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UTStarcom inks deal in Pakistan (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:12:17 GMT

UTStarcom Inc. has signed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract with Bell & Tell Pvt. Ltd. to provide bundled voice and data services in Pakistan using UTStarcom's optical network and VoIP technologies, the company said Tuesday.


17 killed in latest Pakistan suicide attack (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:26:31 GMT

A suicide bomber killed 17 people in northwest Pakistan as police tried to arrest him Tuesday, the latest attack in a wave of violence that is piling pressure on President Pervez Musharraf.


Sharif's expulsion challenged in Pakistan court (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:24:59 GMT

President Pervez Musharraf faced a fresh showdown with Pakistan's Supreme Court after the opposition Tuesday launched a legal challenge against the deportation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.


Pakistan ex-official sent back to exile (Boston Globe)
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Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:52:49 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf's summary deportation yesterday of a returning political rival is likely to galvanize the country's prodemocracy movement, but it also sharply heightens the danger that the Pakistani leader will use unrest as a pretext for declaring emergency rule or martial law, analysts said.


Sharif lawyers go to Pakistan high court (UPI)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:08:44 GMT

Lawyers for former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have appealed his deportation to the country's Supreme Court.


Ex-Premier's Return to Pakistan Ends Quickly (NPR)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:09:19 GMT

Nawaz Sharif, the exiled former prime minister of Pakistan, was deported to Saudi Arabia just hours after arriving in Islamabad. Sharif had returned to Pakistan in the last week to challenge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in elections.


Blain steeled for Pakistan clash (BBC News)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:55:25 GMT

Scotland's John Blain is ready for a psychological battle with Pakistan's batsmen at the ICC World Twenty20.


Sharif's expulsion challenged in Pakistan court (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:36:58 GMT

Supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif launched a legal challenge in the country's Supreme Court on Tuesday against his deportation to Saudi Arabia by the government, officials said.


12 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing (Deutsche Welle)
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Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:40:43 GMT

A suicide bomber in Pakistan has killed at least 12 people and wounded more than a dozen in an attack on Tuesday near a bus stop. Local officials said some of the dead were police officers. The blast occurred in a town bordering Pakistan's troubled tribal areas.


'Al-Qaeda in Pakistan a major challenge to US' (Express India)
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Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:02:52 GMT

The United States has said that fighting the al-Qaeda in Pakistan is as critically important to the America as coming to terms with the terror network in Iraq.