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. Clashes in NW Pakistan leave 10 dead: officials Pakistan lawmakers elect new president as mass prison break shows insecurity ... Jailbreak! Security found lacking in Iraq, Libya, Pakistan. |
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 ... |
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 ... Mamnoon Hussain elected as new president of Pakistan In electing new president, Pakistan takes another key democratic step The New Man in Pakistan |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... The Next Reset: US-Pakistan Relations |
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. |
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 ... |
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 ... 17 killed in bus-truck collision in Pakistan 17 killed in road accident in NW Pakistan 17 People Burnt to Death as Bus Rams into Truck |
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 ... John Kerry expected to visit Pakistan on July 31 John Kerry to visit Pakistan on July 31 |