The Express Tribune | Pakistan Stocks May Rally After Bigger-Than-Forecast Rate Cut BusinessWeek Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan stocks may gain after the central bank cut the benchmark interest rate by a bigger-than- forecast 1.5 percentage points, joining emerging markets from Russia to Brazil in lowering borrowing costs to spur ... EDITORIAL: A step in the right direction SBP rate cut Power price hike to hit SBP efforts |
The Guardian (blog) | Grossman asks Pakistan to act against Haqqanis The News International ISLAMABAD: Special Representative Marc Grossman urged Pakistan to act against the Haqqani threat while recognising the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in the fight against terrorism. In an interview with Tolo TV in Kabul, he said a large number of ... Pakistan, Afghanistan, US should join hands against terror: Grossman Pakistan is the real victim of Bush's great 9/11 folly Pakistan has to 'do more' to clean safe heavens: Grossman |
Los Angeles Times | No change in Pak stance on drone hits: FO The Nation, Pakistan ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Sunday rejected the reported remarks of the US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper that Islamabad has stopped demanding end to CIA drone operations in FATA. “There is no change in Pakistan's stance on drone attacks. ... Clapper: US, Pakistan spies rebuild ties Pakistan Arrests Al Qaeda Suspects, Stops Asking for End to CIA Drone Strikes Pakistan lifts travel restrictions on bin Laden family |
MiamiHerald.com | Karzai seeks Pak's help in stalled peace process Hindustan Times In a series of recent speeches and interviews, President Hamid Karzai has sought to balance inflammatory remarks that Pakistan is fighting a proxy war in Afghanistan with conciliatory appeals for greater cooperation among neighbors. ... India in Afghanistan Karzai's great gamble VIEW: Requiem for a dream —Usman Mujib Shami |
AFP | Pakistan: Banned Islamic parties agitate for assassin's release EnerPub On the call of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC, a coalition of Islamic parties), many Islamic political parties and a banned terrorist group, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), closer to Al Qaeda, held countrywide rallies on Oct. 7 ... Sympathy for an Assassin: The Worrisome Protests in Pakistan Lawyer: Pakistan governor's killer appeals death sentence Demands for release of Pakistan governor's killer |
Telegraph.co.uk | Pakistan arrest visa officer at British High Commission Telegraph.co.uk His detention will be hugely embarrassing to British officials in Pakistan who have invested a huge amount of time and money in detecting fake documents amid concerns that al-Qaeda operatives could arrive in Britain on visas ... |
The state of mental health DAWN.com The media talks about Great Power ambitions to balkanise Pakistan. Yet we fail to see that we have balkanised the nation ourselves; the social divide has never been greater and we have several hundred LoCs running through our towns, cities, ... |
Northern Voices Online | Pakistan-born author tells Punjab partition story Times of India A Hindu student crossing over to Lahore under a Muslim name and late Bollywood actor Sunil Dutt's encounter with an old woman on his visit to Pakistan are among the episodes recounted in a new book by a Pakistan-born author on the partitioning of ... Pakistan-born author tells Punjab partition story |
Business Recorder | 133438 Pakistan Cards issued to flood victims so far The News International HYDERABAD: As many as 133438 Pakistan Cards (Watan Cards) have been issued to heads of rain affected families in three calamity-hit districts, including Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan and Shaheed Benazirabad (Nawabshah) so far. ... 1,33438 Pakistan cards distributed among affectees More centres for delivery of Pak Cards |
The Express Tribune | SC must stop waste, embezzlement: APML The Express Tribune LAHORE: All Pakistan Muslim League spokesman Fawad Chaudhry has accused the provincial government of embezzlement and wastefulness in the insecticide spray campaigns against the dengue mosquito. He was speaking at a press conference at the Punjab ... APML issues white paper on Punjab govt's alleged corruption Those exploiting dengue will be disappointed: Nawaz No one should use dengue issue for point scoring: Nawaz |