Wall Street Journal | Rice to Press Pakistan on Antiterror Vigilance Wall Street Journal ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice is set to arrive in Pakistan on Sunday to press the country's government to do more to prevent terrorists from using its territory as a base for attacks on its neighboring states, an ... Rice makes surprise visit to Pakistan on peace mission Rice's Trip to Pakistan Unrelated to Indo-Pak Tension: White House US NSA Susan Rice's trip to Pakistan unrelated to Indo-Pak tension: White House |
Wall Street Journal | Nine Killed as India and Pakistan Exchange Cross-Border Fire Wall Street Journal At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded in cross-border firing by Indian and Pakistani forces on Friday, officials said, increasing tensions less than a week after high-level talks between the estranged neighbors were called off. The ... India and Pakistan: Jaw-Jaw Not War-War Clashes erupt between India and Pakistan along disputed border 9 civilians killed as India and Pakistan exchange fire over disputed border |
Daily Beast | Why Has Pakistan Become So Intolerant? Daily Beast My getting beaten up by agents of Pakistan's military Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the back cab of a pickup truck on the outskirts of Peshawar last year was mild compared to the discrimination and violence that the country's religious ... |
Deutsche Welle | Whatever happened to Pakistan's film industry? Deutsche Welle With the VCR also came smuggled Indian films and they seemed a lot more glitzy and contemporary than what the Pakistani films had begun to dish out from 1979 onwards. The generation that grew up in the 1980s quickly forgot that Pakistan once had a ... |
Hindustan Times | From China to Pakistan: A well-thought-out 3000km lifeline Hindustan Times Through September, working groups of Chinese and Pakistanis will finalise 40-plus projects to launch the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Both governments see this as more than just a construction project. The corridor is designed ... Pakistan's concerns over Indian ceasefire violations are legitimate, says ... Some politicians, businessmen don't want Pakistan to progress: Munter |
Times of India | Pakistan bans Islamic State militant group Times of India PAKISTAN: Pakistan has banned the Islamic State militant group that has overrun vast stretches of Iraq and Syria after repeatedly denying the dreaded outfit's presence within its territory. "The Islamic State or Daesh has been banned in Pakistan," an ... Pakistan Says 14 Militants Killed In Air Strikes Pakistan Army Kills 14 Suspected Militants Near Afghanistan Pakistan air force strikes kill 14 militants near Afghan border |
NPR | Report: In A Decade (Or Sooner), Pakistan Could Be No. 3 Nuclear Power NPR The report, A Normal Nuclear Pakistan, written by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Stimson Center, says: "in the next five to 10 years Pakistan could have a nuclear arsenal not only twice the size of India's but also larger than ... Pakistan said to be on track to have third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons Report: Pakistan on Pace to Become Third-Largest Nuclear Power Report: Pakistan's nuclear arsenal could become the world's third-biggest |
Times of India | US to provide attack helicopters to Pakistan: Report Times of India A notification by the US Department of Defence stated that 10 per cent (USD 57.9 million) of the overall contract value covered the sale to the government of Pakistan which suggests that this is an initial deal for the first two helicopters only, with ... It is not clear how many of the 15 helicopters have been signed for at this ... |
BBC News | Cookies on the BBC website BBC News In Pakistan's prestigious medical schools, female students outshine and outnumber their male counterparts. However, many do not end up as practising doctors - and now there are calls to limit their numbers, the BBC's Amber Shamsi in Islamabad reports. Women rule Pakistan's med schools, but few practice. Men want M.D. 'trophy wives.' |
BBC Sport | Ajmal confident of Pakistan comeback BBC Sport "Worcestershire had wanted me to play for them for the whole season but I had decided and agreed with Worcestershire prior to signing the contract this season that I wouldn't be able to play the whole season and would return to Pakistan prior to the ... Saeed Ajmal will feature in Pakistan's T20 Championship |