San Francisco Chronicle | United States confident of Pakistan nuclear security New York Daily News The US has said they are confident that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are safe, despite a recent Taliban attack on an air force base. Nine attackers in military uniforms carried out the raid this week northwest of Islamabad. Thursday, August 16th 2012, 06 ... Pakistan's nukes Taliban carry out brazen attack on Pakistan base Pakistan: Bomb hits bus carrying Shiites, 1 killed |
CBS News | Pakistan's Army Chief: No Joint US Military Operation in Northwest Voice of America (blog) Pakistan's army chief is rejecting what he says is “speculative reporting” about a joint military operation with the United States in Pakistan's North Waziristan. The northwestern tribal agency is a known stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida-linked ... Pakistan plans anti-militant push in rugged region No joint anti-terror operation with US: Pakistan Pakistan Security Brief - August 17, 2012 |
The Guardian | Pakistan: Bomb hits bus carrying Shiites, 1 killed Boston.com KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb hit a bus carrying Shiite Muslims students in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Friday, killing one person in what appeared to be the latest attack in a rising wave of sectarian violence in the country, a ... Gunmen execute 22 in Pakistan bus attack |
New York Times | Imran Khan Must Be Doing Something Right New York Times Khan, once Pakistan's greatest sportsman and now its most popular politician since Benazir Bhutto, exuded an Olympian solitude that evening; it had been a long day, he explained, of meetings with his party's senior leaders. The previous two months, he ... |
The Nation | Shoaib Akhtar wants Pakistan job New York Daily News Pakistan have been hunting for a bowling coach since appointing Australian Dav Whatmore as head coach in March, with former Essex paceman Ian Pont the leading contender. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) set up a three-man committee to find a suitable ... Pakistan lacks strike fast bowlers: Shoaib Shoaib Akhtar wants Pakistan bowling coach job Shoaib keen to take up Pakistan bowling coach's role |
Hindustan Times | Hindu families from Pakistan arrive in droves Hindustan Times Two others, Manohar Lal and Kamlesh came on the same train. Like Kumar, they were tightlipped. But the volume of luggage carried told the story. So what was the situation in Pakistan? "I have not heard of any atrocity, I faced no problem there," Kumar ... India conveys to Pakistan serious concern over abduction of Hindus Pakistan frees 55 Indians for independence day |
Bradenton Herald | During Ramadan, Pakistanis dodge tax collectors Bradenton Herald 17, 2012 photo, Pakistani men, center, count money they collected for worshippers to be delivered to poor families, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in Gujranwala, Pakistan. For many years, Pakistan required ... |
Pakistan 'should switch over to plain cigarette packaging' The News International By upholding the first-ever Australian law requiring the sale of all cigarettes and other tobacco products in plain packaging, the Australian highest court has set an example to be emulated by Pakistan, a country that needs to protect itself from the ... |
MiamiHerald.com | Attack shows need for Pakistani Taliban offensive Columbus Telegram The United States has repeatedly pressed Pakistan to attack this latter group of militants in North Waziristan, especially the so-called Haqqani network. But the offensive is likely to disappoint on that front and is shaping up to be much less dramatic ... Pakistan Security Brief - August 16, 2012 |
'Pakistan among topmost in biometric registration' Pakistan Daily Times KARACHI: Pakistan has emerged as one of the few countries in the world where 96 percent of the adult population has been registered through the most secure biometric technology, introduced by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), the ... |