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The government has imposed an unannounced ban on a book written by slain journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, Pakistan Today learnt on Friday. Per details, the...

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Karachi Organising Committee member Farooq Baig, who gunned down in Bagh-e-Korangi on Monday, was laid to rest on Tuesday at...

DAMASCUS - Syrian students rallied in Damascus on Monday to express solidarity with protesters killed over the weekend, as the army moved in on the flashpoint town of Banias. France and Germany, meanwhile, slammed the deadly assaults by security forces on anti-regime protesters and called on President Bashar al-Assad to make good on his promises of reform.
"Students rallied in solidarity with the victims of Daraa and Banias, chanting 'We will sacrifice our soul and blood for you

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Monday paid rich tribute to assassinated PPP minister Shahbaz Bhatti, calling him a man of principles and a committed political worker. On the second day of House proceedings, legislators from across the political divide, mainly from the minorities, paid rich tribute to Bhatti. They said Bhatti worked tirelessly for the rights of the oppressed and portraying a softer image of Pakistan in the world. The legislators called Bhatti's assassination a great

KARACHI - US President Barrack Obama and the United Kingdom have condemned and expressed deep sorrow and grief over the assassination of minorities' minister Shahbaz Bhatti. "I am deeply saddened by the assassination of Pakistan's Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti today in Islamabad, and condemn in the strongest possible terms this horrific act of violence," a White House statement quoted the president as saying. The statement was issued by Office of the Press Secretary on