ABC News | Pakistan Arrests Opposition Activists ABC News Pakistani police arrested anti-government protesters in what activists said was an effort to crack down on weekslong sit-ins in the capital, while the government said police only apprehended suspects in a recent attack on state-run TV. The party of ... Imran Khan's threat to Pakistan democracy Talks to Resolve Pakistan Crisis Crumble Amid Police Crackdown on Protesters Imran Khan's protests now lack a soundtrack after Pakistan police arrested his DJ |
The Guardian | Pakistan floods claim more lives as wedding party boat capsizes The Guardian At least 11 people, including a bridegroom and two children, drowned on Sunday when a rescue boat carrying a wedding party capsized in flood-hit central Pakistan, officials said. The death toll is expected to rise. The boat, which was carrying at least ... Pakistan Flood Sinks Boat Carrying Wedding Party Death toll climbs in flood-hit India and Pakistan Rescue boat carrying wedding party capsizes, leaves 17 dead in Pakistan |
Telegraph.co.uk | Deadly Taliban group gives up armed struggle in Pakistan Telegraph.co.uk The Punjabi Taliban is believed to have carried out a number of significant terrorist attacks, including the 2009 assault on the Pakistan army's general headquarters in Rawalpindi, in which nine soldiers were killed; the commando raid on the Sri Lankan ... Punjabi Taliban call off armed struggle in Pakistan Pakistan militant group renounces violence What can ISIS do in Pakistan? |
The Guardian | Pakistan floods: military blows up dikes to save cities from floodwaters The Guardian Military specialists have blown up dikes in central Pakistan to divert swollen rivers and save cities from raging floods that have killed hundreds of people, authorities said on Saturday, as officials stepped up efforts in India's part of Kashmir to ... |
Wall Street Journal | Pakistan Arrests Suspected Shooters of Malala Yousafzai Wall Street Journal ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's military said it had arrested the Islamist extremists who seriously wounded teenage schoolgirl and activist Malala Yousafzai in an assassination attempt nearly two years ago. "The group that carried out the attack has been ... |
Voice of America | Pakistan Rejects Afghan Criticism of 480-kilometer Border Trench Voice of America ISLAMABAD—. Pakistan has rejected Afghan criticism of a 480-kilometer trench its military is digging along their mostly porous border, saying the project is aimed at “effectively” controlling movement of terrorists and flow of drugs and human ... Three security men killed in Pakistan militant attack Militant attack on army fort kills three in Pakistan Pakistan's border trench upsets Afghanis |
India, Pakistan settle gas pricing formula as trade talks gain ground Economic Times In 2012, India had offered to export up to 5 million cubic metres of gas per day to Pakistan for an initial period of five years. The two nations, however, had failed to fix a price. "Gas pricing was the biggest hurdle, but it is finally settled. This ... |
The Guardian | Men involved in Malala Yousafzai shooting arrested in Pakistan The Guardian The military said a top commander of the Pakistani Taliban had told the men to kill the schoolgirl and 22 high-profile figures in Swat, the picturesque region where Yousafzai lived before being shot in the head by a gunman in October 2012, when she was 15. Malala's Attackers Arrested in Pakistan Malala Yousafzai suspects arrested, Pakistan army says 10 Militants Held in Shooting of Malala Yousafzai, Girls' Education Advocate ... |
BBC News | Pakistan-India monsoon floods: Averting future disasters BBC News After yet another devastating flood, experts say that what Pakistan and India need to do is build more dams and reservoirs. It makes these annual disasters all the more tragic that for most of the year both countries have little rain. Yet after leaving ... |
Pakistan, India Floods Latest: Rescue Boat Carrying Wedding Party Sinks, Kills ... The Weather Channel Yet another tragic scene played out in the flood-devastated regions of Pakistan Sunday, when a rescue boat carrying a wedding party capsized in floodwaters, killing the groom, two children and 14 others. According to the Express Tribune, the wedding ... |