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After foreign tourists killed in Pakistan, tourism industry faces precipice - Christian Science Monitor Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:00:06 GMT

Christian Science Monitor
After foreign tourists killed in Pakistan, tourism industry faces precipice
Christian Science Monitor
When the Pakistani Taliban killed 10 foreign climbers at the base camp of Nanga Parbat, one of the world's highest peaks, on Saturday, it shocked the climbing world – but it also imperiled the tourism industry that is the economic lifeline for the ...
Pakistan's Tourism Industry Reels After ShootingsABC News
Pakistan Attack Casts Light on Troubled Climbing ZonesNational Geographic
Militants Kill 10 Climbers in Himalayas of PakistanNew York Times
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Exclusive: China Mobile, Etisalat weighing bids for Pakistan telco - sources - Reuters Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:18:48 GMT

Exclusive: China Mobile, Etisalat weighing bids for Pakistan telco - sources
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan mobile operator Warid Telecom has been put up for sale by its Abu Dhabi owners and is likely to draw interest from China Mobile and Etisalat, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Abu Dhabi Group, ...

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Pakistan Leader Orders Treason Charge for Musharraf - Wall Street Journal Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:04:01 GMT

Pakistan Leader Orders Treason Charge for Musharraf
Wall Street Journal
Pakistan's newly elected leader said treason charges would be brought against the former army chief who ousted him in a coup 14 years ago, a potentially risky move that aims to solidify civilian control and deter future interventions by the military ...

Gunmen Kill Foreign Climbers In Brazen Attack In Pakistan - NPR (blog) Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:48:05 GMT

NPR (blog)
Gunmen Kill Foreign Climbers In Brazen Attack In Pakistan
NPR (blog)
(This story was last updated at 10:40 a.m. ET). Armed assailants attacked a hotel at a Himalayan base camp in Pakistan, gunning down nine foreign climbers and a local guide as the group prepared for an ascent of one of the world's tallest peaks.

Pakistan Premier Says Former Military Ruler Will Be Charged With Treason - New York Times Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:29:26 GMT

Toronto Star
Pakistan Premier Says Former Military Ruler Will Be Charged With Treason
New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday that his newly installed government intended to press treason charges against the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, setting up a potential clash with Pakistan's powerful military.
Pakistan's former leader Musharraf named as suspect in Benazir Bhutto ...Toronto Star
Pakistan PM backs treason charge against ex-president MusharrafReuters
Pakistan's Sharif plans to try Musharraf for treasonBBC News
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Islamabad committed to finishing IP gas pipeline: Pakistan min. - Press TV Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:55:41 GMT

Press TV
Islamabad committed to finishing IP gas pipeline: Pakistan min.
Press TV
On June 20, Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said the gas pipeline is the key option to relieve energy shortages in Pakistan, adding that the Pakistani government will implement the project within the set timeframe. The final ...

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My canceled trip to Pakistan's Fairy Meadow is the least of it - Washington Post (blog) Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:18:47 GMT

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My canceled trip to Pakistan's Fairy Meadow is the least of it
Washington Post (blog)
On June 24, 2013, the Pakistan Association of Tour Operators hold a demonstration to condemn the killing of foreign tourists by Islamic militants. Their country's already embattled tourism industry is struggling to deal with cancellations after a ...
US envoy in Pakistan to discuss Afghan peace effortsFox News
Afghan peace process: Pakistan fears breakdown of Doha initiativeThe Express Tribune
Regional peace impossible if Pakistan ignored: NawazThe News International
Critical Threats Project -Al-Arabiya -The Nation
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Bushra, Pakistani Actress, Burned In Acid Attack - Huffington Post Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:43:03 GMT

Bushra, Pakistani Actress, Burned In Acid Attack
Huffington Post
People carry the body of a Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younnus, at Karachi airport in Pakistan Sunday, March 25, 2012. Fakhra who committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of her flat in Rome, was a victim of an acid attack allegedly ...

Can Pakistan survive its 'rollercoaster' ride? - BBC News Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:04:28 GMT

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Can Pakistan survive its 'rollercoaster' ride?
BBC News
Pakistan recently saw the first handover of power from one democratic government to another in its history. Lyse Doucet has been visiting Pakistan for 25 years and has always enjoyed the colour and the contrasts. She speaks to people in Lahore about ...

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Pakistan's Biggest Challenge Is Not the Taliban — It's Electricity - TIME Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:39:58 GMT

Pakistan's Biggest Challenge Is Not the Taliban — It's Electricity
TIME
For Pakistan's new government, the biggest challenge isn't taming the many militant groups that mount near daily attacks across the country. “Our No. 1 challenge is energy,” Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistan's new Minister for Water and Power, tells TIME.

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