Novinite.com | US asks India to support Pakistan on extremists AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States called Monday on India to support rival Pakistan in rooting out extremism as Washington drafts a new "war on terror" strategy in South Asia. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg also said the United States ... Obama Plan Would Link Pakistan Aid to Taliban Fight US wants Afghanistan "exit strategy", meets NATO US envoy weighs Afghan challenge |
WA today | Zardari woos opposition to end Pakistan crisis Reuters But tension lingers between Zardari's party and its main rival, the party of former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, in particular over control of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous and most politically influential province. ... Pakistan's Zardari says needs help with terrorism Pakistan president calls for help to fight terror Pakistan under Zardari lurching from crisis to crisis |
Boston Globe | Suicide Bomber Hits Police Station in Pakistan Capital Voice of America By VOA News A suicide bomber targeted a police station in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, Monday evening, killing himself and one officer. Officials say police tried to stop the bomber at a point before he detonated his explosives. ... Suicide attack kills guard in Islamabad Bomb attack on Islamabad police Police Guard Killed In Pakistan Suicide Blast |
GulfNews | Pakistan’s Chief Justice Returns to Work New York Times, United States By AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, whose ouster spurred waves of protests that led to a president’s downfall, returned to work on Sunday, while Pakistan’s governing party and its main opposition resolved to ... Supporters rejoice as Pakistan chief justice quietly resumes duties Pakistan judge at center of turmoil back at work Pakistan Reinstates Chief Justice Chaudhry After Sixteen Months |
Boston Globe | Pakistan militants strengthen in heartland The Associated Press BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan (AP) — The compound bore no sign. Residents referred to it simply as the school for "jihadi fighters," speaking in awe of the expensive horses stabled within its high walls — and the extremists who rode them bareback in the dusty ... Pakistan militants strengthen in heartland |
Straits Times | Mumbai terror attacks suspect says he is from Pakistan guardian.co.uk, UK Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images The sole surviving alleged gunman who brought terror to Mumbai admitted today he was from Pakistan and allegedly "laughed" as charges that could see him hanged were read out. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab faces the death penalty ... Video: Mumbai terror attack: preliminary hearing begins Mumbai suspect tells court he is from Pakistan Mumbai Terror Strike Gunman Faces Trial in India |
Boston Globe | CIA chief visits Pakistan Los Angeles Times, CA AP Islamabad -- The new CIA director held high-level talks in Pakistan as the Obama administration seeks a strategy to turn around the faltering war against Taliban militants in Afghanistan. Leon Panetta arrived in Pakistan on Saturday on his first ... Video: CIA's war in Pakistan - 22 March 2009 US seeks to expand covert war in Pakistan CIA chief in Pakistan amid missile strike furor |
Aljazeera.net | Pakistan hands over DNA profiles Aljazeera.net, Qatar Interpol, the international police agency, says Pakistan has provided DNA profiles of suspected "terrorists" to assist with the investigation into last year's attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai. The France-based agency said on Sunday that the ... Pakistan sends Mumbai attack DNA data to Interpol Interpol-Pakistan share terror suspect profiles Pakistan shares Mumbai terrorists’ DNA profiles with India? |
A year in review - Pakistan BBC News, UK It was the most challenging news event in 12 months of major stories in Pakistan, following Bhutto's dramatic return from self-imposed exile in October, the declaration of a state of emergency a month later and the presidential elections in February ... |
AFP | Pakistan 'close' to being failed state: India AFP NEW DELHI (AFP) — Pakistan is "perilously close" to becoming a failed state and is already "pretty dysfunctional," a senior Indian government official has said. Home Minister P. Chidambaram also voiced fears that the rise of the Taliban in neighbouring ... India-Pakistan tensions heat up India worried over Taliban spillover, wants Pakistan to be stable ... Taliban’s influence could spill over to India: Chidambaram |