Gunmen target prominent Pakistani news anchor Hamid Mir CNN (CNN) -- Gunmen wounded a prominent Pakistani TV news anchor on Saturday in an attack his brother linked to the nation's government, despite its firm denial. Hamid Mir was shot three times by gunmen in a car and on two motorcycles near Karachi's ... |
Aljazeera.com | More Than 40 People Killed In Bus Accident in Pakistan New York Times KARACHI, Pakistan — At least 42 people were killed Sunday morning in southern Pakistan after a bus slammed into a tractor-trailer in one of the worst traffic accidents in this country in recent years, officials and rescue workers said. The crash took ... Dozens dead in Pakistan bus crash Pakistan bus crash leaves 42 dead Road accident kills dozens in south Pakistan |
Yahoo News | 2 UNICEF staffers missing in Pakistan CNN (CNN) -- Police are investigating after two UNICEF staff members went missing in Karachi, Pakistan, a United Nations spokesman said Sunday. The staffers went missing on Thursday evening, United Nations spokesman Vittorio Cammarota said. Police are in ... Two UN staff members go missing in Pakistan Two United Nations staff kidnapped by gunmen in Pakistan |
BBC News | Hamid Mir wounded in Pakistan gun attack BBC News Gunmen have shot and wounded one of Pakistan's best known television presenters in the city of Karachi. Police said the attackers opened fire on Hamid Mir's car near the airport. The presenter for Geo TV received three bullets, but was in a stable ... Pakistan commission to investigate gun attack on journalist Hamid Mir Pakistan PM calls officers to discus Hamid Mir shooting Pakistan journalist shot three times in Karachi |
The Express Tribune (blog) | Journalism in Pakistan, a threatened existence Aljazeera.com Rumi's name was on a list issued by the Pakistani Taliban in February which warned of repercussions for journalists who opposed the government's dialogue with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, a militant outfit behind hundreds of terrorist attacks in ... Journalism in Pakistan: Where the sword is mightier than the pen… |
NPR (blog) | Pakistani TV Journalist Hamid Mir Wounded In Attack NPR (blog) Mir's brother, Amir, tells Geo TV that before the attack, Mir told him that an attempt on his life could come from within part of Pakistan's government — specifically from within its intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence. Amir Mir added ... |
CNN | Pakistan Taliban say cease-fire with government is over CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistan Taliban said Wednesday it will not extend a cease-fire with the Pakistani government, six days after a weeks-long pause in hostilities officially ended. In a statement released to the news media, the Tehrik-e ... Taliban End a Cease-Fire With Pakistan Pakistan Taliban announce end to ceasefire Pakistan warns Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network |
The Express Tribune | Pakistan to auction 3G and 4G licenses simultaneously The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to follow the Indian model by auctioning 3G and 4G licenses simultaneously, after reviewing various options, said Dr Ismail Shah, chairperson of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Dr Shah said that after ... |
NPR | Man Reaches For The Sun For A Solution To Pakistan's Gas Crisis NPR Spring has crept up to the foothills of the Himalayas and, in Islamabad, Pakistan's purpose-built capital, the air is full of the scent of roses and the yelling of birds. Yet, even in this most stately of South Asian cities, it is impossible to escape ... |
Times of India | Giriraj defiant on Pakistan remark despite FIR, BJP snub Times of India RANCHI/NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand Police on Sunday registered an FIR against BJP's Bihar leader Giriraj Singh for his provocative statement that those opposing Narendra Modi should go to Pakistan even as his embarrassed party distanced itself from the ... Will BJP send Advani, Lalu, Mamata to Pakistan, asks Congress BJP leader Giriraj Singh to Narendra Modi critics: You will soon be in ... Giriraj Singh sticks to his 'Modi baiters must go to Pakistan' remark |