ISLAMABAD, May 19: A 19-year-old mountaineer, Samina Baig, from the Shimshal valley of Hunza has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 metres. Ms Baig completed the climb to the summit at around 7:30am local time on Sunday with her brother Mirza Ali, 29. Ali became the third and youngest Pakistani male to scale the mountain. The Nepal Moun ...

By Zulfiqar Ahmad & Ali Hussain ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is believed to be under immense pressure from international powers, especially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), US and ,UK not to adopt a confrontational stance with respect to trying former military strongman Gen Pervez Musharraf under article 6, it is learnt. Well-placed sources close to Gen Musharraf claimed tha ...

DAWN.COM LAHORE, May 13: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has recommended a serious initiative to revamp the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), redefine its priorities and reduce bureaucrats’ meddling in political affairs. The recommendations have been made in the HRCP’s preliminary report on Elections 2013 based on its monitoring of the electoral process before and on the polling day. The ...

Dawn.com PESHAWAR, MAY 10: A Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister has confirmed Dawn.com report that women would not be allowed to vote in parts of the province under the tacit approval of PPP, ANP, JUI-F, PML-N and JI. “Yes I can confirm this agreement has taken place in Lower Dir, have reports of similar agreement from some other areas, but I am sure about Dir agreement and I had already communicated it to the Ele ...

Dawn.com LAHORE, May 8: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan who was injured in a stage fall on Tuesday evening told newsmen today that although he was feeling better, he would not be able to cast his vote in his hometown of Mianwali as he had previously planned. Khan had sustained head and back injuries after he fell from a lifter during a public meeting in Lahore. He received stitches on his he ...

Dir Lower, May 8: Senator Zahid Khan of the ANP on Tuesday inaugurated Chakdara Bridge, a section of which was washed away during 2010 destructive floods. The bridge which played a key role in connecting Dir Lower, Dir Upper, Chitral, Bajaur Agency and some parts of Swat district with other parts of the country had lost one of its sections during July 2010 floods and created hardships for millions of dwelle ...

Dawn.com RAWALPINDI, May 4: As Taliban bombs curtail campaign rallies, Pakistan’s political parties are ploughing millions of dollars into TV and print adverts to sway voters ahead of next week’s historic polls. Competition is fierce but it’s a cash market and those with the biggest bucks get the most air time ahead of the historic May 11 polls, set to mark a key democratic transition, say television execut ...

LONDON, May 1: In a startling claim, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was not killed by the Taliban. [caption id="attachment_8318" align="alignleft" width="300"] Imran Khan[/caption] Speaking in an interview with British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, the PTI chief said that Bhutto had been “clearly killed by people worried she was going to come int ...

Nation.com ISLAMABAD, April 30: The amnesty scheme to legitimize smuggled vehicles through duties has in fact given a huge push to smuggling as total of 50,852 smuggled vehicles have been legalized in just one month. According to data, from March 5 to April 6, total 50,844 vehicles of more than 3 years old and total 8 vehicles of up to 3 years old have been legitimized by Federal Board of Revenue to earn Rs ...

Dawn.com LAHORE, April 27: Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in Pakistan, who was attacked by fellow inmates armed with bricks has been put on a ventilator as he fights for his life, officials said on Saturday. Singh, who was sentenced to death 16 years ago on espionage charges, was rushed to hospital on Friday with multiple wounds, including a severe head injury, after an argument in Lahore’s ...