Pak crisis deepens, Qadri issues 48-hour deadline to govt

Pakistan’s political crisis deepened on Monday with cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri giving a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down after a former top election commission......

Defying Taliban's threat, Pakistan holds landmark polls

Pakistanis began voting on Saturday morning in landmark polls to choose new national and provincial assemblies, setting in motion the first democratic transition of power in the country's 66-year......

Khoso sworn in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister

Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was on Monday sworn in as Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister by President Asif Ali Zardari during a ceremony held at the presidency. The ceremony was attended by former......

Mir Hazar Khan Khoso named Pakistan's caretaker PM

Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, a retired judge with a strong reputation for honesty, was on Sunday chosen by Pakistan's election commission as the caretaker prime minister to conduct the May 11 general......

Ban on Shoaib, Asif lifted

A Pakistan tribunal has cleared cricket fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif of doping offences and lifted their long-term bans. Akhtar had been banned for two years and Asif for one year......

Was it right to exonerate Shoaib, Asif?

A Pakistan Cricket Board-appointed appeals tribunal on Tuesday exonerated fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif of doping offences, and lifted the bans imposed on them. Akhtar had been......

No consensus in Akhtar, Asif case

The Appeals Commission hearing Pakistani fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif's plea to overturn their ban for positive dope tests has deferred its verdict after failing to reach a......

Shoaib files appeal against ban

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has filed an appeal with the Pakistan Cricket Board against the two-year ban imposed on him for a doping offence.His teammate Mohammad Asif, who was also banned......