In message for World Peace Day on January 1, the Pope said finance which focused on short term profit was 'a threat to all.'
He said the current food crisis had not been created by a lack of food but 'the phenomenon of speculation and the inability of economic and political institutions to deal wit

In a move sought by India and the U.S., the panel said the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa was a front for the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and subject to U.N. sanctions on terrorist organizations. It also designated four suspected plotters of the Mumbai attack as terrorists subject to sanctions.

local workers during a welcome procession of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Minorities’ Affairs and Human Rights, Kamran Michael. This lamentable show down took place at Chak (village) # 91 Southern Branch (SB) Sargodha, on the evening of Nov 30th. PCP learnt through New Satellite Town (NST) poli

an international policy think tank.
According to ICOS, Taliban forces have advanced from their southern heartlands, where they are now the de facto governing power in a number of towns and villages, to Afghanistan’s western and north-western provinces, as well as provinces north of Kabul. Within

“Pakistan is no more a safe home for millions of Christians who have been deprived of their basic equal democratic rights and victimized by Muslim extremist elements under administration cover up” said Nazir S Bhatti
Pakistani Christians have been attacked, women raped and enforced conversion is wo

Despite past tension, Benedict recalled ''a common commitment on the path of mutual understanding and cooperation between Orthodox and Catholics''.
He praised Russia's first post-Communist-era Church chief for his efforts in fostering ''the rebirth of the Church after harsh ideological oppression''

Most of the victims died when an explosives-laden car blew up in a busy marketplace in the heart of Peshawar, the capital of the violence-hit province bordering Afghanistan.
The blast, which killed 21 people and wounded 84, occurred just hours after six people died in a car bomb explosion at a mark

Rice came from India, where she was told by Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee that India was considering all options in dealing with Pakistan after the assault, which left nearly 200 dead.

The United States is particularly concerned about any military stand-off with India that might see Pakistan

The burial held on the same day the Federal Government deployed more troops in the trouble spot, and fears were expressed over the starvation being faced by about 4,000 persons that have been displaced by the crisis.
But the Plateau State government allayed fears that a state of emergency could be

"If there was an intelligence agency whose fingerprints can be spotted all over the crime scene, it appears to be Islamic rogue elements from the Pakistan ISI, hell-bent on disrupting a marked improvement in India's relations with neighboring Pakistan. For two decades, the Pakistan Inter Services In

Officials said they had almost totally cleared the luxury Taj Mahal hotel where gunmen had been holed up for more than 24 hours after their rampage of gunfire and grenade blasts.
Thirty-nine people were rescued from the five-star Oberoi/Trident hotel, where "mopping up" operations were still underw

A group calling itself the "Deccan Mujahedeen" claimed responsibility for the assaults on the landmark Taj Mahal and Trident hotels in the south of the city and a number of shooting and bombing incidents elsewhere in the city.
Maharashtra state chief secretary Johnny Joseph said 78 people had been

Naseem Bibi is facing miserable life and lost her 9 years old son without proper medical aid last week because she is living in hiding in Pakistan.
Gulzar Masih, husband of Naseem Bibi is facing immense difficulties to find manual labour to make two ends meet of his family of four children.
Naseem

Police said the attackers seized the man from a convoy of relief vehicles in the Dir region on Monday. Other aid workers escaped after villagers fired on the attackers.
The UN's World Food Program (WFP) said the victim was distributing wheat and cooking oil on its behalf. WFP spokesman Amjad Jamal

"My trust in Chinese officials has become thinner and thinner," the Tibetan spiritual leader told nearly 600 delegates after a week-long review of the Dalai Lama's strategy towards Beijing.
"In the next 20 years, if we are not careful in our actions and planning, then there is great danger to the T