New York Times | Pakistan: US drones hit militant hideouts, kill 18 New York Daily News Washington has long demanded Pakistan target militants holed up in North Waziristan and has welcomed the planned operation in the area. But Islamabad is likely to focus on Taliban militants who have been at war with Pakistan, not those who have been ... Militant Leader Believed Dead in Pakistan Drone Strike Pakistan: US Drones Hit Militant Hideouts,... US drone strikes kill 18 in Pakistan near Afghanistan border |
AFP | Explainer: Pakistan's blasphemy laws CNN (blog) By Reza Sayah, CNN. Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) - An 11-year-old girl is being accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. Her accusers says she burned pages from the Quran, Islam's holy book. Now, she is being detained by authorities, and her family appears to ... Pakistan: Controversial Detention of 11-year-old Accused of Blasphemy Pakistan Struggles to Protect Religious Minorities With Pakistan's blasphemy case, Americans should consider own sanctification ... |
The News International | India, Pakistan MPs moot new CBMs; discuss Assam, SMSs New York Daily News New Delhi, Aug 24 — Ahead of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Islamabad, parliamentarians of India and Pakistan Friday recommended a clutch of radical confidence-building measures, including allowing travel by citizens across the ... India-Pakistan Dialogue: Parliamentarians call for early liberalisation of ... Pakistan-India MPs push for better ties India, Pakistan MPs push for better ties |
The Hindu | "Nobody shares Pakistan's vision for Afghanistan" The Hindu On a recent visit to Chennai, Walter Russell Mead, a leading thinker, student and teacher of U.S foreign policy, spoke to Nirupama Subramanian, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan and Raghuvir Srinivasan on a range of issues. Edited excerpts: If President Obama is ... India allows FDI from Pakistan, seeks MFN status Indo-Pak nod for cross-border retail banking India, Pakistan MPs brainstorm on liberal visas, media role |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Pakistan, US divorce on the table, says daily New York Daily News Islamabad, Aug 24 — The relationship between Pakistan and the US has again turned rocky and the divorce option is on the table, a Pakistani daily said Friday. "Our relationship with the US is still going through an extremely difficult phase," said an ... US, Pakistan should 'divorce,' ex-ambassador to Washington says US-Pakistan tensions: Time to stop pretending we are allies? Pakistan military denies ISI colonel tipped off US about bin Laden |
San Francisco Chronicle | India, Pakistan hit by monsoon San Francisco Chronicle An Indian man holds his legs up to prevent them from getting wet as he rides a motorbike through a waterlogged road after monsoon showers in Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are ... |
The Express Tribune | Pakistan has nothing to do with drone attacks: FO The News International ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has absolutely nothing to do with the drone strikes, the Foreign Office spokesman said here on Friday, denying that any intelligence was being provided to the United States. Pakistan is averse to internationalising the recurrent US ... Pak-US working to resolve issue of drone strikes bilaterally: FO |
Taliban attempts to kidnap family of jailed CIA informant in Pakistan Fox News PESHAWAR – The Taliban attempted to kidnap the brother and other relatives of the Pakistani doctor jailed for helping the CIA hunt down Usama Bin Laden, members of the family told Fox News. The alleged attempted abduction happened on Monday, ... |
DAWN.com | Heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan kill 26 MI News 26 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Heavy monsoon rains that triggered flooding in northern Pakistan has killed at least 26 people and destroyed more than 100 houses, according to a preliminary assessment released by authorities on Thursday. Pakistan, India hit by deadly flooding Pakistan: 26 die from heavy rains, flooding |
The News International | Pakistan's choices on North Waziristan The News International But when the time came the army thought nothing of hanging Bhutto, Pakistan's most popular politician. Worse, it imposed the odious Ziaul Haq on the country and backed him till the moment he was blasted out of the sky. And it clung on to Musharraf ... |