NEW YORK - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - The punishment inflicted on former President Pervez Musharraf shows how quickly Pakistan's democratic institutions, most notably an independent judiciary and free Press, have matured over the past five years, an article in a major US newspaper said."An alert media ...

ADHI KOT - The victory of PML-N in the by-elections has proved that people have complete confidence in the policies of the ruling party in the province. PML-N local leader Malik Shakir Bashir Awan said this while talking to media here the other day.  He said that winning of 7 seats out of 9 in ...

The U.S. has received only 13,500 applications in the first week for H-1B visa, as against the mandated cap of 65,000 reflecting the poor employment market in that country. The Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), as mandated by the U.S. Congress, started receiving H-1B applications from ...

President Barack Obama faces significant doubts from the American public about the war in Afghanistan and his handling of foreign policy, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. At the same time, he has shored up support for his top domestic priority following this month's health-care ...

A series of clashes with Nato forces in southern Afghanistan killed 30 Taliban militants. At least 25 Taliban were killed and 13 others detained after clashes with security forces in Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand, according to spokesman of Afghan interior ministry. Four policemen were also wounded ...