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Mohsin Hamid: 'Pakistan and India are incredibly similar' - The Guardian Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:07:42 GMT

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Mohsin Hamid: 'Pakistan and India are incredibly similar'
The Guardian
Moth Smoke garnered impressive reviews and a strong following in Pakistan for its taboo-busting focus on drugs, crime and illicit sex, but it was the Man Booker-nominated The Reluctant Fundamentalist that made his name. In May it will be released as a ...

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Pakistan passionate about collecting world records - Washington Post Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:30:05 GMT

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Pakistan passionate about collecting world records
Washington Post
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — One young contender created the world's largest sequin mosaic using 325,000 of the sparkly disks. Two other youths achieved 123 consecutive badminton passes in one minute. And 1,450 participants broke the record for the most ...

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Gen. Musharraf Returns - New York Times Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:38:58 GMT

Gen. Musharraf Returns
New York Times
General Musharraf faces numerous court challenges in Pakistan, including criminal charges in the deaths of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and a Baluch leader. He has denied the charges, but it is essential that the cases be adjudicated. Human ...

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Pakistan?s Woman Warrior, Ambassador Sherry Rehman - Daily Beast Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:07:09 GMT

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Pakistan?s Woman Warrior, Ambassador Sherry Rehman
Daily Beast
Sherry Rehman is pictured here at her home in the Old Clifton neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan. She is a liberal parliamentarian with the ruling Pakistan People's Party and has recently been in the headlines after she proposed a bill to reform ...

Pakistan's Election Season Begins With Two Very Different Candidates - TIME Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:41:55 GMT

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Pakistan's Election Season Begins With Two Very Different Candidates
TIME
Pakistan's election campaign kicked off at the weekend with a massive political rally led by Lahore's best-known celebrity — plus the surprise return to the country by a former military ruler. On Saturday, Imran Khan drew an impressive crowd of around ...
Manoeuvres and rallies as Pakistan's election campaign heats upNew Statesman
Imran Khan's bid for political power in Pakistan hit by bad weatherThe Guardian
Explainer: Pakistan's Parliamentary ElectionsRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
GlobalPost -Indiatimes.com
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Can 'toothless tiger' Musharraf 'restore' Pakistan? - Deutsche Welle Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:12:25 GMT

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Can 'toothless tiger' Musharraf 'restore' Pakistan?
Deutsche Welle
Former Pakistani President and retired General Pervez Musharraf is not popular among Pakistan Islamists - to put it mildly. He ousted former PM and popular Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless military coup in 1999; He received the ire of ...
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf: Risking it all?Aljazeera.com
Musharraf Greeted in Pakistan by Threats and Small CrowdsNew York Times
Pakistan poll for A-bomb scientistThe Australian
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An Awkward Moment for US in Pakistan - Voice of America (blog) Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:26:44 GMT

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An Awkward Moment for US in Pakistan
Voice of America (blog)
The Obama administration is at an awkward moment with Pakistan, eager to better secure the Afghan border and forestall an Iranian-Pakistan gas pipeline deal, but hamstrung by the temporary absence of an established central government in Islamabad.
Afghanistan Says Pakistan Ties Are FrayingWall Street Journal
Kerry arrives for Afghanistan visit, will skip Pakistan for nowLos Angeles Times
Pakistan sees Afghanistan's Karzai as obstacle to peace with TalibanReuters
PakistanToday.com.pk -Newstrack India -The News International
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China confirms nuclear deal with Pakistan - Washington Free Beacon Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:34:15 GMT

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China confirms nuclear deal with Pakistan
Washington Free Beacon
China confirmed this week it will sell a new 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactor to Pakistan that the United States says would violate Beijing's obligations under a nuclear supplier control group. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei was asked Monday ...
Why UPA silent on Sino-Pakistan proximity: BJPThe New Indian Express
New nuclear reactors in Pakistan fitted with containment domesElectric Light & Power

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Pakistan girls' schoolteacher shot dead - Arab News Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:40:40 GMT

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Pakistan girls' schoolteacher shot dead
Arab News
PESHAWAR: A Pakistani girls' school teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting yesterday in the country's volatile tribal belt on the Afghan border, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but militants are ...
Gunmen Kill Teacher In PakistanRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Pakistan militants kill woman school teacherNDTV

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Pakistan's Army of Overseas Workers Keeps Economy From Collapse - Bloomberg Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:23:50 GMT

Pakistan's Army of Overseas Workers Keeps Economy From Collapse
Bloomberg
Living in poverty in a mud shack in Pakistan, Mazhar Ali dropped out of school, sold the family's two buffalo and bought a visa to work in Dubai. The money he sends home is paying for a new house. “We're going to build three rooms with bricks and ...

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