Pakistan authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror finance charges, a spokesman for the chief minister of Punjab said.
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Authorities in Pakistan have arrested Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or Army of the Pure, the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a four-day attack on Mumbai in 2008, Geo Television said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan celebrated its national day on Saturday with a military parade showcasing its missiles, tanks and aircraft, even as the prime minister and his Indian counterpart exchanged goodwill messages in a sign of easing tensions between the (...)
Pakistan's minority Christians blocked roads Monday in protest over a pair of Taliban suicide bombings that struck two churches the day before, killing 15 people in the latest attack against religious minorities in this increasingly fractured (...)
It can be difficult to piece together the story of contemporary Pakistani politics. Islamabad has historically wrestled with democracy in a much more clumsy manner than its neighbour India.
“I come from a poor family, and I want the poor to get (...)
The leaders of two Pakistani protest movements vowed on Saturday to keep their protests alive until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns, after thousands entered the country's capital in the biggest challenge yet to the 15-month-old civilian (...)
Two large anti-government movements entered the Pakistani capital late on Friday night, presenting the 15-month-old civilian government with its biggest challenge yet.
Former cricketer Imran Khan, who heads the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (...)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: An Afghan driver and three female relief workers employed by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) were shot and killed in the Logar province of Afghanistan last month. The New York-based IRC has been assisting Afghans since (...)
Protests against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf over his suspension of Pakistan's chief justice have reached a point of no return, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad
"Nations and states that are based on dictatorship rather than the supremacy of (...)