Pakistan's Sharif seeks to ease mistrust with IndiaNawaz Sharif, who is poised for victory after Pakistan's May 11 election, said he had spoken at length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of rival India and would work to ease mistrust. "Mutual fear needs to be addressed. More… |
Etihad increases Lahore, Lagos servicesEtihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has increased its flights to Pakistan’s Lahore city and Nigeria’s Lagos. Flights to Lahore will More… |
Emirates upgrades Pakistan networkDubai-based Emirates has unveiled major expansion plans for Pakistan with the launch of additional flights to Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar, starting later this month. Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore and Benazir Bhutto Intern More… |
RAK Airways to start flights to PakistanRAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE, has expanded its route network with two flights a week to Peshawar and Lahore in Pakistan, effective November. RAK Airways CEO, Omar Jahameh, said: “The addition of two new routes to our network More… |
US citizen kidnapped in PakistanAn American citizen was kidnapped from his residence in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, police said. The man, who the US embassy declined to identify, works for the consulting firm J.E. Austin Associates Inc., and was worki More… |
Suicide blasts kill 45 in LahoreTwo suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents. A third bomb exploded near a police station More… |
30 killed in Lahore suicide attackTerror struck Lahore for the third time in two months when an explosives-laden vehicle apparently targeting the ISI headquarters went off in crowded Civil Lines area, killing at least 30 people and leaving nearly 150 injured. Police More… |
Gunmen attack police in Pakistan; 20 deadA group of attackers were holed up in a police training centre in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday after storming the building with guns and grenades, killing at least 20 people. The attack came less than a month after a dozen gunmen More… |
Pakistan issues sketches; no breakthrough on attackPakistani police issued sketches on Thursday of four of the gunmen who attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team but no breakthrough had emerged two days after the gunmen fired and then melted away. The ambush on the team and its police escorts as More… |
Sharif returns to Lahore from exileFormer Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned from exile in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, coming back to a country under emergency rule imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. He said he was determined to rid the country of dictatorship. More… |








