The waiver comes after 17 closed-door meetings between the NSG member nations spread over the past three days during which India had to modify its statement on nuclear testing offering a unilateral moratorium.
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The New York Times terms Zardari's ascendancy to presidency "an accidental ascent for a man known more as a wheeler-dealer than a leader"
The law minister told the Sindh Assembly that female judges would be appointed in the Sindh High Court (SHC) and female police deputy superintendents will be recruited
Another missile attack by a US drone killed five in the tribal belt Thursday. The pilotless plane fired a missile at a house in a village in the North Waziristan tribal region, killing five and injuring three others, officials told TV channels
A missile fired from a US drone hit a house in the Mohammad Khel area, in the tribal district of North Waziristan, considered a sanctuary for Al Qaeda and Taliban militants
About 20 civilians were killed in raids carried out by suspected US troops in NWFP
Muslim Khan, the spokesman of the umbrella militant organisation which was banned by the Pakistani government last week, said the Pakistani Taliban had carried out the attack on Gilani's car
There is an international outcry over the alleged "buried alive" deaths in July of five women who married men of their own choice in the country's conservative heartland
The militant outfit says that such abductions would continue until the government stopped attacking militants
The PPP co-chairman still claims that he has the support of “90 percent of political forces”
The PML-N chief has intensified attacks against the ruling party, accusing it of "breaking promises and ignoring public issues"
Suspected militants fire two bullets at the vehicle of the prime minister as he returns to Islamabad from Lahore. However, he escapes the assassination attempt.
It was the third US missile strike in the last two weeks in Pakistan's tribal areas
The federal government has taken serious note of the “character assassination campaign” against the PPP presidential candidate
The dignity of the office of president needs to be restored, says the party represented by Nawaz
Pakistani forces today used airforce jets to carry out bombing raids against mounting upsurge by Taliban militants in Swat valley in NWFP, killing at least 25 militants, including two senior Taliban commanders
At least 355 people were killed in 183 blasts during the first three months of 2008, while another 108 were killed in 112 blasts in the second quarter
Assuring that the United States is there to support Pakistan to further consolidate its democracy, the State Department has said that it will stay out of Pakistan's internal affairs
The opposition candidate made the demand in view of reports raising questions about his mental health
Indian security officials confirmed the Indian Ocean meeting, and said the US “wanted to keep the pressure on Kayani”
Militants detonated a remote-controlled explosive device when a prison van was crossing a bridge over the Kurram River, killing six policemen and a passerby
Sharif thanked Zardari for his apology but said the PML-N would not like to rejoin the coalition "in the near future"
The blast occurred in a garrison town in northwest Pakistan as police officers and prison staff were headed to work
There is no word on whether deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar M. Chaudhry will be reinstated
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