Islamabad: Unidentified armed men kidnapped a Hindu trader in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said. Sham Lal was travelling with his family to Karach when the armed men intercepted his car in Rashidabad area of Khuzdar district and took him away to an unknown location. Following the incident, the local traders association and Hindu businessmen protested the kidnapping and demanded that authorities should steps to trace him.

Pakistan's beleaguered prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani has conceded he would automatically lose his job if he is convicted of contempt, as he prepared to face the Supreme Court on Monday. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Photo: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images 4:21PM GMT 12 Feb 2012 Comments The top court threw out a last-ditch appeal by Mr Gilani on Friday and is now set to indict him for contempt over his refusal to reopen graft cases

Interview with Ken O'keefe, international activist So particularly, in Palestine if you are telling the truth and exposing the American, European, the Israeli system and how it continues to maintain this very oppressive war criminal type of reality for the Palestinians, of course you are not going to find favor in fact it could be very risky." The Israelis are aware that media plays a powerful role especially when it

Indian writer-socialite Shobhaa De has taken Karachi by storm, bringing in a touch of glamour as she flew into the southern Pakistani port city to attend a major literary fest being held in Karachi. The third Karachi Literature Festival organised by the Oxford University Press and the British Council has became the happening event on Karachi's cultural scene. "No doubt she (De) has brought a touch of glamour to the festival,"

Late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden wanted his children to "go to Europe and America and get a good education", his brother-in-law told the Sunday Times of London, adding that bin Laden did not want them to "follow him down the road to jihad." By News Wires (text) AFP - Slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged his younger children to go live peacefully in the West and get a university education, his brother-in- law said in an interview published Sunday.

Doha: With female sports participation in the ME on the rise, women and girls in the region are encountering a unique set of challenges with regard to the 'hijab' which is not faced by their Western counterparts, a recent research conducted at Northwestern University in Qatar revealed. NU-Q sociologist Geoff Harkness and his course student Samira Islam shed light on the quiet, often overlooked gender revolution that has been

Sunday, 12 February 2012 next>> Recommend Twitter London, February 12: Slain Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden reportedly told his children to live peacefully in the West where they would get a good education, his brother- in-law has revealed. Zakaria Al-Sadah, whose sister was Osama's fifth wife, said the Al-Qaida chief did not want his children and grandchildren to follow the same path of terrorism like him, the Daily Mail reported.

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 18:47 Last Updated on Sunday, 12 February 2012 19:05 Written by TOLOnews.com Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission on Saturday warned that if the Afghan government does not prevent violence against women, the international community will consider Afghanistan unsuccessful in the field of human rights. The commission believes that all achievements of the last ten years will

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 17:31 Last Updated on Sunday, 12 February 2012 18:43 Written by Nazifa Mahbuba The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said that International Support to Afghanistan and Financing Afghan National Security Forces will be the main subject to be discussed at Tokyo Conference. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Janan Musazai, said that Afghan government is trying very hard to attract long-term international support.

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 19:17 Last Updated on Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:08 Written by Shakeela Abrahimkhil Relatives of some Afghan high-ranking officials and powerful figures have been appointed in key posts in the Afghan Ministry of Affairs, experts said on Sunday. Experts warn that politicising the positions in the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that appointment of Afghan officials' relatives in the