Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and superstar Shah Rukh Khan have been ranked among the 50 most powerful people in the world by prestigious United States-based magazine 'Newsweek' magazine, in a list topped by President-elect Barack Obama.Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who controls the country's nuclear weapons, is placed 20th on the list of the global 'power elite', at the beginning of 2009 in the magazine's January issue. Visit this link to read more:

Pak foreign minister said it will be "irresponsible" to speculate on the Mumbai attacks before the probe outcome. He asked India to work with Pakistan to defuse tension. Visit this link to read more: Pak to India: Don't speculate before Mumbai probe outcome

Islamabad has expressed its desire for peace but warned New Delhi of an effective response, should India launch an attack on Pakistan. Visit this link to read more: 'Pakistan will respond in case of attack'

Nasim Ansari, who till recently was the owner of a travel and tour agency in Kathmandu but now, is in police custody for being part of a fake Indian currency racket that originated from Pakistan. Visit this link to read more: Terror-funding Pak kingpin in Nepal police net

Afghanistan welcomes US pledge to increase troop presence, but requests the troops be stationed near its border with Pakistan. Visit this link to read more: Afghanistan welcomes US pledge for more troops

Nasim Ansari, who till recently was the owner of a travel and tour agency in Kathmandu but now, is in police custody for being part of a fake Indian currency racket that originated from Pakistan. Visit this link to read more: Nepal: Terror-funding Pak kingpin held

In a tough message to Pakistan, the United States has said that it is not satisfied with what Islamabad has done so far to eradicate terrorism from its soil after the Mumbai attack, which was not an ordinary event which can be "swept under the carpet." The message was conveyed by top American officials to Pakistani National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani, who was summoned to Washington as the US government was "getting increasingly frustrated." Visit this link to read more: Finally, US gets tough with Pakistan's 'shifty position'

Sabahuddin, the prime accused in the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force camp in Rampur and the attack on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has confessed to playing a pivotal role in the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai. Ansari, a Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative, had conducted the recee before the actual attack, Sabahuddin told the interrorgators. He also confessed that the attack was carried out by the LeT and launched from Pakistan. Visit this link to read more: 26/11 attacks planned, launched from Pakistan: Sabahuddin

Taliban militants killed two Afghan nationals in northwest Pakistan for allegedly acting as spies for U.S. forces fighting the resurgent militant group across the border in Afghanistan, a police official said Sunday. Visit this link to read more: Police: Taliban kill 2 accused spies in Pakistan

At least ten people have been killed and several others wounded after a large shopping center collapsed in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. Visit this link to read more: Pak shopping center collapse kills 10

Taking a tough stance, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that Pakistan had been given enough evidence regarding the Mumbai terror attacks and 'Islamabad must act'."We can deal only with the government of the day. Therefore, all arguments which are coming from the other side (Pakistan) are not really convincing," Mukherjee said. Visit this link to read more:

Taking a tough stance, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said Pakistan has been given enough evidence regarding the Mumbai terror attacks and now "Islamabad must act". Visit this link to read more: Islamabad must act, says Pranab Mukherjee

Talking tough with Pakistan, the US has said it is not satisfied with what Islamabad has done so far for eradicating terrorism from its soil after the Mumbai attack. Visit this link to read more: Don't try to sweep Mumbai under the carpet, US tells Pakistan

About 88% Pakistanis feel their country is headed in the wrong direction, 59% say next year will be worse than the current one, according to a poll. Visit this link to read more: '26/11 international conspiracy against Pak'

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail said he looks forward to spearheading the work of National Cricket Academy (NCA).

“It is a big Visit this link to read more: Aamir to rise up to challenge

At least nine people have been killed and several others wounded after a large shopping center collapsed in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. Visit this link to read more: Pak shopping center collapse kills 9

CHENGDU: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid visited Chengdu to see the progress of work on Pakistan-China co-product Visit this link to read more: CJCSC witnesses co-production of JF-17 Thunder aircraft

Kidnapped Iranian diplomat in Pakistan Heshmatollah Attarzadeh is alive and in good health, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan says. Visit this link to read more: 'Iran's Kidnapped diplomat is alive'

<p>Dawood Ibrahim is getting ready to celebrate his birthday at a location, probably outside Pakistan. <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowpics/3838681.cms" target="_blank"><b>In Pics: How Kasab was caught</b></a> | <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/3784621.cms" target="_blank"><b>India?s most Wanted</b></a></p> Visit this link to read more: Dawood Ibrahim prepares for secret birthday party

Militants in Pakistan launched rockets at two trucks returning from delivering fuel to US-led forces in Afghanistan, killing three people along a critical and increasingly dangerous supply route, an official said yesterday. Visit this link to read more: Militants kill three in convoy attack

After the Mumbai attacks, analysts and observers from Washington to Waziristan are suggesting ways to cut the Gordian knot that both binds and repels India and Pakistan. Visit this link to read more: India and the world needs Kashmir resolved

Amid its efforts to build global pressure on Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai attacks, the government has convened a two-day conference of its Ambassadors and High Commissioners on Monday during which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to tell them to work in this regard. Visit this link to read more: PM convenes envoys' conference

Hundreds of people held an anti-India demonstration in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday to protest the neighbour "stealing" water of common rivers that flow from India's Jammu and Kashmir state, media reports said. Visit this link to read more: India's water 'theft' draws people's ire

The black-and-white flag of Jamaat-ud-Dawa still flutters over a relief camp for survivors of an earthquake that hit a remote corner of Pakistan in October. Visit this link to read more: Charity flag flutters over relief camp

A huge blaze gutted a major portion of a multi-storey shopping plaza in Rawalpindi yesterday, killing at least four people and trapping around 20 others in the tangled mass of concrete and iron, officials said. Visit this link to read more: Fire guts mall killing four and trapping 20

Militants in Pakistan launched rockets at two trucks returning from delivering fuel to US-led forces in Afghanistan, killing three people. Visit this link to read more: Three killed in convoy attack in Pakistan

Around 88 per cent of the people of Pakistan think their country is heading in the wrong direction, only 11 per cent say it is on the right track, says a recent opinion survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI). Visit this link to read more: 88% of Pakistanis say country is failing

Arrested in the Rampur Central Reserve Police Force camp attack case, Ansari – now in the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad's custody --says he was trained in Pakistan and the deadly Mumbai attack was planned by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. Visit this link to read more: Let carried out the Mumbai attacks: Ansari

India's government is coming under growing pressure from foreign-policy hawks to take military action against Pakistan and the terrorist network based there. Visit this link to read more: Hawks step up calls for military to target terror networks in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Hockey star Rehan Butt has been named the Best Player of Asia for the year 2008 by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) at its congre Visit this link to read more: Rehan Butt named best hockey player of Asia