Yearly Archives: 2013

Mandatory DNA testing in rape cases

KARACHI, July 16.2013 (Manzoor Chandio / UPI Next) -- A reported ruling to limit the use of DNA in rape cases by a body...

Killings spread fear among mountain climbers

ISLAMABAD, July 9, 2013 (Obaid Khan / UPI NEXT) -- The attack that killed 10 foreign mountain climbers in Pakistan last month has frightened...

Economic Measures Seen Risking More Poverty

KARACHI, July 7,2013 (Manzoor Chandio / UPI Next) -- Harsh economic measures introduced by Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to pay off the...

Sharif plans treason trial for Pervez Musharraf

A 2005 UPI file photo of Pervez Musharraf speaking during a press conference  ISLAMABAD, June 24,2013 (Naukhaiz Sahi / UPI Next) -- Pakistan's new...

Investigators say they are close to arrests in Chaudry Zulfiqar Ali killing

Investigators say they are close to making arrests in the killing of the chief prosecutor for the Bhutto assassination. (UPI Photo/Hossein Fatemi)  June 19,...

Election-monitoring group pulls back on some claims

KARACHI, June19,2013 ( Filza Khurram / UPI Next) --  A Pakistani election-monitoring group has backpedalled on some of the claims it made of voting...

New Prime Minister seen facing major challenges

welcoming ceremony at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on June 5, 2013. UPI/Sajjad Ali Qureshi  KARACHI, June 5,2013 (Manzoor Chandio / UPI Next)...

National Accountability Bureau aims to eliminate corruption from politics

ISLAMABAD, April 29,2013 (AAMIR SAEED / UPI Next) -- With a May 11 election set to mark the first transition from one elected government...

PTI protests alleged rigging in elections

LAHORE, May 29,2013 (Sumeera Riaz / UPI NEXT) -- The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party, the runner-up in Pakistan's May 11 general elections, has been staging...

Women faced major hurdles at polls

KARACHI, May 20,2013 (MANZOOR CHANDIO / UPINext) -- Women in this month's Pakistani elections were intimidated or blocked from voting in some areas of...

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