Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Renowned Pakistani poet Ahmad Faraz has died in Islamabad at age 78, family members say.

Karachi, Pakistan -- Pakistani investors Thursday turned violent after seeing their stock shares take another big drop on the Karachi stock exchange.

Islamabad -- Pakistan's parallel economy, or untaxed illegal money, is estimated at $83 billion, or half the country's entire GDP of $166 billion, sources say.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Inflation in Pakistan reached a monthly record 14.12 percent in March, the government reported.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- China is ready to join the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline if India drops out of the $7.4 billion project, Dawn newspaper reported Tuesday quoting Pakistani sources.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Australia's cricket team won't be visiting Pakistan as scheduled this month in the wake of Tuesday's deadly explosions in Lahore.

Google's hugely popular video-sharing site YouTube on Sunday came to a standstill for about two hours after Pakistan blocked access to the popular Youtube Web site because of anti-Islamic material that have outraged many Muslims.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- India and Pakistan say they plan to increase commercial flights and expand the number of destinations between the two countries.

Karachi, Pakistan -- Pakistan's Skies Unlimited Films reportedly plans to make a big-screen bio-pic about Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani leader assassinated last week.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Former Pakistan Prime Nawaz Sharif called the death of Benazir Bhutto a tragedy for the entire country.

World Health Organization in its latest reports said that there is a possibility that the reported Bird Flu in Pakistan might be spreading both from person to person and from poultry to humans.

The extremely infectious H5N1 virus has shown its existence in many Asian countries during the last several months, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan and Thailand. Now Pakistan has become the most recent victim of lethal bird flu virus.

Lahore, Pakistan -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's new appointees to the Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a final challenge to his running for a third term.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto, prevented from leading a march, called for President Pervez Musharraf's resignation, Sky News reported Tuesday.