New York Times | Warren Weinstein's Devotion to Pakistan Was Part of a Lifetime of Service New York Times WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, Warren Weinstein, an American aid worker and economic adviser, worked in Pakistan trying to improve living conditions there. He moved to the city of Lahore. He learned the Urdu language and dressed in the ... For Warren Weinstein, Pakistan Offered a Chance to 'Make Lives Better' Al-Qaida hostage from Md. killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan American, Italian hostages killed in US drone attack against Al Qaeda in ... |
New York Times | China's Big Plunge in Pakistan New York Times President Xi Jinping of China showed up in Pakistan this week with one of his government's most powerful weapons — money, and lots of it. He signed agreements worth more than $28 billion as part of a total promised investment of some $46 billion in a ... China Loves Pakistan … but Most Chinese Don't The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Is Easier Said Than Done Sieren's China: Beijing's 'Marshall Plan' for Pakistan |
Wall Street Journal | Lowering Expectations for China's Pakistan Push Wall Street Journal China's President Xi Jinping arrived in Islamabad this week with promises of $46 billion in investment for Pakistani infrastructure. If all envisaged projects materialize, Pakistan would get a network of roads, railways and energy pipelines linking ... Xi Jinping Plans to Fund Pakistan Chinese president applauds Pakistan's anti-terror efforts Is China-Pakistan 'silk road' a game-changer? |
Foreign Policy | Giovanni Lo Porto, Slain Italian Aid Worker, Loved Pakistan And Its People NPR (blog) Giovanni Lo Porto, the Italian aid worker inadvertently killed in a U.S. operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, was abducted Jan. 19, 2012, soon after he arrived in Pakistan to begin work for a German NGO. There was little news of him after that ... Giovanni Lo Porto: Who was the Italian citizen killed by a US drone strike in ... |
TIME | Pakistan Plans 12000-Strong Security Force to Safeguard Chinese Workers TIME The security troops will comprise nine battalions of the Pakistani military and six wings of civilian paramilitary forces like the Frontier Corps and Pakistan Rangers that currently guard the country's borders, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing ... |
cricket.com.au | Imran laments Pakistan structure, blasts Board cricket.com.au World Cup winning captain Imran Khan has blamed "nepotism" at board level and the poor structure of domestic cricket for Pakistan's slide to No.8 in the world ODI rankings. And he says they need to learn from Australian cricket if they want to return ... Bangladesh's ODI rout of Pakistan shows new breed of Tigers have teeth Pakistan's 3-0 loss to Bangladesh 'unimaginable': Imran Khan Pakistan drops to eighth in ODI rankings |
Deutsche Welle | What can Pakistan offer Saudi Arabia in Yemen crisis? Deutsche Welle Saudi Arabia, which is one of Pakistan's biggest financers, is unhappy with Islamabad's reluctance to join the coalition against Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are allegedly backed by Saudi Arabia's regional rival, Iran. The Arab kingdom carried out a ... Pakistan, the Saudis' Indispensable Nuclear Partner Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, army chief visit Saudi Arabia to mend ties over Yemen Crisis in Arabian Peninsula: Pakistan unlikely to budge on Yemen |
The Hindu | Zimbabwe puts forth two conditions to tour Pakistan The Hindu The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) has put forward two conditions to its Pakistan counterpart to undertake its next month tour in Pakistan. A source in the Pakistan Cricket Board told PTI that the ZCU has put forth two conditions. First, a return tour to ... New twist to Pakistan tour Zimbabwe says India touring, won't confirm Pakistan trip |
San Antonio Express-News | Mistaken killings of US, Italian hostages in Pakistan show limits of US ... Fox News WASHINGTON – The accidental killing of al-Qaida hostages in Pakistan by a U.S. drone, which President Barack Obama called a regrettable mistake, illustrates the limitations of U.S. intelligence even in a region that has been closely watched for more ... Pakistan militant mourns loss of al-Qaida commander Obama apologizes for deaths in a U.S. strike in Pakistan |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Pakistan, Iran Strike $5 Billion Trade Deal; India Bans Al Jazeera; Afghan ... Foreign Policy (blog) On Wednesday, Pakistan and Iran reached an agreement to increase their bilateral trade to $5 billion over five years during the seventh Pakistan-Iran Joint Trade Committee meeting held in Tehran (Dawn). The Pakistani delegation was headed by Commerce ... |