BBC News | In Pakistan, Signs Praise Spies as Nation Changes ABC News On city streets in Pakistan, a curious sight has appeared in recent days: posters bearing the faces of the country's two most powerful generals that profess love for the military and its spying arm. Lamp posts, street signs and cars carry the banners ... Mystery signs praising spies, army show how Pakistan grapples with freedom ... Pakistan media attack: 'Intelligence agency to blame', says family Geo TV's face-off with ISI spy agency – a subplot of a larger tussle in Pakistan |
NPR | A Millionaire Saves The Silenced Symphonies Of Pakistan NPR The city street where Sachal Studios is located looks like any other in Lahore, Pakistan. There are tea stalls and rickshaws and grimy car repair shops. But it doesn't quite sound the same — or more precisely, there's a sound that Pakistanis have ... |
CNN | Attack on Journalist Starts Battle in Pakistani Press New York Times Continue reading the main story. LONDON — For a time, Pakistan's journalists were seen as messy champions of democracy: brave if sometimes flawed truth-tellers who helped oust the military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf and held up a critical mirror to ... Pakistani military pushes to block network of Hamid Mir, anchor shot by attackers Journalism in Pakistan Pakistan: Journalism under fire |
BBC News | Pakistan, Ending Its Observance of Cease-Fire, Launches Airstrikes Against ... New York Times PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Putting an abrupt end to the Pakistani government's adherence to a cease-fire with the Taliban on Thursday, military jets launched heavy airstrikes against militants in the Khyber tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said. 16 killed in Pakistani military strikes on suspected militant hideouts Pakistan fighter jets target 'militant hideouts' Pakistani jets attack Taliban bases |
CNN | Pakistani news anchor Hamid Mir threatened before shooting CNN (CNN) -- Pakistani news anchor Hamid Mir had been threatened by "both state and non-state actors" before he was attacked by gunmen, the journalist said in a statement read by his brother outside the Karachi hospital where he was recovering Thursday. |
The News International | Zamad Baig becomes very first Pakistan Idol The News International KARACHI: Zamad Baig finally emerged as the very first Pakistan Idol after beating the runner up Mohammad Shoaib in the finale of the biggest musical contest of the country on Sunday. Zamad Baig, the winner of the most popular musical competition, hails ... Zamad Baig Becomes First Pakistan Idol |
Iran hangs 16 in reprisal for Pakistan border killings New Straits Times Iran said it executed 16 "rebels" Saturday in reprisal after gunmen killed at least 14 border guards near the border with Pakistan, in a rugged area often rocked by violence. The ambush happened overnight in the mountains of Sistan-Baluchestan, a ... |
SECURITY FORCES KILL TALIBAN COMMANDER IN PAKISTAN Daily Sabah Matiullah, a senior commander of the Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella organization of different Taliban groups in Pakistan, was killed in a joint operation of police and paramilitary troops in the Dera Ismail Khan district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |
Economic Times | US told Pakistan to get out of areas occupied during Kargil war: Former Pak ... Economic Times Please get out of the places you have occupied," was the American message to Pakistan in the wake of the Kargil War in 1999, the country's then envoy to the US, Riaz Khokhar said here today. Almost 15 years after Pakistani troops intruded across the ... 'US told Pakistan to get out of areas occupied during Kargil War': ex-Pakistan ... |
Bangladesh News 24 hours | Former Pakistan Colonel attacks war crimes trials Bangladesh News 24 hours A former Pakistan military officer has described Bangladesh's ongoing war crimes trial a “sham” and said killings, rapes and other human rights violations in the 1971 “political conflict” followed from “internal strife” among Bengali groups. Retired Pakistan official terms war trial a 'sham' |