Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is Pakistan's new prime minister: Die-hard Nawaz Sharif supporter stood by him during 1999 crisis
• 8 years agoPakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is a wealthy businessman and a long-time Nawaz Sharif loyalist whose journey to premiership has been full of fortuitous turns of fate.
US, Afghan forces rescue, Ali Haider, son of ex-Pakistan PM Gilani
• 9 years agoThe son of Pakistan's ex-prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was on Tuesday rescued from the clutches of Taliban in a joint operation by the US and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, three years after he was abducted from his hometown in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Former Pakistan PM Gilani's kidnapped son recovered after three years
• 9 years agoFormer Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's kidnapped son was recovered from Afghanistan in a joint operation carried out by the US, Afghan forces
Hated India since school was bombed in 1971 by Indian planes: David Headley
Fp Staff • 9 years agoOn the third day of his deposition before a Mumbai court, David Coleman Headley threw light on a number of aspects related to his alleged terror links
Link with Osama: Now ex-Pakistan defence minister goes back on his words
Fp Archives • 10 years agoA day after an Indian TV channel claimed to have exposed what it called "Pakistan's link with Osama bin Laden", former Pakistani defence minister Ahmed Mukhtar on Wednesday categorically denied claims that Pakistan had knowledge of Al-Qaeda leader's presence in the country.
It's official, Gilani says India not yet granted MFN status
Fp Archives • 13 years agoPakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the Commerce Ministry has only been tasked by the Cabinet to move forward on the issue.
Pak court grants former PM Yousuf Gilani bail in 12 graft cases
Fp Archives • 11 years agoPakistan's former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was on Tuesday granted bail by an anti-corruption court in 12 graft cases against him.
'Taliban call centre' busted in Lahore, 5 held
Fp Archives • 12 years agoPakistan's law enforcement agencies have arrested five people in Lahore while busting an illegal telephone gateway exchange allegedly being operated by the Taliban to make ransom calls to families of persons kidnapped by the militant group.
Prefer going to jail than being probed for corruption: Gilani
Fp Archives • 12 years agoFormer Pakistan premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he would prefer going to jail rather than appear before Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog that is investigating graft charges against him.
Musharraf trial: Gilani demands judges be tried with former prez
Fp Archives • 12 years agoFormer Pakistani premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has demanded that Pakistani judges who endorsed the October 1999 coup, led by former army chief Pervez Musharraf, should also be charged with treason.