Voice of America | Afghanistan Deadline Pushes Pakistan, US Closer Voice of America ISLAMABAD — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Kabul on a previously unannounced visit Wednesday to discuss the U.S. presence in Afghanistan after international combat troops complete their withdrawal in 2014. American, Afghan and ... Pakistan, Afghanistan moving ahead on peace plan that cuts US peace role US encouraged by Pakistan efforts to go after terrorists Afghan refugees in Pakistan resist pressure to return |
ABC News | Afghanistan, Pakistan Pursue Peace Despite Attack ABC News The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan are determined to press ahead with peace efforts after a meeting in Turkey, the country's president said Wednesday, despite an attack that wounded the Afghan intelligence chief. President Abdullah Gul described ... Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to investigate spy attack Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan ink MoU on trade Pakistan determined to defeat extremist mindset: Zardari |
Facebook takes down Pakistan Taliban page NBCNews.com Facebook removed a page set up by the Taliban in Pakistan, after a monitoring group reported on its existence as a fresh example of a social media tool being used for the recruitment of terrorists. SITE, a non-governmental organization that monitors ... |
The Guardian | Pakistan politicians engulfed by tax evasion storm The Guardian Nearly 70% of Pakistan's politicians, including some of the country's wealthiest people, did not file tax returns last year, according to a report that shines a light on a longstanding problem that reaches to the top of society. According to an ... Pakistan Security Brief - December 12, 2012 Two thirds of Pakistan MPs 'dodged income tax' |
BBC News | Pakistan lawless tribal areas 'fuelling rights crisis' BBC News Pakistan is failing to address thousands of human rights abuses taking place in its tribal areas in the north-west, Amnesty International has said. In a new report, the campaigning rights group says people are being terrorised by both the Taliban and ... Report exposes 'the hands of cruelty' in Pakistan's Tribal Areas Pakistan military guilty of abuses, says Amnesty Pakistan's army accused of abuses |
Economic Times | After SAP, sugar mills in more trouble as Pakistan eases exports Economic Times Pakistan, which had earlier allowed 0.5 million tonne of sugar exports, has now approved open exports of its surplus sugar output, which stands at 1.2 million tonne. India is now the most preferred market for Pakistan since its main importer Iran has ... |
The Nation | Bomb blast in largest Pakistani city kills 2 MiamiHerald.com (registration) KARACHI, Pakistan -- A Pakistani police official says a bomb blast in the southern port city of Karachi has killed two people. Mazhar Mishwani said the bomb, planted near a roadside tea stall, killed the shop owner and a police official. It also ... 2 killed, 8 injured in Pakistan's Karachi blast |
NDTV | India-Pakistan T20 tickets to be sold online NDTV Bangalore: Over 7,000 tickets for the first India-Pakistan T20 tie at Chinnaswamy stadium here Dec 25 will be sold online from Thursday, former Test cricketer and Karnataka State Cricket Stadium (KSCA) secretary Javagal Srinath said. Maximum tickets ... India vs Pakistan: Online ticket sales for Bangalore T20 to start on Thursday India vs Pakistan: Online ticket sales for T20 clash in Bangalore starts on ... |
Pakistan ready to act against safe havens: US DAWN.com WASHINGTON: Pakistan has signalled its readiness to deal with terrorists operating within its borders as well as with those who cross over to Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday. The statement followed a clarification by ... |
DAWN.com | Pakistan gives Afghan refugees six more months DAWN.com ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday gave 1.6 million Afghan refugees the right to stay another six months, extending a deadline on their residency papers that had been due to expire at the end of December. The decision was taken by Prime Minister Raja ... Pakistan extends Afghan refugees` stay by 6 months Afghanistan must avoid 'baseless' allegations against Pakistan: Raja PM asks Afghanistan to avoid 'baseless' allegations against Pakistan |