NATIONALPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said the forthcoming elections for Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly would be free, fair and transparent to make them credible for the international community. Addressing a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/19/pakistan-to-make-ajk-election-credible-for-world-gilani/" title="Read more" >...</a>
The chase was on to reel in runaway leader Rory McIlroy in the third round of the US Open at Congressional Country Club here on Saturday. The 22-year-old Ulsterman has blown the field apart in the fir
SportsFormer Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said Saturday that his retirement decision is final and he will not be taking the U-turn like other cricketers. Afridi, who announced retirement from international cricket following<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/19/afridi-insists-no-retirement-u-turn-this-time/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALThe United States is holding talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, in the first official confirmation of such contacts after nearly ten years of war. Although diplomats<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/19/karzai-confirms-us-talks-with-taliban/" title="Read more" >...</a>
After severe criticism by the PML-N and other opposition parties and refusal of Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim to become part of the Abbottabad Commission, the government is considering reformulating the body<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/19/govt-mulls-reconstituting-abbottabad-commission/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jahangir on Saturday regretted the tone of the ISPR against the allegations regarding the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad. The SCBA president said she had only<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/19/asma-laments-ispr-warning/" title="Read more" >...</a>
An anti-terror court agreed on Saturday to hear murder and terrorism charges against six soldiers and a civilian over the killing of an unarmed man in a park that shocked the nation.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/19/rangers-face-murder-charges/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALArmed militants, who stormed the PNS Mehran naval base in Karachi on May 22 were foreigners and closer relatives, discloses a DNA report on Saturday. The identity of those terrorists was still<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/19/mehran-attackers-were-foreigners/" title="Read more" >...</a>
A US judge on Friday dismissed all criminal charges against Osama bin Laden following the al Qaeda leader’s death in Pakistan last month. US District Court judge Lewis Kaplan, who had been<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/18/us-judge-dismisses-charges-against-osama-bin-laden/" title="Read more" >...</a>
BusinessPresident Asif Ali Zardari has called for Chinese assistance in onshore and offshore drilling for oil and gas as well as for reactivating the depleted and abandoned oil and gas fields in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/18/president-calls-for-chinese-aid-in-drilling/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Protests over prolonged power outages in Rawalpindi turned unruly on Friday, as police check posts were attacked and vehicles pelted with stones, injuring police and rescue officials. Enraged protesters blocked Pir Wadhai<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/18/protest-against-power-cuts-turns-violent-in-rawalpindi/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ForeignA militant attack on Saturday in the heart of Kabul left two policemen and as many militants dead, an official said. Several policemen were also injured in the attack. Around 1:30 pm<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/18/kabul-police-station-attack-leaves-four-dead/" title="Read more" >...</a>
