Lahore, Mar. 7 : Pakistan militant outfit Balochistan Liberation United Front, which came into limelight after abducting UNHCR official John Solecki, has indefinitely extended the deadline for the government to accept their demands in exchange for Solecki's release.
According to a private TV channel, a BLUF spokesman said on Friday that the deadline for Solecki's release had been extended for an indefinite period.
Lahore, Mar. 7: Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader and deposed Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has charged President Asif Ali Zardari of fooling Pakistani civilians.
Addressing a public rally here, Sharif said Zardari is making mockery of democracy in the country.
“President Zardari repeatedly mocked the people of Pakistan. The nation will not forgive him for his sins,” The News quoted Sharif, as saying.
Peshawar, Mar. 7: At least eight persons including seven police personnel were reportedly killed when a powerful bomb blast rocked a police check- post in Budhber locality here on Saturday.
According to The News, the blast occurred when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the check-post in the outskirts of the city, killing eight people on the spot besides injuring several others.
Rescue operations were still on till the reports last came in.
Islamabad - At least seven police officers and a civilian were killed Saturday in a car bombing in north-western Pakistan, a local police official said.
"An anonymous caller informed the police that a suspect car was parked in the Badh Pir area on the outskirts of Peshawar with a dead body inside, but it was a trap," Ghulam Mohammad said. "When our officers approached the car, it blew up."
Islamabad - Businesses remained closed and thousands held protest rallies in Pakistan's largest province of Punjab on Friday against President Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Thousands of people thronged in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, to register protest against a court ruling that banned the top opposition leader and two-time Premier Nawaz Sharif from elected office.
Sharif says Zardari's loyal judges gave the ruling on his orders, because of a criminal conviction after his government was ousted in 1999 by the then military chief Pervez Musharraf.
Lahore, Mar. 7 : Pakistan militant outfit Balochistan Liberation United Front, which came into limelight after abducting UNHCR official John Solecki, has indefinitely extended the deadline for the government to accept their demands in exchange for Solecki's release.
Lahore, Mar. 7: Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader and deposed Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has charged President Asif Ali Zardari of fooling Pakistani civilians.
Peshawar, Mar. 7: At least eight persons including seven police personnel were reportedly killed when a powerful bomb blast rocked a police check- post in Budhber locality here on Saturday.
London, Mar 6: Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that Pakistan was facing a mortal threat from its internal enemies.
Islamabad - At least seven police officers and a civilian were killed Saturday in a car bombing in north-western Pakistan, a local police official said.
Islamabad - Businesses remained closed and thousands held protest rallies in Pakistan's largest province of Punjab on Friday against President Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
