July 7 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s government said it is trying to identify the suicide bomber who killed at least 19 people, mostly police officers, in an attack in the capital, Islamabad, yesterday.
More: continued here
by Staff Writers Karachi (AFP) July 5, 2008 President Pervez Musharraf insisted on Friday that Pakistan’s powerful army still supports him, but he said he would step down if he thought it would solve all of the country’s problems.
More: continued here
ISLAMABAD: The showers have continued to pour in Kashmir, Upper Punjab and NWFP this morning here on Monday.Most of the parts of country have been observing early monsoon raining for several days.128 ml rain was recorded in Islamabad during last 24 hours however most parts in Rawalpindi have been flooded of rainwater due to operational sewerage system..
More: continued here
(RTTNews) - The Pakistan rupee fell sharply against the US dollar during early Asian deals on Monday. At about 11:55 pm ET, the rupee touched a low of 70.46 per dollar, compared to Friday’s New York session close of 69.75. This set a new multi-year low for the former.
More: continued here
The White House on Monday denounced a suicide bombing that killed 15 people in Pakistan, calling it a “needless act of violence” and vowing to help the US ally fight “this common enemy.”
More: continued here
ISLAMABAD: Security has been put on high alert in Peshawar also after the Islamabad suicide blast here on Monday.
More: continued here
SAINT KITTS: Mitchell Johnson starred with the ball, following a strong batting performance, as Australia completed a rare ODI series sweep in the Caribbean, when they cruised to a 169-run victory in the fifth and final ODI against West Indies on Sunday. Johnson collected five wickets for 29 runs from 7.5 overs, as Australia successfully defended a formidable target total of 342, when they dismissed West Indies for 172 in 39.5 overs. Johnson formalised the result, when he had Fidel Edwards caught at fine leg fending away a short, rising ball to send another fair-sized, strongly partisan, weekend crowd home disappointed. The victory - Australia’’s largest against West Indies - meant they became only the third team to sweep an ODI series in the Caribbean. Australia won the opening match by 84 runs in St. Vincent, the rain-affected second ODI by 63 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis Method, and the third ODI last Sunday by seven wickets in Grenada, as well as the fourth ODI last Friday by one run here. Previously, South Africa and Pakistan were the two sides that achieved ODI series sweeps in the Caribbean. They both accomplished the feat three years ago, when the Proteas won all five of their matches in a bilateral series, and the Pakistanis won all three in theirs.
More: continued here
LONDON: World number two Rafael Nadal clinched the Wimbledon men’’s singles title for the first time after beating world number 1 Roger Federer in the final on Sunday.In one of the most nerve-jangling finals, Nadal survived two rain breaks and an astonishing Federer fight back to end the Swiss’’s five-year reign as Wimbledon champion with a thrilling 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7 victory.
More: continued here
Pakistan News
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 6 — At least 10 people were killed in Pakistan’s capital Sunday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a crowd commemorating a deadly government-led raid on a radical mosque here last year, according to police.
More: continued here
The presence of expelled and rusticated activists of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) at the Punjab University (PU) hostels has been a matter of great conce
More: continued here