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Pakistan bomb blast: why health workers keep getting attacked - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:22:51 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Pakistan bomb blast: why health workers keep getting attacked
Christian Science Monitor
As of the beginning of October, Pakistan has reported 36 cases, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, with eight new cases recorded last week alone, mainly in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, of which Peshawar is the administrative ...
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Polio vaccine campaign faces extremist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan - PBS NewsHour Tue, 08 Oct 2013 01:59:59 GMT

Polio vaccine campaign faces extremist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan
PBS NewsHour
Most of the world is polio-free, but not in Pakistan, where setbacks have hampered efforts to eradicate the virus. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how health workers are working to reverse perceptions created by religious extremists ...


India Says It Has Killed 7 in Clashes Along Pakistan Border - New York Times Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:57:11 GMT

India Says It Has Killed 7 in Clashes Along Pakistan Border
New York Times
NEW DELHI — India says it has killed seven fighters and is still fighting others in a Pakistan-backed force of several dozen who crossed a mountainous and thickly forested border area with the aim of killing Indian troops, ratcheting up tensions just ...

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Karachi Heat: Pakistan's Megacity Is a Sweltering Gangland - TIME Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:02:27 GMT

Karachi Heat: Pakistan's Megacity Is a Sweltering Gangland
TIME
Like many parts of Pakistan, swaths of the sweltering Pakistani city of Karachi experience regular power outages for up to 8 and 9 hours a day. The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, despite its priority status for receiving power, keeps several large ...


Malala Yousafzai: In Pakistan terrorists are afraid of education - BBC News Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:58:12 GMT

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Malala Yousafzai: In Pakistan terrorists are afraid of education
BBC News
A year ago this week, the Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai was on a bus coming home from school when she was shot in the head by the Taliban. It was a moment that sparked shock and anger in Pakistan and around the world - the targeting of a ...
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General's orderly departure gives Pakistan vacancy to fill - Financial Times Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:08:07 GMT

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General's orderly departure gives Pakistan vacancy to fill
Financial Times
The last time Nawaz Sharif was in a position to select a Pakistan army chief he came to regret his decision. Within a year General Pervez Musharraf had ousted him as prime minister and established a military government. This time round Mr Sharif ...
Pakistan's army chief announces retirementWashington Post
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Bombing Near Polio Vaccination Site Kills 2 Pakistani Police Officers - New York Times Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:11:39 GMT

Bombing Near Polio Vaccination Site Kills 2 Pakistani Police Officers
New York Times
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least two police officers were killed and a dozen people wounded on Monday when a bomb went off near a health care facility where polio vaccines were being dispensed outside this northwestern Pakistani city, officials said.


Envoy assails 'Pakistan bashing' by Indian media - DAWN.com Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:20:40 GMT

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Envoy assails 'Pakistan bashing' by Indian media
DAWN.com
HYDERABAD (Deccan): Pakistan High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir on Sunday took a swipe at Indian media, saying 'Pakistan bashing' had become its 'favourite pastime'. "Fortunately, in Pakistan this is not the case. Our media doesn't extensively ...
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Look Out for Pakistan Cricket Fireworks - Wall Street Journal Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:31:41 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Look Out for Pakistan Cricket Fireworks
Wall Street Journal
For Pakistan, the shadow of that recent defeat, against lowly Zimbabwe, hangs heavily over the two-match series, which starts next week in Abu Dhabi and concludes a couple of weeks later in Dubai, followed by five One-Day Internationals and two ...
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India asks Pakistan to maintain sanctity of LoC - Times of India Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:59:39 GMT

Economic Times

India asks Pakistan to maintain sanctity of LoC
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Alarmed by the nature of intrusion into the Keran sector of J&K, India on Monday asked Pakistan to maintain the "sanctity of the Line of Control'' (LoC) if it wanted an upswing in bilateral ties, even as the Army is now trying to flush out ...
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