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 ... |
Economic Times | India says Pakistan pushing fighters into Kashmir before 2014 Reuters India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over Kashmir. The two armies frequently exchanged artillery fire across the Himalayan region for years until a 2003 ceasefire that has been fraying in recent ... India's Pakistan policy has lost all sense of direction An Indian's Maiden Visit to Pakistan India says it has killed seven in clashes along Pakistan border |
GlobalPost | Pakistan quake toll reaches 515, insurgents hamper aid efforts Reuters AWARAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from an earthquake in southwestern Pakistan has reached 515, a provincial official said Friday, as insurgent attacks threaten relief efforts and survivors complain of lack of shelter from the scorching sun. Pakistan blocking foreign aid to quake-devastated Baluchistan, where 100000 ... Pakistan won't halt quake relief efforts |
PakistanToday.com.pk | Karachi Vice: 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 nine hours a day. The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, despite its priority status for receiving power, keeps several large ... 9 suspected criminals nabbed in Karachi |
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 ... Blast near polio workers kills two in Pakistan's Peshawar Pakistan deadly bomb targets Peshawar polio campaign Polio-vaccination team targeted in Pakistan |
gulfnews.com | One year on: Malala Yousafzai wants to return to Pakistan, keep fighting for girls Sydney Morning Herald This Wednesday, October 9, will mark exactly a year since a Taliban gunman boarded Malala Yousafzai's tiny school bus in the remote Swat Valley of Pakistan, called out her name, and put a bullet through the left side of her head. Although the attack ... Pakistan politicians are prisoners of own ignorance Interview: Even If Its People Hate Me, I Will Still Love Pakistan, Says Malala Malala Yousafzai: In Pakistan terrorists are afraid of education |
ESPNcricinfo.com | Top order keeps South Africans solid ESPNcricinfo.com Four of South Africa's top five strolled to half-centuries against Pakistan A in Sharjah on a surface reminiscent of the ones they played the two Test series on in 2010 for its lifelessness. JP Duminy threatened to extend that feat as he finished the ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Malala Yousafzai: Why the global hero is scorned in Pakistan Christian Science Monitor Malala Yousafzai – the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban – is publishing her autobiography worldwide today and may cap the week by becoming the youngest winner ever of the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala Wants to Go Back to Pakistan Despite Death Threats Taliban renews threat against the teenage girl Malala relives horror of Taliban shooting in autobiography |
The Express Tribune | Pakistan Muslims Dig Up Hindu Grave, Spiking Religious Tensions Voice of America ISLAMABAD — A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh. Shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is ... Mob removes Hindu's body from graveyard in southern Pakistan |
Economic Times | Keran infiltration impossible without Pakistan Army knowledge: General Bikram ... Economic Times NEW DELHI: Stating that the Indian Army is 'pretty satisfied' that Keran sector of Kashmir has been cleared of terrorists, Army chief General Bikram Singh told Times Now that it is impossible to infiltrate the area without the knowledge of Pakistan Army. LoC infiltration: Blame game not solution to any issue, says Pakistan India asks Pakistan to maintain sanctity of LoC Pakistan aiding infiltration bids: Gen Bikram Singh |