Peshawar hotel blast toll rises to 16

The death toll in the deadly suicide car bombing -- on a popular five-star hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar -- on Wednesday rose to 16 with the recovery of five more bodies from......

UN suspends operations in Peshawar

The United Nations has closed all its offices and suspended its operations in this northwestern Pakistani city due to security fears in the wake of an audacious terrorist attack on the US......

Pak Taliban confirms Hakimullah's death

The Pakistani Taliban confirmed on Tuesday,that its chief Hakimullah Mehsud had died of injuries sustained in a US drone strike, ending weeks of speculation over his fate.Taliban sources based in......

Lahore: Pak teen says Taliban lured him with job

A 14-year-old boy arrested by the Pakistani police with five terror suspects, who were allegedly plotting an attack on a five-star hotel to kill Americans, has said that a Pakistani Taliban......

Why Shoaib sought Rs 35 million for rights?

Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik has reportedly demanded a whopping Rs 35 million for the rights to cover his reception and walima ceremony in his hometown Sialkot after his wedding to Indian tennis......

Shoaib defers his marriage reception

The walima or reception to be hosted by Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik to celebrate his marriage to tennis star Sania Mirza has been deferred to April 27 as his travel plans were upset following......

Indian team visits Wagah

Having made historyin Pakistan on Thursday, the Indian cricket teamtook the day off today and visited the Wagah border to witness the spectacular flag-lowering ceremony.The cricketers travelled 25......

Indians aim to match Pakistani hospitality

Pramod Ojha went to Lahore last year hoping to see the Indian cricket team thrash Pakistan. By the end of his trip, he had lost his heart to a country he had been brought up to dislike."It was an......

Players' security still a worry

The Pakistan Cricket Board is keen on hosting a Testagainst India in Peshawar," reveals a member of the PCB, speaking to rediff.com on condition of anonymity.Nothing to scareyouuntil you learn that......