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Pakistan Chooses Next President After Jailbreak Underscores Threats - New York Times Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:28:22 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Pakistan Chooses Next President After Jailbreak Underscores Threats
New York Times
LONDON — The troubling gap between politics and governance in Pakistan came into stark relief on Tuesday, when lawmakers elected the country's 12th president just hours after Taliban militants shot their way into a major jail, freeing about 250 prisoners.
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Mass jail break in Pakistan as Taliban gunmen storm prison - Reuters Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:01:42 GMT

Mass jail break in Pakistan as Taliban gunmen storm prison
Reuters
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - In an operation carried out with military-like precision, Taliban fighters disguised as police and armed with bombs broke 250 prisoners out of a Pakistan jail on Tuesday with the help of what appeared to be ...


Mamnoon Hussain Elected President Of Pakistan, State TV Says - Huffington Post Wed, 31 Jul 2013 02:09:28 GMT

The Guardian

Mamnoon Hussain Elected President Of Pakistan, State TV Says
Huffington Post
Pakistan on Tuesday elected businessman Mamnoon Hussain as its 12th president, state TV said, to replace deeply unpopular head of state Asif Ali Zardari, whose five-year term expires in September. Lawmakers from both houses of the national parliament ...
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Pakistani Lawmakers Choose Next President - New York Times Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:23:05 GMT

Pakistani Lawmakers Choose Next President
New York Times
Pakistan's presidency is a largely ceremonial position. But the stark challenges facing the entire political leadership were underscored early Tuesday when Taliban fighters launched an audacious jailbreak in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan ...


Taliban attack Pakistan prison - The Guardian Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:56:21 GMT

The Guardian

Taliban attack Pakistan prison
The Guardian
Dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns, grenades and bombs have attacked a prison in north-west Pakistan, freeing more than 250 prisoners, including 25 "dangerous terrorists", according to officials said. The militants killed six policemen, six ...


John Kerry's mystery trip to Pakistan in offing - Times of India Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:50:51 GMT

Times of India

John Kerry's mystery trip to Pakistan in offing
Times of India
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry may visit Pakistan this week -- or he may not. Or he may not visit but say he will. Or he may visit and wish he had not. Or wish he did, but may not. It's all a part of the comical/farcical engagement ...
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Pakistan president elected as insecurity threatens - Yahoo! News Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:37:52 GMT

Pakistan president elected as insecurity threatens
Yahoo! News
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani lawmakers elected a textiles magnate Tuesday to be the next president of a country plagued by Islamic extremism, only hours after Taliban militants launched a mass prison break freeing hundreds of inmates.


Altaf Hussain, the notorious MQM leader who swapped Pakistan for London - The Guardian Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:49:31 GMT

The Guardian

Altaf Hussain, the notorious MQM leader who swapped Pakistan for London
The Guardian
Anxiety about the MQM is not restricted to Pakistan. One member of the British House of Lords who has been openly critical of the MQM recently said: "If I went to Karachi now I would be killed." Another peer has similar worries: "This is one issue I ...

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Several dead in Pakistan bus explosion - Aljazeera.com Wed, 31 Jul 2013 02:14:44 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Several dead in Pakistan bus explosion
Aljazeera.com
Pakistan has one of the world's worst records for fatal traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving. Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire near the eastern city on ...
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Kerry Sets Stage for Pakistan Reset - Wall Street Journal (India) Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:30:41 GMT

Wall Street Journal (India)

Kerry Sets Stage for Pakistan Reset
Wall Street Journal (India)
ISLAMABAD—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to travel to Pakistan this week in his first visit since the country's new government came to power, in what officials cautiously characterized as warming in one of the U.S.'s thorniest foreign ...
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