Islamabad, (IANS) Sherry Rehman has quit as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, it was reported here Tuesday. Rehman, a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader, has resigned as Pakistani ambassador to Washington with immediate effect owing to the fact that her appointment was a political one, Geo News reported from Washington. She sent her resignation to [...]

Washington, (IANS) Police have released video surveillance of a suspect wanted in the Mother’s Day parade shooting in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal’s state of Louisiana, injuring at least 19 people. The footage shows still images taken from the scene of the parade minutes before and after the shooting, [...]

By Ravi M. Khanna The fledgling democratic process in Pakistan has churned out a leader, who now has the rare opportunity to chart a new positive and peaceful course, not only for his own country but for the whole South Asia region, and leave a legacy that, so far, no other Pakistani leader has. Nawaz [...]

Islamabad, (IANS) At least three people were killed and 40 injured when a blast occurred in the Quetta city of Pakistan’s Balochistan province late Sunday, Geo news reported. The blast occurred near the house of Balochistan Inspector General Mushtaq Sakhera. It was a suicide blast, said sources.

Abu Dhabi, May 12 (IANS/WAM) The UAE’s ministry of foreign affairs has advised Emirati citizens not to travel to Lebanon due to the current situation in the region. “If necessary, holders of diplomatic and special passports planning to travel to Lebanon should obtain prior permits from the ministry and should coordinate with it before departure,” [...]

Islamabad, (IANS) Nawaz Sharif was Sunday poised to return to power after a 14-year hiatus and Pakistan was set to make a transition from one democratically elected government to another as most results of the National Assembly polls came in. A beaming Sharif promised change following a bitterly-fought election that saw the country of 180 [...]

Islamabad, (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf’s party, the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), managed to win one seat each – its first since it was formed – in the National Assembly and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly. Despite the party announcing a boycott of the elections, APML candidate Shehzada Iftikhar-ud-Din won the NA-32 Chitral [...]

Every stakeholder seems to be taking sighs of relief following the successful election in Pakistan. Pakistan simultaneously held election for its national assembly and five state assemblies and reports suggest that the voters turn out was never so high in the history of Pakistan. The highest voting took place in Punaj, the Pakistani province where [...]