Provides the latest RSS feeds for Pakistan News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/ en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:28:10 -0400 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:28:10 -0400 30 Pakistani squash officials were Thursday making desperate attempts to save an international women's tournament from falling victim to a couple of bombings in Wah that killed more than 50 people. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397388 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:49 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397388 Pakistani cricket officials are pinning their hopes on Indian board's 'all-out support' to stay hosts of next month's Champions Trophy. A final decision whether the biennial event will be held in Pakistan or not will be taken at a teleconference of the International Cricket Council (ICC) board of directors Sunday. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397362 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:01:07 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397362 More than 70 people were killed and about 100 injured in two suicide blasts outside a heavily guarded ordnance factory about 30 km from Islamabad, hospital and police sources said. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397360 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:01:03 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397360 Islamabad, Aug 21 (Xinhua) Twenty people were killed and at least 50 injured in twin blasts in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province Thursday, private TV channel Geo reported. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397316 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:40 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397316 Islamabad, Aug 21 (Xinhua) Unidentified gunmen shot dead four politicians in northwest Pakistan, the News Network International (NNI) news agency reported Thursday. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397236 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:40 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397236 Parliamentarians belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have nominated party co-chair Asif Ali Zardari for next month's presidential elections, a party leader told reporters Wednesday evening. http://www.karachinews.net/story/396997 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:31 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/396997 Islamabad, Aug.21 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility of the twin suicide bomb blasts in the Wah Cantonement area which killed at least 60 people and injured over 80 others. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397325 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:01:09 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397325 Islamabad, Aug.21 : At least sixty people were killed and over 80 others were injured in two suicide bomb blasts outside Pakistan's main military arms factory in Wah Cantonement on Thursday. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397324 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:01:05 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397324 Islamabad, Aug.21 : Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Pakistani military's main arms factory on Thursday, killing at least 20 persons while injuring over 40. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397286 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:45 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397286 Melbourne, Aug.21 : If the International Cricket Council (ICC) does not move the Champions Trophy from Pakistan, the cricket world as we understand it today, is headed for a major split down the middle. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397250 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:01:31 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397250 Srinagar, Aug 21 : The on-going agitation over the Amarnath land row has badly hit educational activities in the Kashmir Valley. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397216 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:01:23 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397216 New York, Aug 21 : During his seven-year rule as President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf defused tensions with India and also cut off terror infiltration routes across Kashmir, and "due to such co-operation, he was at the top of Al Qaeda's target list and dodged three assassination attempts," said an editorial in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). http://www.karachinews.net/story/397187 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:00:18 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397187 Srinagar/Jammu, Aug 21 : Muslim organisations have urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to reach at a peaceful solution on the controversial Amarnath forestland row. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397163 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:34 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397163 Washington, Aug 21 : The ouster of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has put the American Jews in a dilemma to the effect that whether Pakistan will continue to keep the door open for them, as during Musharraf's era. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397158 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:26 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397158 Washington, Aug 21 : PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that his party would move out of the federal coalition government led by the PPP if the sacked judges were not restored, and that as an Opposition his party would not pose any threat to the Government. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397154 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:17 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397154 Karachi, Aug 21 : Acting President of Pakistan Mohammadmian Soomro has said that it was not within the purview of his powers to play a role in the reinstatement of the sacked judges as he was in the office "temporarily". http://www.karachinews.net/story/397102 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:17 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397102 Rajouri, Aug 21 : The Pakistan Army has allegedly violated its ceasefire with India again by opening fire at around 6:30 a.m this morning at the Line of control (LoC) in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397098 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:08 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397098 Washington, Aug 21 : The US administration believes that with former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf out of their way, the two most powerful Pakistani leaders in the present day political set up should turn its attention to terrorism, rein in the so-called rogue elements within the ISI, and drive out terrorists from FATA. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397095 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:01:10 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397095 Washington, Aug 21 : If a Pakistan author of a new book on the Pakistan Army is to be believed, former president Pervez Musharraf might leave for New Mexico in the US to lead his post-retirement life. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397076 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:00:02 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397076 Karachi, Aug 21 : Two journalists, including one American - Nicholas Shamble who covered terrorism threats particularly an examination of the situation in Balochistan and the aftermath of the Lal Masjid operation in July of last year, have reportedly gone in Pakistan. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397038 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:37 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397038 Srinagar, Aug 21 : The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service between India and Pakistan will resume today. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397036 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:32 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397036 Islamabad, Aug 21 : Non-reinstatement of sacked Pakistan chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was a part of the "deal" which had been agreed between the federal coalition government and former President Pervez Musharraf before the latter's (Musharraf) resignation, sources privy to the deal revealed. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397031 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:12 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397031 Islamabad, Aug 21 : While MQM chief Altaf Hussain, who lives in exile in London, has supported PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari's candidature for the post of Pakistan President, former premier Nawaz Sharif's party the PML-N has said that it needed to be consulted before the name for the next President was proposed by the ruling coalition as it was one of partners. http://www.karachinews.net/story/397029 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:02 -0400 Karachi News.Net http://www.karachinews.net/story/397029 SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of students and protesters marched through the main city of Indian Kashmir on Thursday to press their demands for independence from India. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088834&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:04:29 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088834&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing 59 people, official... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088139&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:52:19 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088139&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday thanked Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned this week, for efforts in fighting terrorism and called Pakistani Prime Mini... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088500&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:52:12 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088500&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan's government to tackle the nation's mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit bu... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088499&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:52:27 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088499&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Taliban claims responsibility for the bombing, another sign of a determined insurgency facing the government after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088501&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:50:56 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088501&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Islamabad - Two simultaneous explosions ripped through a garrison town in northern Pakistan on Thursday, leaving more than 64 people dead and 100 injured, officials said. A spokesman of pro-Taliban mi... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088489&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:13:29 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088489&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 MUMBAI: An accused in the 1993 serial blasts case, who had been absconding for the past 15 years and was allegedly living with gangster Dawood Ibrahim at his Karachi residence till 2006, was nabbed fr... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088479&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:19:00 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088479&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistan’s conflict with militants took a savage turn yesterday at the country’s main weapons complex where two suicide bombers set off blasts that killed dozens of people and wounded hu... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17086647&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:16:45 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17086647&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing nearly 50 people, police said. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088518&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:27:54 -0400 Khaleej Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088518&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 TERMS OF USE: The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.expressindia.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory, abusive, der... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088484&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:15:58 -0400 Express India http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088484&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's parliament demanded on Thursday repatriation from the United States of a Pakistani woman suspected of links to al Qaeda and facing charges of attempting to kill U.S. soldiers in... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088515&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:28:00 -0400 Khaleej Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088515&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Pakistani military's main arms factory yesterday, killing at least 18 people and wounding 100 more, security officials said.The attackers struck almo... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088487&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:14:20 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088487&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 (AFP)--Pakistan's coalition government was close to collapse Thursday after former premier Nawaz Sharif threatened to quit if judges sacked by ousted president Pervez Musharraf are not restored. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088533&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:13:53 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088533&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 SRINAGAR, India - Indian army troops came under mortar fire on Thursday from across a military control line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, an army spokesman said. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088521&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:27:49 -0400 Khaleej Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088521&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main military arms factory Thursday, killing 57 people and piling new pressure on the shaky coalition government to tackle militancy. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088490&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:43 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088490&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD, Aug. 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH HIGHER CASUALTY FIGURES, SITUATION AT HOSPITAL) At least 70 people were killed and scores injured in twin suicide blasts Thursday outside the... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088527&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:20:07 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17088527&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - One of the Pakistani government's main coalition partners threatened Thursday to quit unless judges fired by former President Pervez Musharraf are quickly reinstated - dashi... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17087490&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:13:11 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17087490&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 ') } if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", startscroll, false) else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", startscroll) else if (ie||dom) window.onload=star... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082569&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:44:23 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082569&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Nawaz Sharif: demanding support from Asif Ali Zardari on the reinstatement of judges. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty images Pakistan's ruling coalition is in danger of unravelling over whether t... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17081472&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:41:13 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17081472&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 .newradiotext { text-align: middle; font-size: 12px !important; font-family:Georgia; color: #000; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding:0; } #newrightcolumnheading { float: right; width: 3... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17083065&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:50:55 -0400 Hindustan Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17083065&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 .newradiotext { text-align: middle; font-size: 12px !important; font-family:Georgia; color: #000; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding:0; } #newrightcolumnheading { float: right; width: 3... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17083066&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:50:53 -0400 Hindustan Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17083066&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 the previous week, the central bank said. Foreign currency deposits held by banks are included in the calculation of the country's total reserves, which have fallen from a record http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082643&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:39:31 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082643&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Karachi - Pakistan stocks and the rupee plunged on Thursday as uncertainties over the restoration of judges and the election of a new president continued to cloud the political scene, triggering selli... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082578&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:38:17 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082578&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Ousted from Pakistan's presidency, Pervez Musharraf has been unwinding with friends and admirers and on the tennis court. He's building a roomy farmhouse on the edge of the capital.But his critics may... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082575&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:40:07 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082575&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Srinagar: The future of thousands of aspiring professionals across Jammu and Kashmir hangs in balance as the common entrance test (CET) for various professional courses have been indefinitely postpone... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17083028&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:45:58 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17083028&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 .newradiotext { text-align: middle; font-size: 12px !important; font-family:Georgia; color: #000; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding:0; } #newrightcolumnheading { float: right; width: 3... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082613&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:51:35 -0400 Hindustan Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082613&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Pakistani security officials examine the site of suicide bombing at the gate of an ordinance factory in Wah, about 35 kilometers, or 20 miles, west of the capital, Islamabad, on Thursday. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082268&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:16:45 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082268&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 TERMS OF USE: The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.expressindia.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory, abusive, der... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082573&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:40:28 -0400 Express India http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082573&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 KARACHI - Pakistani stocks fell 3 percent on Thursday as investors worried possible cracks in the coalition government will again raise political tension, and sold blue chips such as OGDC and MCB Bank http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082609&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:53:14 -0400 Business Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082609&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 (AFP)--Pakistani soldiers fired mortars Thursday at Indian army positions across the frontier dividing disputed Kashmir between the two countries, the Indian army said. http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082644&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:39:26 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082644&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Missiles destroyed a suspected militant hide-out near the Afghan border Wednesday where foreign insurgents were known to frequent, killing at least five people, Pakistani officials said.The reported s... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082570&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:43:25 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082570&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)spokesman Maulvi Umar Thursday claimed responsibility for two blasts in eastern Pakistan, private TV channel Ary One World reported. Maulvi Umar also asked the security... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082647&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:36:28 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082647&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Up to 45 people were killed and 60 others injured in two suicide blasts in eastern Punjab province on Thursday, the state-run PTV reported. The blasts occurred at the main gate and another gate of Pak... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082646&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:36:26 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17082646&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 By M K Bhadrakumar The "war on terror", as it winds down and begins heading for the exit tunnel, has secured its fifth and, possibly final victim - Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. It is hard not ... http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17081817&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:35:08 -0400 Asia Times http://feeds.karachinews.net/?rid=17081817&cat=8c3d7d78943a99c7