New York Times | New Ideological Battle in Pakistan: Traffic Circle's Name New York Times But in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, questions of religious identity also become issues of patriotism, and the effort has raised alarm bells among conservatives and Islamists. The circle was named in 2010 for Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, a Muslim student ... |
Wall Street Journal | US Tests a Risky Route for Shipping Gear Out of Afghanistan Wall Street Journal KABUL—The U.S. military's efforts to ship out the mountains of equipment it accumulated over 11 years of Afghan war began in earnest this month, when a trial load of military hardware trucked through Pakistan set sail from the port of Karachi. The ... |
Voice of America | Afghanistan, Pakistan Trade Accusations Voice of America ISLAMABAD — Relations between neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan have taken another downturn with each side blaming the other of hindering the already fragile peace process in Afghanistan. The tensions come at a critical time, as foreign forces ... Afghan govt to negotiate with Taliban without Pakistan |
Daily Beast | Schoolkids in the Crosshairs Daily Beast Pakistani schoolchildren attend their daily classes in a makeshift school set in a clay house, in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Threats from militant groups is one of many obstacles Pakistani ... |
IBNLive | Musharraf barred from going out of Pakistan Times of India ... in connection with several cases. The former army chief, who ended nearly four years of self-exile by returning to Pakistan on March 24, was declared a fugitive by an anti-terrorism court in connection with the assassination of former premier ... Pakistan bans former president Pervez Musharraf from leaving country The wrong man to lead Pakistan FIA bans Pervez Musharraf from leaving Pakistan |
School Principal Killed in Pakistan Attack Wall Street Journal- India Although Karachi, Pakistan's only major port, is hundreds of miles away from the militants' heartland along the Afghan border, the presence and activities of the militants in the city have mushroomed over the last year. Some areas of the city now are ... |
DAWN.com (blog) | Pakistan: Security Concerns Prevent Polio Vaccinations, Health Agency Says New York Times About 240,000 children have missed vaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, a top official with the World Health Organization said Friday. The official, Dr. Nima Saeed Abid, the acting ... 240000 Pakistani children missed anti-polio drive: WHO |
Police: Principal killed in grenade, gun attack on Pakistani school CNN International (CNN) -- A principal was killed and eight other people were injured in a grenade and gun attack on a school in the Pakistani city of Karachi, a police spokesman said Saturday. An unidentified motorcyclist hurled the hand grenade at the private middle ... |
DAWN.com | T20s can help end Pakistan's international isolation: Misbah DAWN.com LAHORE: Misbah-ul-Haq has identified Twenty20 cricket as the means by which Pakistan can bring international competition back to the country. Pakistan have not played a Test match on home soil since 2009 because of ongoing security concerns, but ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Pakistan's Mr Chips retires from Langlands School in Chitral, aged 95 Telegraph.co.uk Then there is a trip to London next month for dinner with some of the old boys of Aitchison's College - Pakistan's version of Eton - where he used to teach. He has plans to visit another of the schools where he used to teach in North Waziristan, a ... |