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US, Pakistan negotiate reopening NATO supply line

By AP News Mon, May 14, 2012 7:30PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has been holding intense negotiations with Pakistan to get the country to reopen its border to supplies meant for NATO troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Monday, a day before senior Pakistani decision makers are set to discuss the issue. The clock is ticking ahead of a NATO...

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Pakistani women who received CIA ‘blood money’ killed

By AP News Mon, Apr 30, 2012 2:00PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Police say the widow and mother-in-law of one of two Pakistani men shot and killed by a CIA contractor last year have been murdered in the eastern city of Lahore. It appears Monday’s killings may have been related to the large amount of “blood money” Zohra Haider received to pardon her husband’s...

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Pakistan team to visit India for Mumbai probe

By AP News Wed, Mar 14, 2012 3:10PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say a commission is leaving for India on Wednesday to gather evidence for use in the prosecution of seven Islamist militants on trial in Pakistan over the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Government prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali said he and a Federal Investigation Agency official are part of the team,...

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Pakistan’s top court targets army

By AP News Sat, Mar 10, 2012 6:30AM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s powerful military establishment is under rare scrutiny from the country’s top court, which after a gap of 16 years has opened an investigation into allegations the army funneled money to politicians to influence elections. The case has showcased the emerging power of the Supreme Court, which is also hearing a contempt...

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Pakistan charges bin Laden’s wives

By AP News Fri, Mar 09, 2012 12:20PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has charged Osama bin Laden’s three widows with illegally entering and living in the country, the interior minister said Thursday. The three women have been in Pakistani detention since May last year, when U.S. commandos raided the house where they, bin Laden and several of their children were staying. The...

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