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Vendetta Rapes Continue as Pakistan Resists Change 
New York Times - 45 minutes ago
Pakistan?s Hudood laws, under which a woman must produce four witnesses to prove rape, are hindering efforts at justice.Despite Critics, Pakistan May Expand Tribal Deal 
NPR - Oct 13 5:50 PM
More than a month has elapsed since Pakistan made a controversial peace deal with tribal leaders in North Waziristan, along the border with Afghanistan. The agreement has been criticized for allegedly allowing al-Qaida and the Taliban to regroup in the border mountains -- and attack U.S. forces in Afghanistan.'Eight held' over Pakistan alerts 
BBC News - Oct 13 10:36 AM
Pakistan says a total of eight suspects are being held over recent security alerts in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.Pakistan wants Shenhua to revive $1b project 
Khaleej Times - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD Pakistan wants Chinese Shenhua Group to revive the $1billion mining and coal fired power project of 600MW which remained unfinished for the last many years.Pakistan's largest energy company plans to explore oil overseas next year 
People's Daily - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
The Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC), Pakistan's largest energy exploration business, planned to launch its energy exploration ventures overseas next year, the website of local newspaper The News reported on Friday.Pakistan to set up an autonomous drug regulatory authority 
PharmaBiz - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday approved the setting up of an autonomous Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) to ensure supply of quality drugs and to streamline their registration.Kriss jury hears how police flew to Pakistan to collect murder suspects 
The Scotsman - Oct 13 4:59 PM
DETECTIVES from Glasgow flew to Pakistan 18 months after the murder of the schoolboy Kriss Donald to collect three suspects, a jury heard yesterday.Pakistan state oil firm plans overseas exploration 
The Star Online - Oct 13 4:21 PM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Oil and Gas Development Co Ltd (OGDCL) hopes to forge its first overseas exploration venture next year, its chief executive said ahead of a planned London listing.Pakistan border police arrest Afghan defence ministry official 
New Kerala - 9 minutes ago
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan police today arrested an Afghan defence ministry official at Chaman border for entering the country illegally even as 124 Afghan nationals were deported for the same offence.90 percent affected people shifted to quality shelters in Pakistan quake areas: official 
People's Daily - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
Vice Chairman of Pakistani Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) Nadeem Ahmed said Friday that out of 3.5 million people affected due to last year's Oct. 8 earthquake in northern Pakistan, 90 percent have been shifted to mid term and good quality shelters.Pakistan Arrests 8 Militants Suspected of Planting Rockets 
Voice of America - Oct 13 9:18 AM
Pakistan says it has arrested eight militants suspected of planting explosive devices at three security points in and around Islamabad this month.Pakistan becomes attractive country for investors: Musharraf 
Business Recorder - Oct 13 4:07 PM
ISLAMABAD (October 14 2006): President General Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that Pakistan has become attractive country for investors owing to continuity of policies and adoption of reform agenda by the government.Pakistan Steel raises billets prices by Rs 1000 per tonne 
Business Recorder - Oct 13 4:07 PM
KARACHI (October 14 2006): Pakistan Steel (PS) on Friday raised its billets prices by Rs 1,000 per ton due to rising raw material and steel prices on international front, market sources said.Pakistan's Largest Energy Company Plans Overseas Exploration 
Rigzone - Oct 13 12:10 PM
The Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC), Pakistan's largest energy exploration business, planned to launch its energy exploration ventures overseas next year, the website of Islamabad newspaper The News reported on Friday.Pakistan accuses India of nuclear proliferation 
rediff.com - Oct 13 10:10 AM
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam alleged it was India which started proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region, according to state-run APP news agency.In Pakistan rape cases, stigma, but little justice 
International Herald Tribune - Oct 12 8:40 AM
Pursuing justice is not easy for a woman in Pakistan, not if the crime is rape.Chinook Helicopters Complete Aid Deliveries to Remote Pakistan 
U.S. Department of State - Oct 13 1:44 PM
Landing on the edge of high mountains the pilots and crews of the United States Army Chinook helicopters complete the airlift of vital supplies to many earthquake-devastated parts of Pakistan before the severe Himalayan winter cuts off the remotest regions of the country. Construction of shelters and water tanks now can continue thanks to the cement, iron sheeting and steel bars brought by the PAKISTAN: Musharraf defends writing book 
AsiaMedia - Oct 13 12:34 PM
Islamabad --- President Pervez Musharraf has defended his decision to write his autobiography while in office and claimed that it is the first time that a book from Pakistan has because a bestseller.Pakistan has to work with us to uproot terrorism: PM 
Outlook India - Oct 13 8:15 AM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he hopes Pakistan will "seriously work" with India to "uproot terrorism" as agreed in Havana by President Pervez Musharraf during a meeting with him.Galloway to visit Pakistan for Tahir 
The Pakistan Link - Oct 13 10:48 AM
LONDON: British MP George Galloway will arrive in Pakistan next week to lobby the authorities to revoke Mirza Tahir Hussain s death penalty.Pakistan's CPI rises 8.73 percent yr/yr in Sept 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 13 2:57 AM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI), the main indicator of inflation, rose 8.73 percent in September from the same month last year, the Federal Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.PAKISTAN: IFRC to distribute shelter kits to quake survivors 
AlertNet - Oct 13 4:44 AM
Source: IRIN As part of its winter contingency plan, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC), together with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has started preparing to assist some 13,500 families affected by last year's massive earthquake in northern Pakistan. US boost to India's case on Pakistan-based terror 
Yahoo! India News - Oct 13 3:13 AM
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The US pressure on Pakistan to stop anti-India terror by using its influence with Kashmiri separatist groups has come as a shot in the arm for New Delhi, which plans to present to Islamabad the evidence of the complicity of the Pakistani intelligence agency in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.8 with suspected al-Qaida links arrested in attempted rocket attacks in Pakistan 
Leesville Leader - Oct 13 6:56 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Eight Pakistani militants suspected of links to al-Qaida have been arrested in connection with attempted rocket attacks in and near the capital of Islamabad, the interior minister said Friday.Pakistan's NBP hopes to open Indian branch soon 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 13 12:49 AM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters) - National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) , the country's largest bank, hopes to set up its first branch in India next year, the bank's president said on Friday.Amnesty International Claims Pakistan "Sold" Innocent Terror Suspects to U.S. 
WTOL News 11 - Oct 13 7:37 AM
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) -- Pakistan illegally detained innocent people on suspicion of terrorism, secretly imprisoned them, and transferred them to U.S. custody for money, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Friday.Pakistan foils coup plot 
Asia Times - Oct 13 4:09 AM
KARACHI - A plot to stage a coup against Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf soon after his recent return from the US has been uncovered, resulting in the arrest of more than 40 people.Accused brought to UK from Pakistan 
ic Lanarkshire - Oct 13 7:49 AM
Three men accused of the murder of schoolboy Kriss Donald were brought back to Britain from Pakistan by police last year, a court has heard.Mobile phone usage growing fast in Pakistan 
Yahoo! India News - Oct 13 1:58 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13 (Xinhua) Mobile phone users in Pakistan are growing fast with 41.5 million subscribers by the end of September 2006, out of the total population of 160 million, according to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).Pakistan: No U.S. Pressure Regarding Attacks On India 
India Daily - Oct 13 5:49 AM
The United States has not asked Pakistan to pressure Kashmiri militant groups to halt attacks against India, and even if they had, Pakistan has nothing to do with the situation, a spokesmen for Pakistan's Foreign Office said Oct. 13. U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said a day earlier that the United States had asked Pakistan to apply pressure.Pakistan's forex reserves rise to $12.561 billion 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 12 9:44 PM
KARACHI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves rose by $28 million to $12.561 billion in the week ending on Oct. 7, the central bank said on Friday.INTERVIEW-Cricket-Inzamam calls on Pakistan to fire in India 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 1:39 AM
Banned Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has urged his team mates to put the side's recent problems behind them at the Champions Trophy tournament in India.Locals want role in Pakistan's quake reconstruction 
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 1:00 AM
There are mornings when Sardar Bashir, a mayor in this earthquake-affected region of Pakistan, wishes he had never been elected to local government. Angry residents often crowd his office, lamenting the slow pace of reconstruction and the lags in basic amenities.Pakistan to register cattle breeds to thwart Indian claims 
New Kerala - Oct 13 4:07 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan has initiated measures to register what it claimed were its indigenous cattle breeds to prevent India from patenting them.India, Pakistan, North Korea all different: US 
Hindustan Times - Oct 13 12:38 AM
The United States says there is no comparison between a defiant North Korea and a "responsible" India or for that matter Pakistan, an ally "transitioning to its own form of democracy".Pakistan Vs Iran (non nuclear)!!! 
Strategy Page - Oct 13 3:41 AM
what would be the out come of a war between these two! and this does not incluse the use of nukes! ArrowGuns RE:Pakistan Vs Iran (non nuclear)!!! 10/28/2004 11:09:23 PMWith an eye on Pakistan, India for 'zero tolerance' on terror 
New Kerala - Oct 13 3:17 AM
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Helsinki, Oct 13: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for "zero tolerance" against terrorism, which he said, clearly with Pakistan in mind, would send the right signal to countries engaged in promoting terrorism.Musharraf says Pakistan didn't enable NKorea test 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 10:08 PM
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has denied that proliferation by the country's disgraced nuclear supremo allowed North Korea to carry out its claimed nuclear test.Pakistan catches alleged plotters 
CNN.com - Oct 11 8:40 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's president on Wednesday said authorities had captured "extremists" allegedly behind an attempt on his life.Militants seized after rockets, blast near Pakistan leader's homes 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 10:17 PM
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said security forces have arrested an extremist gang which aimed rockets at his official residence and set off a blast near his army home.Pakistan team happy with security 
New Kerala - Oct 13 4:05 AM
Jaipur, Oct 13: Pakistan team has expressed satisfaction with the security arrangements provided by India in the wake of the threats by Shiv Sena to disrupt their matches in the ICC Champions Trophy.The North Korea-Pakistan Connection 
Ohmynews - Oct 13 2:52 AM
Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam ruled out any link between the North Korean test and assistance Khan might have provided to DPRK.... Interview World Vision on Pakistan Quake One Year Later 
Christian Today - Oct 13 2:11 AM
One year after the 76 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan some 60 per cent of the survivors are still displaced according to a recent survey Following a commemoration service in Pakistan on Sunday John Schenk World Vision International Pakistan communications managerUS boost to India's case on Pakistan-based terror 
New Kerala - Oct 13 2:17 AM
By Manish Chand, New Delhi, Oct 13: The US pressure on Pakistan to stop anti-India terror by using its influence with Kashmiri separatist groups has come as a shot in the arm for New Delhi, which plans to present to Islamabad the evidence of the complicity of the Pakistani intelligence agency in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.India ready to talk 'all issues' with Pakistan: PM 
New Kerala - Oct 13 12:47 AM
Helsinki, Oct 13: India is ready to discuss "all issues", including Jammu and Kashmir, with Pakistan, but not publicly, Prime Minister Manmohan has told a Finnish magazine, stressing that there would be no talks on altering the disputed state's borders.Eight Al-Qaeda-linked militants seized over Pakistan rocket plot 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 13 5:32 AM
Pakistani security forces have arrested eight militants with suspected links to Al-Qaeda for an attempted rocket blitz in and around Islamabad, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said.Pakistan says no request from United States on stopping terrorist groups 
New Kerala - Oct 13 2:16 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan today said it has not received any request from the United States to use its influence on militant groups to stop attacks in India and insisted that it did not support or encourage violence.Eight militants seized over Pakistan rocket plot 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 13 4:58 AM
Pakistani security forces have arrested eight militants with suspected links to Al-Qaeda for attempted rocket attacks in and around Islamabad, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said.'Musharraf must restore democracy in Pakistan' 
rediff.com - Oct 12 8:52 PM
Shouting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf, dozens of volunteers of the Pakistan Muslim League in the US has asked the UN to pressurise the "military dictator" to step aside and restore democracy in the country.Pakistan sets up body to promote Sufism 
New Kerala - Oct 12 10:34 PM
Islamabad, Oct 13: The Pakistan government has set up a National Council for Promotion of Sufism to foster positive linkage between Islam and the West in the field of philosophy, religion and mysticism.Pakistan to promote Sufism to improve image 
New Kerala - Oct 13 12:46 AM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan has set up a National Council for Promotion of Sufism to project its soft power and improve its image in the West. President Pervez Musharraf is patron-in-chief of the body, said a notification on Thursday.Literacy norm hampering Parliament representation in Pakistan: NGO 
New Kerala - Oct 12 9:52 PM
New Delhi, Oct 12: While the democracy in Pakistan is overshadowed by the military, the norm making it compulsory for Parliamentarians in that country to be at least a university graduate is restricting the representation of people in Parliament, according to a Pakistani NGO.Al Qaeda active in Pakistan tribal areas: report 
New Kerala - Oct 12 11:31 PM
Islamabad, Oct 13: Several activists of Al Qaeda, the Taliban militia and Islamist extremists from Iraq and Uzbekistan are active in Pakistan's South Waziristan, The News International newspaper said Friday.Suspects said nabbed in Pakistan attacks 
AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 11 3:53 PM
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced Wednesday that authorities had captured suspects allegedly behind an attempt on his life and said Pakistan had to win its battle with extremists.