Dibai -
Saudi authorities blocked roads in a flashpoint Shiite town Saturday, residents said a day after security officials reported that gunmen killed a two-year-old boy and a Pakistani man.
Karachi -
Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, CEO of a company called Axact, was arrested after being accused of selling fake diplomas to people from all around the world.
Muzaffargarh -
An eighteen year old college student who was allegedly gang raped by five men set herself on fire in front of a local police station after the man accused of initiating the rape was released by officials.
Islamabad -
A man and two women, were paraded naked through the streets of Islamabad by police officers.The incident took place in a town that follows a deep, conservative Muslim faith.
Washington -
The US decision to hold back financial aid to Pakistan, designed to pressure the south Asian country into cooperating with America’s war on terror as it battles al-Qaida, could lead to “less, not more,” influence in the region.
Pakistan is a mystery to most people. What most people in the west know about the country they hear in the nightly news. This four part series will try and shed some light on the many facets of Pakistan.
On Sunday India's foreign minister denied that he placed a call to Pakistan's president at the height of the Mumbai attacks, which led its air force going on high alert.
The amendments enraged Islamic fundamentalists, but won cautious support from human rights activists, who wanted the controversial laws scrapped altogether.
