Tag: Pakistani

Man of Pakistani descent appointed as UK’s culture minister

British Prime Minister David Cameron appointed former banker Sajid Javid as the country's new culture minister, replacing Maria Miller who resigned earlier on Wednesday...

No Pakistani civilians killed by US drones in 2013, says UN...

No Pakistani civilians were killed by US drones last year as Washington slashed its controversial use of the pilotless planes in the country, a...

Pakistan-origin gay to be deported from Australia

A Pakistan-born homosexual is to be deported next week from Australia after his application for a partnership visa was rejected, according to a media...

British denies visa to three Pakistani drone victims

  The UK government has refused to give visa to three Pakistan drone victims who were invited by the members of British parliamentary committee to...

Saudi Arabia grants legal status to 800‚000 Pakistanis

As many as 800‚000 Pakistanis have obtained legal status in Saudi Arabia. This was stated by Pakistani Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Naeem Khan during an...

3 of 10 primary age Pakistani children not enrolled in school

    A report on Out of School Children in Pakistan, launched here on Thursday, indicates that despite achievements in the education sector, over 6.5 million...

Pakistani judicial system, strongest backer of constitutional principles: CJ

Pakistan’s Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that the Pakistani judicial system was the strongest backer of constitutional principles and democratic norms and...

‘Your moustache or your life’

Pakistani businessman Malik Amir Khan Afridi has been kidnapped, threatened with death, forcibly displaced and lives apart from his family – all because of...

Pakistani Taliban set up base in Syria, says BBC

    The Pakistani Taliban have visited Syria to set up a base and to assess "the needs of the jihad", a Taliban official told the...

Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani for heroin smuggling

Saudi authorities on Wednesday beheaded a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. Wajid Ali Zarnoosh was found guilty of trafficking heroin...

First Pakistani woman makes it atop Everest

    Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 metres. She completed the...

Overseas Pakistanis fly in to vote

  A large number of overseas Pakistanis came back home to vote, including 500 Pakistanis from Lebanon who support the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI). These overseas Pakistanis,...

Australia set to welcome first Pakistani female legislator

A Pakistani-born migrant is set to become the first Muslim woman to serve in Australia’s parliament, Voice of America reported. Mehreen Faruqi, an environmental engineer,...

US, Pakistani scientists working to protect cotton from disease

Last week, a high-level delegation of US cotton scientists visited Pakistan to review progress and plan new strategies with Pakistani counterparts to fight the...

Pakistani among three hanged in Kuwait

Authorities in Kuwait on Monday hanged three convicted murderers, including a Pakistani, in the first executions in the Gulf state since May 2007, the...

Pakistani man arrested for military espionage in Germany

A Pakistani man working in a German technology research centre was arrested on Friday and detained on suspicion of military espionage, Germany’s state prosecutor...

Overseas Pakistanis key stakeholders in development: Sattar

Former Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Dr Farooq Sattar has said that overseas Pakistanis are key stakeholder in development of the country. Farooq Sattar made...