Former Pak soldier sentenced to death for GHQ attack

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 13: A Pakistani military court has sentenced a former soldier to death and another to life imprisonment, while awarding prison terms to five civilians for their roles in the 2009 attack on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. In its verdict announced on Thursday evening More
‘Afghan blast kills 5 from a family’
Kabul, Aug 13: Five members of the same family were killed Saturday when a roadside bomb ripped through their minivan in insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan, an official said. The incident happened in Gereshk, a volatile district of Helmand province, as the family travelled to Helmand’s main More
Rains claim 22 lives in Pak

AGENCIES

Lahore/Karachi, Aug 13: Heavy rains in Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir on Friday left 22 people dead, destroyed crops and marooned a large number of people. An official of the Disaster Management Authority said that most of the casualties were reported from Sindh where torrential More
American kidnapped in Lahore

M ZULQERNAIN/PTI

Lahore, Aug 13: Twelve heavily armed suspected Taliban militants barged into the residence of an American national and kidnapped him in the wee hours today after overpowering his guards in Pakistan's Punjab provincial capital. About a dozen armed men entered the house of Warren Weinstein More
Nepal PM refuses to quit

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Kathmandu, Aug 13: Political crisis in Nepal deepened today as a crucial meeting of the main parties failed to agree on a national unity government even as the embattled Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal refused to quit till a consensus is formed on a new coalition. The talks failed to make More
‘Pak wants enduring partnership with US’
Islamabad, Aug 13: Pakistan wants to have an enduring partnership with the US, and the relationship should go beyond cooperation on terrorism, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told US Senator John McCain Saturday. "We look forward to a deeper level of engagement with the US in all areas More
  • Kashmir

Geelani felicitates people of Pakistan on Aug 14

Srinagar, Aug 13: The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani has felicitated the people of Pakistan on the eve of August 14, praying for its (Pakistan’s) safety, stability and progress More


  • Srinagar City

TRADITIONAL FAÇADE ON FADING FRONT

New buildings particularly those in glazed glass exteriors could be looking modern but they are eating away the historic identity, which Srinagar is globally known for

M HYDERI

FOR decades, places like Poloview, Residency Road, Lal Chowk, Hari Singh High Street, Maharaja Bazar, Maharaj Gunj and the Jhelum banks along Shahr-e-Khaas were famed for their typical heritage buildings More



  • Jammu

Accused narrate conspiracy before media

Surankote Fake Eencounter Accused narrate

AZHAR MANHAS

Surankote, Aug 13: While police today claimed that it has set August 20 deadline to solve the fake encounter case, where a mentally challenged person was killed, the two accused persons today told the More


  • South Asia

Former Pak soldier sentenced to death for GHQ attack

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 13: A Pakistani military court has sentenced a former soldier to death and another to life imprisonment, while awarding prison terms to five civilians for their roles in the 2009 attack More


  • World

Massive crackdown by Syrian forces against protesters

Residents flee towns; 1,744 civilians killed

Damascus, Aug 13: Armoured vehicles entered the port city of Latakia and a village near Lebanon today, activists said, causing residents to flee as the West seeks ways to pressure Damascus to end the violence More


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