ABC News | Zardari comes to Pakistan on Dec 25 to go back to Dubai Pakistan Observer Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari will come to Pakistan on December 25 to go back to Dubai in early January next year. The insiders privy to these developments told this scribe that President Zardari will participating in Quraan Khawani and prayers ... Pakistan's Zardari leaves Dubai hospital Pakistan's President Discharged from Hospital Pakistan's President Zardari to leave hospital, but return unclear |
The Guardian | Pakistan to tax military supplies going to Afghanistan MiamiHerald.com ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan is planning to tax supplies for US-led coalition troops that are shipped through its territory to land-locked Afghanistan, officials revealed, in retaliation for the recent deaths of its soldiers in a "friendly fire" ... Pakistan to impose Nato transit tax following 'friendly fire' troop deaths Pull Pakistan's Plug US-Pakistan relationship |
AFP | 'Pakistan should secure its side of border' The News International KABUL: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said it is important for the United States to maintain a relationship with Pakistan and emphasised that Pakistan must secure its side of the border. “Its difficult, it's complex, but at the same time it's ... Panetta says security gains a 'turning point' in Afghanistan war Pakistan blames Afghan refugees for Rabbani murder The Pakistanis Have a Point |
Family planning in Pakistan Washington Post Health workers are advocating the use of contraceptives in Pakistan, a highly conservative country where birth-control use is low and the fertility rate is higher than other Muslim nations. Pakistan's total population is projected to rise from 173 ... |
Sydney Morning Herald | Pakistani police rescue 50 boys from seminary dungeon Sydney Morning Herald ISLAMABAD: Police have rescued more than 50 boys, some in shackles, from a warren of rooms beneath a madrassa in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. Officers raided the dungeon, which was equipped with hooks and chains, after a tip-off that children as ... Pakistan: Karachi police free chained students Chained children in Pakistan: Not an uncommon treatment for addicts Pakistan police rescue chained students from madrasa |
The Express Tribune | In mountain camps, Pakistan Taliban train for death Reuters By Saud Mehsud LADDA, Pakistan (Reuters)- Pakistan's Taliban say they have started peace talks, but in a mountain camp young recruits learn how to mount ambushes, raid military facilities and undertake the most coveted missions -- suicide bombings. ... Reporter's journey with Taliban through Pakistani tribal region shows ... A walk with the Taliban in Pakistan COMMENT: Emergence of the Punjabi Taliban —Musa Khan Jalalzai |
AFP | US House asks for punitive measures against Iran, Pakistan Xinhua 14 (Xinhua) -- The US House of Representatives on Wednesday evening passed a massive defense bill, asking for sanctions on Iran's central bank and freezing some aid to Pakistan. The bill, approved with a 283-136 vote, was expected to pass the Senate ... US lawmakers target Pakistan aid, Iran central bank US lawmakers target Pakistan aid Nuclear Iran is not in Pakistan's interest |
The News International | Pakistan to rethink Olympic strategy The News International KARACHI: Pakistan are ready to rethink their Olympic strategy after the national hockey team got hammered in the 2011 Champions Trophy in Auckland earlier this month, a top Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) official told 'The News' on Wednesday. ... Pakistan doors opening for international sport PHF under fire after Pakistan's dismal show in Champions Trophy HCP in bad shape for Sino-Pak hockey test matches |
CBC.ca | Pakistan Talking Again to US-Led Coalition, NATO Says Fox News AP KABUL, Afghanistan – Voicing cautious optimism, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that he's seeing signs of a possible lifting of Pakistan's communications blackout imposed on the US-led coalition after NATO airstrikes killed two ... US halts $700 million in aid to Pakistan Pakistan showing signs of returning to cooperation |
The Nation, Pakistan | Pakistan's legal fight to end the drone war The Nation, Pakistan Over the past three years, the steady buzzing of Predator drones overhead has become a grim and terrifying fact of life for many residents of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KP). So pervasive is the sense of fear that doctors there report a ... Aftermath of drone attacks. Photos by Noor Behram of the Pakistan Tribal Areas Rare photos of CIA drone 'Bugsplat' bodies in secret blackhole battle released |