Channel News Asia | Pakistani Journalists Resign to Cut Ties to Axact, a Fake Diploma Company New York Times KARACHI, Pakistan — Several senior journalists resigned from a developing Pakistani television network, Bol, on Saturday, in the latest fallout from a crisis engulfing the channel's parent company, Axact, a software firm that profited immensely from ... Pakistan to seek FBI, Interpol help in fake degrees scam Axact wasn't just selling fake degrees! Remembering Pakistan's Biggest and Baddest Fraud Scandal |
BBC Sport | Pakistan v Zimbabwe: Security high for international cricket return BBC Sport Thousands of police and paramilitaries were on hand for Pakistan's nervy win in their first home full international fixture since a terror attack in 2009. Pakistan moved to within 30 runs of Zimbabwe's total of 172 without losing a wicket, before a ... After six long years, international cricket returns to Pakistan A day in the life of a Pakistan fan Pakistan celebrates cricket's return with a win |
NDTV | Pakistan Expresses Concern Over Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's ... NDTV Islamabad: Pakistan today expressed serious concern over Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's remarks that "terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists," saying it confirms apprehensions about India's involvement in terrorism. "This ... Their statement only confirms Islamabad's apprehensions about India's ... Manohar Parrikar's statement proves India involved in terrorism in Pakistan: Aziz Pakistan slams Minister's statement |
Geo News, Pakistan | How the Axact Scandal Changed Pakistan's Media Huffington Post Nobody resigns in Pakistan. People generally blame others for their failures. When reporters asked a former railway minister after a big train accident if he would resign from his job, "Why should I resign?" he asked, "I was not the train driver ... Axact is culprit, won't sue NYT, says Dr Atta |
The Australian Financial Review | Pakistan central bank cuts benchmark rate to 42-year low The Australian Financial Review The State Bank of Pakistan lowered the discount rate for a fourth straight meeting to 7 percent from 8 percent, central bank Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra said Saturday in Islamabad. That's the lowest since August 1973. Fourteen of 15 economists in a ... Pakistan cuts interest rates to historic low Pakistan central bank cuts key discount rate by 100 bps to 7% Pakistan Cuts Interest Rates To 42-Year Low |
New York Times | Humza Arshad, British Pakistani Comedian, Takes On Jihadists New York Times LONDON — HUMZA ARSHAD pokes fun at Pakistani accents and emotional soccer fans. He jokes about his weight, his voice and his own mother. But mostly, he laughs at jihadists. “Have you noticed how in those terrorist videos they're always sitting on the ... |
International Business Times | ISIS Nuclear Weapon? Islamic State Claims It Can Buy Nukes From Pakistan ... International Business Times “The Islamic State has billions of dollars in the bank, so they call on their wilayah in Pakistan to purchase a nuclear device through weapons dealers with links to corrupt officials in the region.” A photojournalist who was kidnapped in Syria in ... Isis claims it could buy its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan within a year ISIS close to buying nuclear weapon from Pakistan and smuggling it to US Islamic State Nuclear Weapons: ISIS 'Infinitely' Closer To Obtaining Nukes ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Afghanistan, Pakistan Deal Causes Controversy... Foreign Policy (blog) Afghanistan. Deal with Pakistan causes controversy. Reports of dissatisfaction and disagreement over an intelligence deal that Afghanistan signed with neighboring Pakistan have surfaced (RFE/RL, Pajhwok). It was reported on Monday that the spy agencies ... |
The National Interest Online (blog) | Watch Out, Pakistan: Israel to Sell India Mobile Missiles The National Interest Online (blog) The Indian Army's acquisition of MRSAM could spell trouble for Pakistan; Defense News earlier reported that “The [Indian] Army wants to use the MRSAM to defend mechanized formations operating in the plains and desert regions of the country.”. |
NPR | More Than 100 Charged In Mob Killing Of Christian Couple In Pakistan NPR Prosecutors in Pakistan's Punjab province have charged 106 people in connection with the gruesome mob killing of a Christian couple who were incinerated in a brick kiln for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Quran. In November, Sajjad Mesih and his ... 106 People Charged in Pakistan over Mob Killing of Christian Couple by Brick Kiln Pakistan Indicts 106 People for 2014 Mob Lynching of Christian Couple Pakistan charges 106 over Christian couple's lynching |