Everything you need to know about Belwa Qazi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Belwa Qazi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Srinagar, May 18 (IANS) Are Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti hunting for "safe" seats for the 2014 assembly elections? The question is particularly poignant in Abdullah's case as it would mean his moving away from a constituency that his grandfather and father have nursed since 1975 and which has gone out of the family's grasp only once.
Islamabad, Apr. 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan has announced that it would make public the findings of the report by the Lal Masjid Commission, which will put former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf in more trouble if incriminating remarks are found against him in the report.
Islamabad, Mar. 1 (ANI): Balochistan Prosecutor General Abdul Wasey Tareen has reportedly gone missing while travelling from Quetta to Islamabad.
Islamabad, Mar. 1 (ANI): Balochistan Prosecutor General Abdul Wasey Tareen has reportedly gone missing while travelling from Quetta to Islamabad.
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Prominent Islamic scholars and intellectuals here Tuesday called upon the international community to help put an end to 'massacre' of the Shia Muslim community in Pakistan.
Washington, Dec. 19 (ANI): A Pakistani-born man was planning to blow up a New York City landmark to avenge the deaths of U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan, but lacked the money and material to carry out the plan, a federal prosecutor has said.
Srinagar, Dec. 16 (ANI): An ancient flood channel in Srinagar has become dysfunctional despite the state government sanctioning the release of funds for its restoration and other water bodies of the valley.
Islamabad, Dec 10 (IANS) Faction and sub-factions within militant forces are battling each other and opening up "new threats and new risks of even greater violence", said a Pakistani daily Monday.
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Two Pakistani-origin men in the United States have reportedly been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Islamabad, Nov 24 (IANS) At least six people, including two children, were killed and 20 others injured when a blast hit a Muharram procession in Pakistan's northwest district of Dera Ismail Khan Saturday morning, police said.
Islamabad, Nov. 20 (ANI): Former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has said it is the US, and not the Taliban, which was involved in the attack on his convoy.
Islamabad, Nov. 14 (ANI): Pakistan and Afghanistan are working on a reconciliation "package deal" to be offered to the Afghan Taliban in a bid to bring a peaceful end to the decade-long conflict in the war-ravaged country.
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) After 12 years of trial, a court here has convicted a man for gambling after he pleaded guilty and slapped a fine of Rs.500 on him.
London, Oct.17 (ANI): A woman in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has publicly accused the intelligence services of kidnapping her husband.
Islamabad, Sept. 10 (ANI): A panel of five speakers at a press conference by Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) has demanded that the government should provide "total protection" to Pakistani Christians, including Rimsha Masih and her family.
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) "Zilla Ghaziabad" director Anand Kumar has been blessed with a baby boy on Eid and he has named him Tiger. He says that his son's name is inspired by the success of Salman Khan's "Ek Tha Tiger".
Islamabad, Aug 7 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has directed the acting chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to take strict action against television channels airing 'obscene' programmes and advertisements.
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Two minors, including a six-year-old girl, were raped in separate incidents here Tuesday, police said, adding that both the accused - a juvenile and a government school teacher - were caught.
Islamabad, July 8 (ANI): Lawyers for Husain Haqqani are preparing a strong rebuttal, to what they describe as "ideological and political" findings of the inquiry commission, headed by Balochistan Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, after all controversies regarding the Supreme Court superceded its controversial decisions in the memo case.
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) At least 14 people, including two children, were killed and around 40 injured Thursday in a bomb blast outside an Islamic seminary in Pakistan's Quetta city, police said.
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and over 40 injured Thursday in a bomb blast outside a seminary in Pakistan's Quetta city, police said.
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Eight people, including two children, were killed Thursday in a massive blast outside a seminary in Pakistan's Quetta city, a media report said.
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) At least seven people were killed in southern Pakistan when gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus, a media report said Friday.
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) At least seven people were killed in southern Pakistan when gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus, a media report said Friday.
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) Around 40 religious leaders in Pakistan launched a front -- National Solidarity Council -- Monday to promote sectarian harmony and resolve disputes and oppose the use of religion for terrorism.
Islamabad, May 6 (ANI): The judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal will be sending its secretary to London to conduct forensic tests on Mansoor Ijaz's Blackberry phone and computer, prompting Husain Haqqani's counsel to boycott the commission proceedings.
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) At least six people were injured in 15 blasts across Pakistan's Sindh province Wednesday, a media report said.
Islamabad, Mar 27 (ANI): Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik has described Mansoor Ijaz a 'mentally sick' man, whose credibility in the Memo Gate scandal is doubtful.
Islamabad, Mar 22(ANI): Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has admitted to making at least eight phone calls of about 40 minutes to Pakistan- American businessman Mansoor Ijaz between May 9 and 12, 2011, but denied that the MemoGate was the topic of their conversation.
Islamabad, Mar 22(ANI): Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has admitted to making at least eight phone calls of about 40 minutes to Pakistan- American businessman Mansoor Ijaz between May 9 and 12, 2011, but denied that the MemoGate was the topic of their conversation.
Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the key man in the Memo Gate scandal, has claimed that he has details of President Asif Ali Zardari and his assassinated wife Benazir Bhutto's bank accounts.
Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the key man in the Memo Gate scandal, has claimed that he has details of President Asif Ali Zardari and his assassinated wife Benazir Bhutto's bank accounts.
Islamabad, Mar 4 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has issued a clarification in which he claimed that he is not sure of the authenticity of telephonic conversation between President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief about Army Staff Ashfaq Pervez Kayani in the intervening night of May 1 and May 2.
Islamabad, Mar 4 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has issued a clarification in which he claimed that he is not sure of the authenticity of telephonic conversation between President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief about Army Staff Ashfaq Pervez Kayani in the intervening night of May 1 and May 2.
Islamabad, Mar 3 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the key man in the Memo Gate scandal, has said that the Obama administration had blocked the validation of his BlackBerry set that he had used for chatting with former ambassador Husain Haqqani.
Islamabad, Mar 3 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the key man in the Memo Gate scandal, has said that the Obama administration had blocked the validation of his BlackBerry set that he had used for chatting with former ambassador Husain Haqqani.
Islamabad, Mar 2 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif has said that his party would form the next government in Sindh.
Islamabad, Jan 30 (ANI): After Pakistani-American businessman refused to show up before the Supreme Court in Pakistan over security reasons, Barrister Zafarullah Khan, one of the petitioners in the Memo Gate case, requested the judicial commission to summon Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant-General Ahmad Shuja Pasha to testify on the same issue.
Islamabad, Jan 30 (ANI): After Pakistani-American businessman refused to show up before the Supreme Court in Pakistan over security reasons, Barrister Zafarullah Khan, one of the petitioners in the Memo Gate case, requested the judicial commission to summon Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant-General Ahmad Shuja Pasha to testify on the same issue.
Islamabad, Jan 25 (ANI): The judicial commission probing the memogate scandal has given Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz a last chance to appear before it by February 9 in Islamabad, rejecting his plea to testify abroad on the same issue over security reasons.
Islamabad, Jan 24 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has assured the commission investigating the Memo Gate scandal that he would provide high-level security to Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz on his arrival in Islamabad, and would not put his name on the Exit Control List (ECL).
Islamabad, Jan 24 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has assured the commission investigating the Memo Gate scandal that he would provide high-level security to Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz on his arrival in Islamabad, and would not put his name on the Exit Control List (ECL).
Islamabad, Jan 9(ANI): A Pakistan judicial commission probing the Memo Gate scandal has directed concerned authorities in England to issue a visa to Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz to allow him to appear before it.
Kabul, Jan 8 (ANI): The US Army has been accused of abusing and torturing Afghans held at a prison near Kabul.
Islamabad, Dec 21(ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency has stopped firing at Pakistan militants since the November 26 deadly NATO airstrike along the Afghan border to prevent aggravating already strained ties with Islamabad, Senate Defence's Committee head has said.
Islamabad, Dec 18(ANI): A Taliban commander has said the Tehreek-e Taliban (TTP) would definitely consider different viewpoints put across in the peace talks if four people, who were trusted by the organization, took part in the negotiations.
Quetta, Nov 2 (ANI): The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has directed the federal government to seek the extradition of former Pakistan president Prevez Musharraf, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and other accused in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case, all of whom are abroad.
London, July 12 (ANI): It is known that there are well-established traits, which differ between girls and boys. For example, boys engage in 'rough and tumble' play than girls do.
Islamabad, June 27(ANI): Pakistan's military command has yet to decide on action against the five army officers recently arrested over their alleged links to Hizbut Tahrir, a banned extremist organisation.
Nowshera, June 13 (ANI): Former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has accused the United States, Israel and India of being directly involved in terror acts in Pakistan particularly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Bhaderwah (Jammu), June 11 (ANI): Once Known as hot bed of militancy and now a famous tourist destination, residents of Bhaderwah tehsil in District Doda are looking forward to development and growth while casting ballots in the village council poll on Saturday.
Islamabad, June 1(ANI): The Pakistan Navy has admitted that "security failure" led to the terrorist attack on Karachi's Mehran Naval Station.
Islamabad, Mar 12(ANI): The Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production has rejected recommendations for buying submarines owing to the country facing an economic crunch.
Lahore, Feb 2(ANI): Pakistan has become a factory of issuing fatwas (religious edicts), Pakistan Ulema Counsel (PUC) Chairman Allama Tahir Ashrafi has said.
Rawalpindi (Pakistan), Dec. 13 (ANI): Religious parties in Pakistan have warned that they will launch a movement called the Tehreek Namoos-e-Risalat (TNR), if the government moves to amend the country's blasphemy laws.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (ANI): Former Pakistan Petroleum Minister Usman Aminuddin has revealed that then President Pervez Musharraf and ex-Premier Shaukat Aziz had been forcing him to not to resist the British Petroleum (BP) deal for buying Occidental Petroleum' shares in Badin field, whose assets were being sold at a throwaway price in 2002.
Charsadda, Nov 14 (ANI): The former chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has accused the United States of promoting India in the region while using Pakistan merely as a tool to achieve its objectives in the name of 'war on terror.'
Islamabad, Sep 24 (ANI): In response to Supreme Court's orders directing the federal government to re-open the money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, the Law Ministry has forwarded a summary to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, stating that the cases against him cannot be reopened.
Islamabad, Jul 27 (ANI): Pakistani senators have expressed their concern over the deteriorating law and order in the country, particularly in Balochistan, and urged the government to take appropriate steps for curbing violence across the country.
Islamabad, July 23(ANI): Former Pakistan Education Minister Lieutenant General (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that his country has been seeking a peaceful resolution of disputes and normalization of relations with India.
Lahore, July 5 (ANI): Former Jamat-e-Islami (JeI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has blamed India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Israel's Mosad for fuelling sectarian violence in the country by attacking shrines and religious places.
Islamabad, June 28 (ANI): While accusing the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of not sharing important information, the Obama administration has highlighted that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan's all powerful intelligence agency have massive mistrust amidst them.
Peshawar, Apr.24 (ANI): At least 10 policemen were wounded when a suicide attacker targeted a prison van in Pakistan's troubled tribal region of North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Hyderabad, Apr 9 (ANI): Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will reportedly tie the nuptial knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik here this evening.
New Delhi, Apr 5 (ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that he did not think there was any barrier to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik's impending nuptials with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.
New Delhi, March 27 (ANI: Traders in the national capital, having protested on Saturday for half-day, decided to hold three meetings in next few days to chalk out their future strategy about the Bandh call against the hike in VAT slabs.
New Delhi, March 27 (ANI): Traders in the national capital have given a public call to observe 'Delhi Bandh' in protest against the Delhi Government's proposal to increase in the VAT (Value Added Tax) slabs.
New Delhi, Feb.10 (ANI): Former Jamait-e-Islami chief and founder of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (United Council of Action ) Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said killing of innocent non-combatant citizens is not jihad.
Peshawar, Feb. 1 (ANI): JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that Asif Ali Zardari enjoys constitutional immunity as a president and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) should respect this fact.
Islamabad, Jan 4(ANI): Senior politicians of various political parties in Pakistan have rejected the intense campaign launched by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leadership against state institutions and the media, saying that its a pre-emptive strategy to influence the upcoming detailed judgment of the Supreme Court on the NRO.
Lahore, Dec. 14 (ANI): Religious leaders from various schools of thought across Pakistan have termed suicide attacks 'haram' or un-Islamic.
Anantnag (J-K), Dec 4 (ANI): Jammu Kashmir police assisted by the paramilitary forces arrested a top militant belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad.
Lahore, Dec.2 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Anwar Qazi has asked all ministers and bureaucrats who were benefited by the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to resign, , adding that following the expiry of the controversial amnesty law, President Asif Ali Zardari's nomination on the post is now 'open to question'.
Islamabad. Nov.11 (ANI): The Pakistan Presidency has suggested putting President Asif Ali Zardari's name in the father's name column of the legal documents of all orphans in the country.
Srinagar, Nov 5(ANI): Sensing the increasing number of militancy related injuries like bomb blasts in Jammu and Kashmir which has left many victims with facial injuries, a seminar was organized here to make the doctors aware of the latest treatments and equipments to treat such cases.
Kuala Lumpur, Aug.27 (ANI): With an estimated three-fold increase in workers, Pakistan is set to join Indonesia, Bangladesh and Myanmar as the largest primary source of foreign labour for Malaysia.
Islamabad, Aug. 8 (ANI): Despite the killing of Pakistan's enemy number one Baitullah Mehsud in a US drone strike, Islamabad has a long way to go in fighting terrorism, Pakistan's Information Minister Kamran Zaman Qaira has said.
Karachi, July 22 (ANI): The death toll in Tuesday's building collapse has reached 13 with rescue workers recovering more bodies from the rubble on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the narco-analysis test of police officers who were arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir.
Bhopal, June 27 (ANI): Muslims in Bhopal offered Namaaz-e-Istasqa (Namaaz to ask for rain) as most of northern India reeled under drought-like situation due to delayed monsoon.
Mumbai, June 10 (ANI): The CBI has recorded the statement of social activist Anna Hazare in connection with the 2006 murder of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, in connection to which Nationalist Congress Party MP Padamsinh Patil has been arrested.
Mumbai. June 9 (ANI): Former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Tuesday said the Congress Party should go alone in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls.
Osmanabad (Maharashtra) June 8 (ANI): Irate supporters of an arrested Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padamsinh Patil, forced business establishment to close down in Osmanabad area of Maharashtra on Sunday.
New Delhi, June 7 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the "law will take its own course" in the case of the murder of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, in which his party MP Padamsinh Patil was arrested by the CBI.
Mumbai, June 7 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party leader Padamsinh Patil was on Sunday sent to seven days Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody by a Panvel court after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of senior Congress leader Pawanraj Nimbalkar in 2006.
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) The killers of Congress leader Pawan Raje Nimbalkar have revealed here Monday that there was a contract given out to kill Maharashtra's social and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, a Magsaysay Award winner.
Jammu, May 26 (ANI): A Hizbul Mujahideen group commander was killed in an intense encounter in Dachan, about 340 km from Jammu.
Islamabad, May 24 (ANI): Pakistan has freed all arrested leaders of the Jamat-ud-Dawa the parent body of the Lashkar-E-Toiba in a clear and open violation of UN sanctions.
Islamabad, May 21 (ANI): Pakistan's religious leaders have strongly criticized the Swat offensive, saying innocent civilians are being killed in the operation, and added that even India has never adopted such measures in Kashmir.
The BSP supremo Mayawati's fury continued on the second day after reviewing the recently concluded Lok Sabha general election results in which Bahujan Samaj Party
Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati Tuesday suspended two party legislators in Uttarakhand for working against the party and indulging in anti-BSP activities, party sources said.
Islamabad, May 15 (ANI): Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is considering to set up a commission to investigate a "loot sale" of public property worth millions at throwaway prices.
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, who is currently abroad, is unlikely to return home soon given the volatile security scenario in the country, his aide says.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): The Pakistani Taliban is not interested in marching into Indian-held Kashmir to establish its writ, but very determined to ensure the pre-eminence of Islam wherever possible, said Tehreek- e-Nifaz-e- Sharia Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad.
Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) The Sharia and democracy are incompatible, says radical cleric Sufi Muhammad who brokered a controversial peace deal in Pakistan's restive northwest and has pledged to spread the Islamic law across the country.
Lahore, May 4 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad has declared it un-Islamic for anyone to be photographed, and added that democracy, communism, socialism, fascism are un-Islamic systems of governance.
Islamabad, Apr 21 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister's Interior Affairs Advisor Rehman Malik on Tuesday said that over 10,000 foreign militants were taking refuge in the tribal areas.
Islamabad, Apr. 20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that normalcy is returning in Swat, and that no one including the US should be worried about the situation.
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Verdicts handed down under the newly-imposed Sharia laws in parts of Pakistan's restive northwest cannot be challenged in the Supreme Court but only before special appeal courts, says a Taliban-linked radical cleric.
Mingora (Pakistan), Apr.16 (ANI): The Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad has said that the judgments given by the Qazis appointed in the Swat Valley under the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation cannot be challenged in any other superior courts in the country.
