Xinhua | Bomb hits NATO supply trucks in Pakistan en route to Afghanistan Washington Post By AP, PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say a bomb attack in Pakistan has destroyed 16 tankers carrying fuel for US-led forces in Afghanistan. Police officer Shafi Ullah Khan says the attack took place Saturday at a terminal close to the city of Peshawar ... Bomb destroys 16 NATO tankers in Pakistan Militants destroy 16 NATO oil tankers in NW Pakistan 16 NATO tankers go up in flames |
The Nation, Pakistan | Approved Rs10 billion funds just peanut for sinking Railways The Nation, Pakistan ISLAMABAD - The recent fund approval by the incumbent government to recuperate the finance-starved Pakistan Railways (PR) spinning into worse crisis is seemingly just a peanut in front of multi-billion loses soaring up with the passage of time, ... EDITORIAL: Bailout package for Pakistan Railways Rs10.1 billion breather for cash-starved Pakistan Railways Private sector to get representation on Railways board |
The Nation, Pakistan | New provinces need two-thirds majority in PAs, say experts The News International ISLAMABAD: The Constitution of Pakistan does not allow establishment or creation of a new province, say Siraiki or Hazara, within an existing federating unit without a two-third vote from its provincial assembly. The National Assembly and Senate, ... PML-Q resolution a mere political gimmick PML-N's testing time at Punjab Assembly Punjab should be divided into four provinces: Javed Hashmi |
Los Angeles Times | The handbag is the foreign minister Times of India Hina Rabbani Khar is not Pakistan's new foreign minister, a source close to the policymakers said in a remarkable revelation this week. "It is not Khar but her Hermes Birkin bag that was appointed to office last month," he told this scribe. ... Pakistan's new foreign minister turns heads Pakistan's First Female Foreign Minister Pakistan's top envoy gets points for style, but at home questions loom |
'We're relieved Bangladesh isn't with Pakistan anymore' Times of India In 2008, Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam , 36, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for her first novel A Golden Age, a stunning book that laid bare the gulf between East and West Pakistan during the 1971 war. In her second book, The Good Muslim, ... |
DAWN.com | Medical facility: 'MQM willing to help PPP for peace' The Express Tribune The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will offer unconditional support to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for restoring peace and stability in Karachi and the country before the situation spirals out of control, said MQM Rabita Committee deputy convenor ... Back to 2001 PPP-MQM reaches near reconciliation PPP, MQM agree to set aside differences |
The Guardian | Homegrown terrorists strike Kashgar Times The Samjhota Expres was basedon Pakistan and turned out to be the work of the Indian Army's serving colonel Prohit. The Malegaon bombs were blamed on Pakistan and investigations by Karkora showed a Hinduvata connection. The Norweigan king first blamed ... Chinese rebels threaten Sino-Pak ties China's Xinjiang 'Terrorism' Claim Questioned Experts doubt that Uighurs with Taliban ties are behind violence in China |
New Yorker (blog) | Funding Nicholas Schmidle Cryptome.org He did exceptional reporting from Pakistan while being funded by ICWA, visited some of the most dangerous areas of the country, and was booted by Pakistan in early 2008 for unexplained reasons. Schmidle is also an NAF event director and is highlighted ... For God and country... a gripping first-hand account of how US Seals killed ... Pakistan TV Report Contradicts US Claim of Bin Laden's Death Gaza, Bin Laden, Goldstone Committee and The NYTimes |
DAWN.com | Indo-Pak series hit by confusion! The News International KARACHI: The football series between Pakistan and India has been hit by confusion due to the communication gap between the football governing bodies on both sides of the border. Before Pakistan had confirmed the series, India's football governing body ... Pak-India football series to be played in England Pakistan, India caught in schedule confusion Indian National Team: Decision On India's Exhibition Match Against Pakistan To ... |
PakTribune.com | Malik claims new breakthrough The Nation, Pakistan Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has recently reported that ethnic and political violence in Pakistan's economic hub has resulted in the killings of 800 people over the past seven months. HRCP said that only in July 300 people became victims ... Terrorism can only be rooted out when all countries work together with a ... Malik twists PC's remark, says Mumbai blasts an inside job India, Pak can play 'decisive role together' for peace: Malik |