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Karachi, Mar.17 (ANI): Despite the Lahore High Court order preventing his extradition, Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s second-in command, would be handed over to Afghanistan after a case is registered against him in Pakistan.
Talking to media persons here, Mukhtar said Barader’s extradition would not [...]

Islamabad, Mar 8(ANI): Pakistan Law Minister Babar Awan has reportedly nominated himself for an international assignment worth millions of dollars.
According to reports, the Law Ministry has put Awan’s name at the top of the four-member list of legal experts recommended to the International Arbitration Forum for future assignments at the International Arbitration Court (IAC),
It [...]

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, today alleged that India has “imposed war on Pakistan” by constructing “illegal dams” and diverting water of Pakistani rivers and said the government must prepare the nation to counter this aggression.
Saeed made the remarks while launching a “nation-wide protest” against what he described as [...]

Washington, Mar.5 (ANI): Notwithstanding the recent surge in action against extremist commanders in Pakistan, President Obama’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke has said he is “agnostic” about whether Islamabad has actually turned decisively against the Afghan Taliban.
In an interview to The Financial Times, Holbrooke said he is unable to judge whether Pakistan’s [...]

Lahore, Sep.17 (ANI): A Pakistani woman has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking Pakistani citizenship for her Indian husband.

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar admitted the petition filed by one Shazia Zia, and referred the matter to the High Court [...]

Lahore, Sep.2 (ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday re-imposed security restrictions on nuclear scientist Dr.Abdul Qadeer Khan, declaring the earlier verdict of the single-bench court as null and void.

A two-judge LHC bench headed by Justice Mian Saqib Nisar suspended the verdict of LHC single bench, lifting the security protocol, after hearing an [...]

Washington, Sep.2 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the Lahore High Court’s decision to end all security restrictions on disgraced Pakistani scientist Dr. A.Q. Khan the United States has warned that Dr.Khan still remains a ’serious proliferation risk’.

Interacting with media persons here, State Department spokesperson Ian Kelly said the Obama Administration is keeping a close watch on [...]

Washington, Aug.31 (ANI): Concerned over the Lahore High Court’s decision to lift all security restrictions on disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. A Q Khan, former US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said CIA should keep an eye on Dr. Khan.

Cheney, who is considered a strong critic of the Obama Administration, said instead of questioning CIA’s [...]

Islamabad, Aug.31 (ANI): While the Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered removal of all security restrictions on disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, there still exists an ‘invisible’ security blanket around his residence.

According to The Daily Times, when a team of journalists visited Khan’s house on [...]

Islamabad, Aug.30 (ANI): Following the orders of the Lahore High Court to remove all security restrictions on disgraced scientist Dr. A Q Khan, the authorities have lifted all restrictions on his movement, however, Khan has denied restrictions being removed.

“Visitors on Saturday faced no restrictions in reaching the residence of Dr Khan,” Syed Ali Zafar, Dr. [...]

Lahore, Aug.29 (ANI): Slain Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s protocol officer, Chaudhry Aslam, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking registration of a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf in connection with the former premier’s assassination.

Interior Advisor Rehman Malik, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan, former Intelligence Bureau Director General [...]

Lahore, Aug.28 (ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) has lifted security restrictions from disgraced nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan.

According to The Nation, the LHC has directed the district magistrate and DIG Islamabad to end Khan’s official protocol with immediate effect.

The court [...]

New Delhi, Aug 24(ANI): Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Monday expressed India’s concern over terrorism and said that it was high time Pakistan dismantled terror from its soil.

“India is willing to cooperate with [...]

New Delhi, Aug.23 (ANI): The Indian Government has reportedly approached Interpol and requested it to issue a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Sources said that they expect the RCN to be issued some time next week, possibly by Tuesday.

The [...]

Lahore, July 28 (ANI): Pakistan has denied arresting Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, in connection with the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said there is ‘not enough proof’ of Saeed’s involvement in the 26/11 carnage, so the alleged mastermind could not be put behind bars.

Malik said Islamabad has asked New [...]

New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party has cautioned the United Progressive Alliance government ahead of discussions with Pakistan in the wake of the Pakistani Government’s withdrawal of appeal challenging Pakistan High court’s order to release Hafiz [...]

Islamabad, July 14 (ANI): The government in Pakistan’s Punjab province has decided to disassociate itself from the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed case and filed a plea for its withdrawal.

On Monday, the provincial government informed the Supreme Court that it has challenged the release of Saeed due to certain “confidential evidence” against him.

According to Punjab [...]

Islamabad, July 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court would start the hearing into the two separate petitions filed by the Punjab government and the federal government respectively challenging the acquittal of the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Colonel (retired) Nazir Ahmed today (Monday).

Challenging the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) verdict [...]

New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that New Delhi is closely monitoring the case of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the prime accused of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

“I think that it is the internal matter of Pakistan, especially when courts are involved. We do not comment [...]

Islamabad, July 5 (ANI): Following the Punjab government’s decision to challenge the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) verdict of releasing the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed and Colonel (retired) Nazir Ahmad, both of whom are accused of masterminding the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, now the federal government has also decided to file a separate petition against [...]