At least four people were killed and two injured in a US drone strike launched on early Saturday in Pakistan's northwest tribal area, Xinhua reported.
A comedian who poked fun at the Taliban's practice of apprehending thieves and meting out summary punishment to them was kidnapped from Peshawar in northwest Pakistan while he was entertaining guests at a wedding, according to a media report on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said he would appear in Pakistan's Supreme Court tomorrow for the sentencing in a contempt of court case that could decide his fate.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was convicted on Thursday for contempt of court, described the ruling as inappropriate.
A petition would be filed in the Supreme Court for a review of its verdict against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, whom the apex court convicted today for contempt of court, said a minister.
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom.
A woman teacher allegedly blackened the faces of five girls in a school in Pakistan's Punjab province for not buying textbooks from the shop of her husband.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was convicted on Thursday for contempt of court, must resign immediately, demanded opposition leaders, including former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The US Embassy today issued an emergency message asking American citizens in Pakistan to take precautions for the next two weeks though it did not give any reasons for the alert.
Hectoring anchors scrambling for ratings, reporters berating politicians, talk-show hosts talking back at the system, sensationally packaged exposés - the news on a plethora of Pakistani channels is mostly chaotic and irreverential.
Fears that Pak PM may be forced to resign put to rest, govt says Gilani will continue to hold office. Imtiaz Ahmad reports.
Political analyst Javed Chaudhry says the verdict was one step towards unseating President Zardari. "He is the real target of the SC, not PM Gilani," said Chaudhry.
Pakistan early this morning deported slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's three widows and 11 other family members to Saudi Arabia. They had been in custody since the US special forces killed the al Qaeda chief in Abbotabad.
Osama's wives, kids seen in new videoAl Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden had planned to mount indiscriminate attacks on the Pakistani soil before his killing in a covert US raid in Abbottabad, documents seized by the Americans from the slain terrorist's compound in the Pakistani garrison city have suggested.