Pakistan's Supreme Court today began hearing an intra-court appeal filed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who had been summoned on February 13 for framing of charges against him in a contempt case over his failure to reopen graft cases against the President.
Long unchallenged, Pakistan's top spy agency faces a flurry of court actions that subject its darkest operations to unusual scrutiny, amid growing calls for new restrictions on its largely untrammeled powers.
At least two people were killed and six others injured in a hand grenade attack in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Tuesday night, police said.
US officials say Pakistan's tribal belt provides sanctuary to Taliban fighting for 10 years in Afghanistan, al Qaeda groups plotting attacks on the West, and Pakistani Taliban.
Citing precedents set by apex courts in countries like India, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking suspension of its order summoning him for framing of contempt charges over his failure to reopen graft cases against the President.
Four people were killed and two injured on Thursday when a US drone fired missiles in Pakistan's northwest, a media report said.
Two Pakistani MPs entered the country's Parliament carrying weapons, a fellow lawmaker has claimed, prompting interior minister Rehman Malik to order a probe into the matter.
Pakistan and India have fought four wars on the Kashmir issue but can't afford any more in "this 21st century", Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said while calling for resolving issues through dialogue, diplomacy, prudent policy and national consensus.
Prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani cited India's flourishing democracy and its "stark difference" from Pakistan as he lamented that no elected government had been allowed to complete its term in his country.
At least 11 factory workers, most of them women, were killed when a three-storeyed building collapsed due to a factory blast in Pakistan's Lahore city, said rescue teams and health officials.
It’s never been easy being a sexual minority in Pakistan but transgender citizens, known here as eunuchs or “hijras,” are getting a surprising amount of judicial protection and newfound civil rights.
Banned extremist groups in Pakistan, including Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, have regained access to funding after their front organisations began opening local and foreign currency accounts.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday inaugurated the country's first luxury train in the eastern city of Lahore. The Business Express will run between Lahore and Karachi cities.
Four people were killed in a suicide bomb attack Friday night in northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Pakistani authorities have closed a drug factory alleged to have made faulty heart medicine that killed over 100 patients.