CBS News | Some in Pakistan fear Taliban resurgence with US Afghan withdrawal looming ... CBS News Kuchlak, Pakistan Amid the sea of campaign posters plastered on a wall in this suburb of Quetta, Osama Bin Laden's face stares out at passers-by. His image has little to do with the upcoming election. It's straight-forward al Qaeda propaganda. Even a ... Pakistan's Election Season: When Courting Voters Means Courting Death Security concerns ahead of Pakistan election Amnesty urges Pakistan to probe election violence - The Nation |
Aljazeera.com | Bomb in Pakistan Kills 5 Near Political Office ABC News A bomb exploded outside an election office of one of Pakistan's main political parties Thursday evening, killing five people in the latest attack ahead of the nation's May 11 elections. As the election approaches, militant groups have increasingly been ... Deadly attacks hit Pakistan election offices Bombs kill 6, injure 9 in Pakistan Pakistani Taliban attack MQM office in Karachi; five killed |
Coming: Peace museum along India-Pakistan border Times of India ATTARI: A peace museum celebrating divided Punjab's shared architectural, cultural and culinary heritage is coming up at Attari near the India-Pakistan border. The double-storeyed museum spread over 6,000 sq feet is expected to be opened early next ... |
DAWN.com | Pakistan thump Turkmenistan DAWN.com KARACHI: The Pakistan U-14 football team got off to a flying start as they kicked off their qualifying campaign for the inaugural AFC U-14 Championship on high, thrashing Turkmenistan 6-0 in Iran on Wednesday. In their Group 'D' opener at the Samen Al ... |
Mira Nair Tackles Complicated India-Pakistan Dynamic With 'Reluctant ... Hollywood Reporter Indian director Mira Nair set herself up for a monumental challenge when she decided she wanted to make a film out of the book, The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The story, written by Mohsin Hamid, follows a young Pakistani man who was once a businessman ... |
ESPNcricinfo.com | Junaid ready to spearhead Pakistan's attack DAWN.com (blog) KARACHI: Fast-rising Pakistan paceman Junaid Khan said Thursday he was confident that a county stint with Lancashire would help him perform in the June Champions Trophy in England. The 23-year-old left-armer will spearhead Pakistan's attack in the ... Junaid upbeat about pace spearhead role |
The Economist | Pakistan's hopeful general election The Economist POSTERS are up on lampposts, television advertisements blare, but only some politicians dare hold election rallies. Campaigning for Pakistan's general elections on May 11th has so far been subdued. Threats by the Taliban, and the killing of at least 34 ... Geo Pakistan Nawaz gives Musharraf a clean slate for "personal crimes" Pakistan Election 2013: Imran Khan and PTI's some weapons of mass ... PML-N versus PML-N |
BBC News | Kerry: Pakistan-Afghanistan meetings end 'on a good track' Washington Post BRUSSELS — After meeting for more than three hours here Wednesday with Afghan and Pakistani leaders, Secretary of State John F. Kerry reported progress in relaunching negotiations but warned, “We're not going to raise expectations or promise results ... John Kerry hosts Afghan-Pakistan talks in Belgium US seeks to ease Afghan-Pakistan tensions in Brussels talks Kerry aims to soothe Afghan-Pakistan tensions |
BBC News | Nato urges Pakistan to fight militants BBC News Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on Pakistan to combat militants who use the country as a launch-pad for attacks on neighbouring Afghanistan. He was speaking alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the eve of US-led talks aimed at ... |
BBC News | Pakistan health workers targeted over Bin Laden death BBC News Later that month, Pakistani intelligence services arrested a provincial health department official, Dr Shakeel Afridi, whom they accused of leading the American CIA to Bin Laden by collecting DNA samples from his Abbottabad hideout under the cover of a ... |