Stars and Stripes | Rockets Fired From Pakistan Pound Villages in Afghanistan New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Villages in northeastern Afghanistan — an area thick with competing Taliban factions, operatives from Al Qaeda and other militants — were bombarded with hundreds of rockets fired from Pakistan over the weekend, leaving at least ... Afghanistan warns Pakistan over cross-border shelling After 30 years, Pakistan rolls up welcome mat for Afghan refugees A day after Kabul's warning to Pakistan, more cross-border shelling reported |
USA TODAY | US missile attack on powerful commander's compound in Pakistan kills 9 ... Washington Post ISLAMABAD — U.S. drones fired eight missiles at a compound owned by a powerful militant commander in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing nine suspected insurgents, Pakistani intelligence officials said. It was unclear whether the commander, Sadiq ... US drones kill 9 suspected militants in Pakistan Pakistan: Drones Said to Kill 9 Militants |
DAWN.com | Pakistan slams Sun's visa scam claims New York Daily News Pakistan slams Sun's visa scam claims. The head of Pakistan's Olympic contingent has denied a report by the Sun newspaper that a visa scam could have allowed potential terrorists inside the Olympic village in London. The Sun claims its undercover ... Visa scam involving Pakistan's Olympic team uncovered Olympic visa scandal surfaces in Pakistan Pakistan shamed by visa scandal |
Press TV | It's Deja Vu As Pakistan's Political Crisis Deepens NPR An ongoing political crisis has left Pakistan's government paralyzed and near collapse, as the country's Supreme Court attempts to revive corruption charges against the president in an apparent effort to force his resignation. Accusations of corruption ... Pakistan Supreme Court takes up petitions against contempt law PM says media freedom and democracy 'inseparable' Desire for strong democracy in Pakistan: Ashraf |
Pakistan's Zardari congratulates new Indian counterpart New York Daily News Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Monday congratulated Pranab Mukherjee, the newly elected president of South Asian rival India. "It gives me great pleasure to extend to you warm greetings and felicitations on your well-deserved election to the high ... |
DAWN.com | Pakistan negotiates with militants over kidnapped son of a late politician New York Daily News Pakistan's intelligence agency has been negotiating with militants who are holding the kidnapped son of an assassinated politician since last August. It is believe that that kidnappers of Shahbaz Taseer are demanding a large ransom and the release of ... Pakistan spy agency talking to militants over release of son of slain liberal ... |
AFP | Pakistan police to protect Afghan runaway couple BBC News A Pakistani judge has ordered police to protect a young Afghan couple married in secret who are fighting deportation. The young woman, Miriyam, says her parents tried to force her to marry her brother-in-law after her sister died. Miriyam and her ... Pakistan offers protection to Afghan elopers Afghan couple flees to Pakistan, fearing persecution PHC orders safe accommodation for Afghan couple |
What's working in Pakistan CNN And in 2011, it became embarrassingly clear that Pakistan had harbored Osama bin Laden for almost a decade, even if unwittingly, in a city not far from the capital, Islamabad. Peter Bergen. Leading Pakistani liberals are routinely assassinated by ... |
New York Times (blog) | Silencing Pakistan's Minorities New York Times (blog) The Pakistan authorities are prone to censoring Web sites of all kinds on an ad hoc basis, without specifying why certain sites are targeted or publishing a comprehensive list of banned sites — at last count, more than 15000 Web sites were blocked ... |
Examiner.com | Polio Workers Shot in Pakistan Science Now A man working for the World Health Organization (WHO) on the polio eradication campaign was shot and killed in Karachi, Pakistan, on the evening of 20 July. Muhammad Ishaq was shot outside his clinic in a rough slum area of Karachi known as Gadap. A New Age Polio in Pakistan Shootings suspend Pakistan vaccination program WHO: polio worker shot, killed in Pakistan |