [...]

SHEIKHUPURA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate for PP-167 Arif Sundheela who was attacked by unknown assailants on his way back to home after the public gathering of Nawaz Sharif, is not well yet, Geo News reported. Talking [...]

HARNAI: At least ten people sustained injuries after a barrage of rockets fired from vantage points on the nearby mountains landed near Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) election rally here in Harnai, a city in the restive province of Balochistan. Reports [...]

SARGODHA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), spearhead, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Wednesday vowed to overwhelm power loadshedding, which had been baffling the nation for the last so many years, Geo News reported. “I urge the people of Pakistan [...]

RAWALPINDI: At least five prisoners were arrested from Bahawalpur and Adyala jails for their alleged involvement in a plot to carry out terrorist attacks on Army, Geo News reported on Wednesday. According to sources, the arrestees were accused [...]

LAHORE: Home Minister Punjab Tariq Pervaiz on Wednesday said that around 0.265 million cops would be deployed across Punjab as security measure during Elections 2013, Geo News reported. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday at the [...]

KARACHI: Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain has hailed the address of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to the armed forces on the Martyrs Day. In a statement issued here, he said that Gen Kayani deserved [...]

ISLAMABAD: A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife and two daughters, Geo News reported Wednesday. Afzaal Raza, a resident of Sector I-10/2 killed his wife Nomi Afzaal, 35 and both daughters Yasra Afzaal,15 and Lashma Afzaal,17 [...]

MULTAN: A newly-wed couple was allegedly murdered by a relative, who was not happy with their marriage. According to police, Naveedur Rehmaan from Swabi, court-married Kainaat and settled in Multan along with his brother Waleed, a month earlier. [...]

—File Photo. QUETTA: Unknown armed men hurled a hand-held bomb at an office of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) in Arbab Ghulam Ali road area of Quetta on Wednesday, police said. Police said militants hurled the bomb at the [...]

The Indian prisoner suffered head injuries as a result of a scuffle between prisoners at the Kot Lakhpath Jail last week.—File Photo In a meeting with the Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary on Wednesday, the Indian High Commissioner [...]

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan LONDON: In a startling claim, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was not killed by the Taliban. Speaking in an interview with [...]

Mehmood Khan Achakzai, born in 1948, is the chairman of the the biggest Pakhtun nationalist party based in Balochistan province, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP). He is also the son of Abdus Samad Khan Achakzai, who led the now defunct [...]

The PakhtunkhwaMilliAwami party, as it is known today, has its roots in the Pakhtun nationalism of Khan Shaheed Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai. It emerged from the now defunct National Awami party (NAP), following differences with the NAP leadership [...]

MQM Chief Altaf Hussain.—File Photo HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain that May 11 general election is a contest between liberal and extremist forces and vowed that his party would not boycott the [...]