CNN | Military airstrikes in northwestern Pakistan kill dozens CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 40 people were killed and scores were wounded in overnight airstrikes by the Pakistani military on areas in the country's northwest where militants are based, a senior military official said Tuesday. Later Tuesday ... Asia Pacific|Pakistan Goes After Militants in Northwest Pakistan launches airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts Pakistan jets bomb Taliban positions in North Waziristan |
DAWN.com | Lawmakers tie Pakistani aid to release of hero doctor Fox News Lawmakers are attaching some strings to $33 million in aid to Pakistan, making the funds contingent on freeing the doctor who helped the CIA find Usama bin Laden. The GOP-controlled House Appropriations Committee inserted language that appears to ... Pakistan annoyed at US bill linking aid to Dr Afridi's release Pakistan disappointed with US for linking $33mn aid to Dr Afridi Pakistan 'disappointed' with US aid being linked to Shakil Afridi's detention |
BBC News | Pakistan's Polio Crisis Poses Wider Threat Wall Street Journal PESHAWAR, Pakistan—The country's polio crisis is threatening to spread the virus, health officials said, as Islamist militants target vaccination teams, killing three health workers in the latest such attack on Tuesday. Pakistan's largest polio ... Deadly attack targets Pakistan polio drive Pakistan polio workers shot dead in Karachi Polio vaccination workers gunned down in Pakistan, others feared kidnapped |
Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Sharjah, 5th day ESPNcricinfo.com Who would have thought that four days of dull Test cricket would suddenly transform into a thriller on day five at Sharjah Cricket Stadium? And, more surprisingly, who would expect Pakistan to become the fastest team to chase a target of 300-plus ... |
ESPNcricinfo.com | Sri Lanka drown in their negativity ESPNcricinfo.com After Pakistan had run their opponents down, Sri Lanka's captain presented a weapons-grade denial that negativity did not cause their demise, suggesting instead that his batsmen should have been even more patient in their second innings. How Sri Lanka ... Pakistan looking for Dav Whatmore's replacement and two assistant coaches Cricket - Pakistan look for new coaching team Pakistan looking for national coach, 2 assistants |
Aljazeera.com | Pakistan pilgrims die in bomb attack on bus Aljazeera.com At least 22 Shia pilgrims, many of them women and children, have been killed in a bomb attack on their bus in western Pakistan. The bomb exploded on Tuesday near the bus packed with passengers returning from Iran to their home city of Quetta in ... Bomb targets bus of Shia pilgrims in south-west Pakistan Pakistan bomb targets Shiite pilgrim bus; at least 22 dead Pakistan Blast Kills 20 |
Pakistani forces launch airstrikes against militants in North Waziristan NBCNews.com (blog) PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Pakistani military launched airstrikes against suspected militant positions in North Waziristan on Tuesday in the wake of suicide bomb attacks that killed dozens, many of them army and paramilitary personnel. Military sources ... |
CNN | Pakistan market attack kills 13 near army headquarters in Rawalpindi CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 13 people were killed and 28 others were wounded in a suicide bombing Monday at a market near the Pakistani Army's headquarters, police said. Those killed in the attack at the Royal Artillery Bazaar include ... |
Aljazeera.com | Pakistani jets strike Waziristan tribal areas Aljazeera.com Pakistani fighter jets have launched an assault on tribal areas near the Afghan border in an operation against Taliban fighters, flattening several houses and sending villagers fleeing from their homes, military sources and local residents have said ... |
International Business Times | Pakistan in Talks to Acquire 3 Nuclear Plants From China Wall Street Journal Relatives mourn a teenage Pakistani student who was one of at least 13 people killed in an apparent suicide bombing in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Monday. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest by the group to ... Sun Kings: Can Solar Power Solve Pakistan's Energy Crisis? Pakistan parliament turns to solar power Pakistan, China Discuss 3-Plant Nuclear Energy Deal |