NPR (blog) | UN Drops Out Of Polio Vaccinations In Pakistan Following Shootings NPR (blog) The U.N. has halted its participation in a Pakistani-run polio vaccination program following attacks on health care workers. Lack of U.N. support is a big setback, but the government said it would not end the campaign. Officials say the country is ... Female Vaccination Workers, Essential in Pakistan, Become Prey In Pakistan, Taliban makes healers the targets Another victim of attacks on anti-polio teams dies in Pakistan, bringing 3-day ... |
'Complementary' raids carried out in border areas DAWN.com WASHINGTON: From mid-August to late September, the Pakistani military, the US-led International Security Assistance Force and the Afghan military have conducted a number of complementary operations in the border areas, says a Pentagon report. |
Western plot to sterilize Muslims? Polio vaccine rumors spark killings in Pakistan NBCNews.com (blog) Updated at 9:09 a.m. ET: PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan may be one of the world's three remaining polio-stricken countries but Sartaj Khan has decided that the government-sponsored vaccination campaign is much more sinister than it appears. |
GreaterKashmir.com | Zardari assures APHC of Pakistan support DAWN.com According to presidential spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar, the president said Pakistan firmly believed that a meaningful, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India would help create conducive environment to find a permanent ... 'Pakistan for permanent solution to Kashmir issue' Talking to Pakistan only will not help: Omar to Hurriyat APHC Chief seeks more diplomatic support from Pakistan |
BBC News | Polio workers speak out on Pakistan attacks BBC News BBC Urdu's Nosheen Abbas in Islamabad speaks to two health workers who have been working on the latest drive to eradicate the polio in Pakistan - one of just three in the world where the disease remains endemic. Attacks on teams distributing polio ... |
3News NZ | Ninth anti-polio worker dies 3News NZ Another victim from attacks on UN-backed anti-polio teams in Pakistan has died, bringing the three-day death toll in the wave of assaults on volunteers vaccinating children across the country to nine, officials say. Hilal Khan, 20, died a day after he ... |
Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings Reuters Tahir Ashrafi, who heads the moderate Pakistan Ulema Council, said that 24,000 mosques associated with his organization would preach against the killings of health workers during Friday prayers. "Neither Pakistani customs nor Islam would allow or ... |
NPR | In Pakistan, Tax Evaders Are Everywhere — Government Included NPR Tax evasion is a chronic problem in Pakistan — only about 2 percent of the population is registered in the tax system, and the government collects just 9 percent of the country's wealth in taxes, one of the lowest rates in the world. But now a new ... Pakistan making democratic, economic gains despite heavy odds |
International Business Times (press release) | Saudi Arabia, Alarmed By Pakistan-Iran Gas Project, Invites FM For Urgent Talks International Business Times (press release) Saudi Arabia has invited Pakistan's foreign minister to Riyadh to discuss bilateral relations and, reportedly, to persuade Islamabad to cancel its gas pipeline project with Iran. Saudi Arabia, Alarmed By Pakistan-Iran Gas Project, Invites FM For Urgent ... Pakistan decided on Iran gas project Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline to be completed on time, says Khar IP gas pipeline project at all costs: Khar |
DAWN.com | Pakistan thrash Oman in Asian Champions Trophy opener DAWN.com KARACHI: Pakistan started their Asian Hockey Champions Trophy campaign in style, trouncing Oman 8-3 in the opening match on Thursday in Doha, Qatar. Shakeel Abbasi scored three goals while Waqas Sharif scored two and Abdul Haseem, Mohammad ... |