Tag: Pakistanis

Pakistanis throw support behind Romney: poll

A new poll conducted by the BBC World Service has found that Pakistan is the only overseas country of those polled that said they...

Pakistanis take records for largest human national flag, mosaic

Pakistani youth on Monday made another world record by making the biggest human national flag with the help of 24,200 students, breaking the earlier...

4 Pakistanis long-listed for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

Four Pakistani names are among the list of 16 authors whose books have been long-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for...

5 Pakistanis deported from Greece arrested at Islamabad airport

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday took under custody five Pakistani nationals who were deported from Greece at Benazir Bhutto International Airport here. According to...

Indonesian police arrest 80 Pakistanis

Indonesian police have arrested 80 Pakistanis and 17 Afghans stranded after they wanted to cross the border illegally. According to the media reports, they were...

Overseas Pakistanis should have right to vote: Nawaz

PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has said overseas Pakistanis should have the right to vote as they are an asset of the nation and are...

Overseas Pakistanis will not vote in next elections

The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday decided that more then 4 million overseas Pakistani's will not exercise their right to vote from their...

Airport-mess faced by overseas Pakistanis criticisable: CJ

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that the overseas Pakistanis face unnecessary mess when they reach a Pakistani airport. He also urged upon promulgation...

171 Pakistani Hindus seek asylum in India

A group of Pakistani national Hindus 171 has sought asylum in India due to hardships in Pakistan. According to details a batch of 171 Hindus...

Govt to reserve seats in NA for overseas Pakistanis: Kaira

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said while addressing a “Meet the Press” program in Barcelona, Spain that the government will reserve...

14 Pakistanis arrested for ‘spying’ in India: govt

The Indian government has issued a report, claiming to have either arrested or “neutralized” 14 Pakistani nationals from various states across the country during...

Pakistanis know how to defend their country: PM Ashraf

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said that Pakistanis knew how to defend every inch of their country. The remarks came in the wake of...

NATO kills 2 Pakistanis near Afghan border

NATO forces have shot dead two Pakistani citizens in Nushki, a Pak-Afghan border town, sources said. The sources said the incident occurred in a...

Captive Pakistanis return home

The seven Pakistani hostages released by Somali pirates after almost 1.5 years reached their homeland on Thursday. Their release was secured after intense efforts by...

Appeal to get 40 Pakistanis released from Saudi jails

Over 40 umra-bound Pakistanis were sent to jails in Saudi Arabia. Returning a wallet found while performing tawwaf to police cost Karachi’s Rameez dearly....

Pakistanis to face travel restrictions if polio not eliminated by 2013

Pakistanis may face travel restrictions if the country fails to eliminate polio by 2013. This was revealed in a meeting of the Standing Committee of...

Efforts to reserve seats for overseas Pakistanis hailed

PPP coordinator in UK Waheed Rasab has welcomed the government efforts to reserve seats for overseas Pakistanis in the parliament. He told Radio Pakistan...