Geneva, Sept 9 PPI: Some 423,000 people in Pakistan need urgent health care after being affected by recent conflict and flooding.

Islamabad, Sept 8 PPI: Chinese President Hu Jintao felicitated and extended best wishes to ruling Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on his election as President of Pakistan.

Washington, Sept 8 PPI: United States Democratic Party's Presidential candidate senator Barack Obama congratulated Asif Ali Zardari on his election as President of Pakistan and praised Zardari's av

Rawalpindi, Sept 8 PPI: Pakistan's security forces foiled a suicide attempt early Monday morning at Nowshera in the country's North West Frontier Province NWFP and saved many precious lives.

Islamabad, Sept 8 PPI: Pakistan's President-elect Asif Ali Zardari will take oath of his office on Tuesday at the President's House in Islamabad.

Geneva, Sept 6 PPI: International Committee of Red Cross says the situation in Pakistan's tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan is ``increasingly volatile.''

Washington, Sept 6 PPI: United States has reimbursed tranche of $365 million to Pakistan on account of Coalition Support Fund.

Karachi, Sept 5 PPI: Pakistan's State Bank Governor, Dr Shamshad Akhtar Friday announced to raise Minimum Capital Requirements (MCR) and Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) for locally incorporated banks,

Islamabad, Sept 5 PPI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani says German
government's relaxation in its present policy of small arms export to Pakistan will

Rawalpindi, Sept 5 PPI: Pakistan reserves the right to appropriately retaliate cross border strikes in future.