DefenseNews.com | Russia-Pakistan Deal May Lead to More Sales DefenseNews.com ISLAMABAD — A deal for Pakistan to directly import Russian engines for the JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter will improve the program and may lead to more Russian-made parts for the aircraft, analysts say. News broke over the weekend that Pakistan ... |
The Guardian | Dissenting voices silenced in Pakistan's war of the web The Guardian Pakistan already goes further than most in digitally shielding its citizens from the outside world. There are only two countries where Facebook blocks more content at the request of their governments, and a YouTube ban imposed two years ago shows no ... |
Al-Arabiya | Abducted polio immunization team found murdered in Pakistan Al-Arabiya Local militants had abducted the vaccination worker, two local tribal policemen and a driver in the Zhob district of Baluchistan province on Saturday. Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic. But attempts to eradicate it ... Polio immunisation team murdered in Pakistan Four kidnapped polio workers are found dead in Pakistan 4 polio workers found dead in southwestern Pakistan |
The Guardian | Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt admits role in spot-fixing scandal - report The Guardian The banned former Test captain Salman Butt has reportedly admitted his role in the 2010 Lord's spot-fixing scandal to the Pakistan Cricket Board's chairman Sheharyar Khan in a bid to make an early return to domestic cricket. A report by the Press Trust ... |
NDTV | Explain Who Blew Up Fishing Boat, Says Pakistan to India NDTV Islamabad: Pakistan says India must explain what caused a Pakistani fishing boat to explode, killing four people on board on New Year's Eve, after a senior coast guard official said it was deliberately targeted. BK Loshali, Deputy Inspector General of ... Pakistan 'terror' boat incident: Parrikar rubbishes Coast Guard DIG's claim of ... Telescope: 'Blowing off' Pakistan Indian Coast Guard DIG ordered to blow Pakistan boat off Gujarat, said “we don ... |
New York Times | Suicide Bomber, Failing to Reach Pakistani Police, Strikes Busy Neighborhood New York Times LAHORE, Pakistan — A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a congested neighborhood here on Tuesday after failing to breach the security cordon around the headquarters of the police, killing at least five people and wounding at least 23, ... Suicide bombing kills 5 at Pakistan police complex Taliban suicide attack on Pakistani police headquarters in Lahore kills six Pakistan Taliban suicide bombing in Lahore leaves several dead |
NPR (blog) | At His Villa, Pakistan's Musharraf Awaits Trial And Holds Court NPR (blog) He is indicted for treason and murder. He is forbidden from going abroad. He is banned for life from running for elected office. It is hard to imagine how Pervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, could be in much deeper water than this. Yet ... |
India under pressure to explain who blew up Pakistani boat Reuters The development comes as India and Pakistan's foreign secretaries are set to resume talks next month for the first time since May. The two nuclear-armed nations engaged in their worst cross-border violence in a decade in October, capping a year when ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Musharraf admits that Pakistani proxies fought in … Foreign Policy (blog) Former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf made some news Friday with his public admission that Pakistan has supported insurgent “proxies” in Afghanistan. He also claimed that India had been supporting proxies as well and called for both sides to stop. |
Press TV | Bomb blast kills 2 at Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's Rawalpindi Reuters ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb blast in a Shi'ite mosque killed two people and injured six in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting the minority sect over the past month. 2 killed, 7 injured in blast outside Shiite mosque in Pakistan Explosion kills three at Shia mosque in Pakistani capital Three killed after attack on Shiite mosque in Pakistan, officials say |