Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been warned by that without "swift and decisive action" the militant Islamic movement the Taliban will soon spread across all of Pakistan, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Rescuers in Pakistan struggle to bring aid to more than one million people hit by deadly storms.
Hungry victims of floods in southwestern Pakistan rioted, protesting slow, meager aid reaching their marooned villages.
Pakistan this weekend is closing two camps for Afghan refugees. The U.N. refugee agency is urging the government of Pakistan to make sure the closure goes peacefully. Violent clashes occurred in mid-May when Pakistan tried to close another camp for Afghan refugees.
Gen. Pervez Musharraf has been warned by his own ministers that his lax attitude toward Taliban and Afghan militants could lead to chaos in Pakistan.
Scotland are without Dougie Brown and Kyle Coetzer for their one-day match against Pakistan in Edinburgh on Sunday.
An estimated 1 million people are stranded in Pakistan by flooding. A combination of heavy pre-monsoonal rain and Tropcal Cyclone Yemyin, which passed through the area Tuesday, has cut roads and destroyed many mud-brick homes, the BBC reported. The army h...
Representatives of India, Iran and Pakistan are set to meet for a second day here amid reports they were getting closer to a deal on a multi-billion dollar pipeline to transport gas from energy-rich Iran through Pakistan.
India says it is close to finalizing a deal to transport natural gas from Iran to India via Pakistan. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, officials from the three countries have held talks in the Indian capital on the $7 billion project, which has been opposed by the United States. -VOA
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) The United Nations High Commission for Regugees (UNHCR) has temporarily suspended voluntary repatriation of Afghans through Pakistan's North West Frontier Province Friday due to heavy rains and floods.