Articles by Rezaul H Laskar
Zardari cleared in one more graft case
A Pakistani anti-corruption court on Wednesday cleared PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari in a graft case while reserving its judgment in another case till Friday.

Updated on Mar 12, 2008 03:02 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Indian on death row in Pak jail to be released tomorrow
Kashmir Singh will be handed over to Syed Fahad Burney, acting chairman of the Ansar Burney Trust, on Monday.

Updated on Mar 02, 2008 05:16 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
At least 40 killed in Pakistan blast
The blast took place when tribesmen were holding a jirga to discuss the security situation in the tribal region of Dera Adamkhel.

Updated on Mar 02, 2008 08:45 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Peshawar
Bhutto's murder - Baitullah Mehsud charged
Police formally charge the Pakistani Taliban commander with planning the assassination of the former premier.

Updated on Mar 02, 2008 02:01 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pakistan pardons Indian death row prisoner
President Pervez Musharraf approves mercy petition of Kashmir Singh, who spent 35 years on a death row in Lahore prison.

Updated on Feb 28, 2008 10:33 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
'PML-N to back PPP Govt from outside'
As per PML-N leaders, the party would support a PPP-led Govt from outside as it does not want to be part of an administration with President Pervez Musharraf in power.

Updated on Feb 26, 2008 08:35 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
4 PML-Q senators to back other parties
Pakistan's former ruling PML-Q is in trouble as four of it members announce plans to work with other parties to strengthen democracy in the country and hint at backing moves to clip powers of Pervez Musharraf.

Updated on Feb 26, 2008 08:14 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
6 killed, 29 injured in Pakistan blast
A suicide bomber blows himself up in Rawalpindi killing 7 including a senior army general and injuring 29.

Updated on Feb 25, 2008 06:16 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
PPP virtually stakes claim to form new Govt
PPP's plea to the Musharraf regime to invite it follows reports that the embattled leader may step down in days.

Updated on Feb 24, 2008 10:38 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Musharraf may not face the music soon
The Pakistan Peoples Party hints that the new Govt will not seek the immediate impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf.

Updated on Feb 23, 2008 05:46 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Zardari tries to rope in MQM for forming Govt
Nawaz Sharif's PML-N has opposed PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari's move to discuss a possible coalition with pro-Musharraf MQM.

Updated on Feb 23, 2008 01:40 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Prime Minister will be from PPP, says Sharif's party
PML-N Joint Secretary Siddique-ul-Farooq says they are waiting for the PPP to nominate a suitable member of the National Assembly.

Updated on Feb 22, 2008 04:15 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Oppn parties in Pakistan to decide on new PM
The newly elected PPP members will meet in Islamabad on Friday to discuss the agreement between Zardari and Sharif.

Updated on Feb 22, 2008 12:02 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Zardari, Sharif meet to discuss govt formation
Nawaz steps up pressure to accede to his party's demand for reinstatement of judges, deposed during emergency.

Updated on Feb 21, 2008 09:14 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Zardari rules out tie up with pro-Musharraf party
The PPP co-chairman doesn't, however, appear enthusiastic on the issue of impeaching the Pakistan President.

Updated on Feb 21, 2008 07:57 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak Oppn to discuss Govt formation
The PPP and PML-N will also try to resolve differences on issues like the reinstatement of judges deposed during last year's emergency.

Updated on Feb 21, 2008 01:14 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Democracy takes revenge in Pakistan: Media
Several PML-Q stalwarts had to bite the dust in February 18 polls including Chowdhry Shujaat Hussain and Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.

Updated on Feb 19, 2008 06:15 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Violence hit Lahore hours before polls
Hours before the polls, the southern Balochistan province was rocked by a series of 20 blasts while a PML-N candidate and three other persons were gunned down in Lahore.

Updated on Feb 18, 2008 10:19 AM IST
Agencies | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
"Safe exit" for Musharraf to be decided after polls: Sharif
The former Pakistan premier says his party will decide on providing a "safe exit" to President Pervez Musharraf after the Feb 18 poll.

Updated on Feb 15, 2008 05:25 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Feb 18 polls "mother of all elections": Musharraf
Describing upcoming polls, Musharraf warns that there would be "zero tolerance" for any protests during and after the exercise.

Updated on Feb 14, 2008 05:56 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Five-member squad assigned to kill Bhutto: Pak police
A five-member squad of militants was assigned the task of targeting slain former premier Benazir Bhutto because she might have allowed foreign forces to act against mujahideen and Taliban.

Updated on Feb 14, 2008 12:01 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Differences in PPP over PM's post
Differences emerge over prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming election, with some opposing a move to project her widower Asif Ali Zardari for the post.

Updated on Feb 02, 2008 09:46 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Bhutto murder suspect remanded to custody
A teenaged boy suspected to be a member of a suicide squad sent to kill the former Pak premier was on Saturday remanded to police custody till Feb 12.

Updated on Feb 02, 2008 05:14 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Pak test fires Ghauri, Mush downplays threats to nukes
Pakistan successfully test fires the nuclear-capable Ghauri missile with a range of 1,300 km, capable of striking major Indian cities.

Updated on Feb 01, 2008 01:45 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Bhutto killers to be unmasked soon: Police
Rawalpindi's police chief Saud Aziz says the police have penetrated the "network of terrorists and miscreants" involved in Bhutto's assassination on December 27.

Updated on Jan 24, 2008 03:23 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Teenager held in Bhutto murder case
Aitezaz Shah, 15, has been arrested in Dera Ismail Khan town in the NWFP, 280 km southwest of Islamabad, security sources say.

Updated on Jan 20, 2008 03:13 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Ten killed in Peshawar suicide bombing
At least 10 people were killed and 25 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia congregation hall in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday.

Updated on Jan 18, 2008 02:00 AM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
3 more experts join Bhutto's murder probe
The Scotland Yard beef up its team of investigators probing the assassination of Benazir Bhutto by bringing in three more specialists including an explosives expert.

Updated on Jan 09, 2008 09:25 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
PPP demands UN probe into Bhutto killing
Benazir Bhutto's party said it will send teams abroad to seek int'l aid in pressuring the Pak govt to accept its demand for a UN-led inquiry into her killing.

Updated on Jan 09, 2008 05:05 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad
Bhutto killing: 2 more join Scotland Yard team in Pak
Two more British investigators on Wednesday joined the Scotland Yard team in Pakistan to probe the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.

Updated on Jan 09, 2008 08:59 PM IST
PTI | Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad