Wall Street Journal | Pakistan Denies Haqqani Insurgents Use Its Territory as Base Wall Street Journal ISLAMABAD—Pakistan on Monday denied that a key Afghan insurgent group was using it as a base, responding to statements by the U.S. national security adviser about the group's links to Pakistan during a weekend visit to Islamabad. Washington and ... US Urges Pakistan to Confront Extremist Groups US Envoy Discusses Afghan Peace Efforts on Pakistan Visit Threat from terrorist groups emanates from Pakistan: US |
BBC News | New cross symbolic for Pakistan's Christians BBC News Christians make up a tiny minority of Pakistan's overwhelmingly Muslim population of 190 million. Estimates of their numbers vary. According to the country's last census, they total about 1.5% - but Christian leaders assert that 5.5% is closer to the ... |
NDTV | It's for India, Pakistan to Decide on Their Relationship: US NDTV Washington: The US has said it is for India and Pakistan to reduce tensions between them and decide on their relationship, ruling out any role for itself in the revival of Indo-Pak dialogue. "About relations (between India and) India that's really a ... Congress slams government 'flip-flops' on Pakistan, says any talks would be ... No dialogue with India unless all issues on agenda: Pak |
Yahoo News | Pakistan cricket fixing trio start long road to redemption Yahoo News Karachi (AFP) - Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif can return to cricket this week following five-year spot-fixing bans, but age and public hostility mean the pair face a hard road to redemption. Pakistan's Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif return from spot-fixing bans |
Telegraph.co.uk | Pakistani prison officials given 24 hours to explain how they will hang ... Telegraph.co.uk As Basit would be unable to "mount" the scaffold or "stand" beneath the noose, and there are no legal provisions in place for hanging disabled people, the execution should be called off, his lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan said. They have issued an ... |
Scroll.in | View from Pakistan: TV actor Faisal Qureshi's rant about Saif Ali Khan is not ... Scroll.in Pakistani actress Mahira Khan never shook her fist at Maharashtra after her filmBin Roye's screening was inexplicably prohibited there, ostensibly under pressure from the right-wing Navnirman Sena – an organisation often implicated in violent Hindu ... |
The Nation | Pakistan: Militants storm airport, kill engineer and kidnap another CNN The assailants who escaped unharmed also kidnapped another engineer, said Bashir Ahmed, a senior district-level official in Balochistan province. The attack happened in Pakistan's southwestern port city of Gwadar, an area in which Baloch insurgents ... Gunmen attack remote Pakistan airport, kill two engineers Gunmen Attack a Southwestern Pakistani Airport, Killing 2 Pakistan Airport Attacked, 2 Dead |
The Indian Express | Indira Gandhi considered military strike on Pakistan's nuke sites, claims CIA ... The Indian Express Returning to power in 1980, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had considered a military strike on Pakistan's nuclear installations to prevent it from acquiring weapons capabilities, a declassified CIA document has claimed. Such a consideration by ... Will Pakistan Soon Have the World's Third-Largest Nuclear Arsenal? Indira Mulled Attacking Pakistan N-sites: CIA Files India Unlikely to Enter Nuclear Arms Race With Pakistan |
CNN | Patients fooled by fake drugs made with poison and brick dust CNN His daughter is one of the lucky ones. She survived. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that as many as one million people die every year worldwide from ingesting counterfeit medications. In Pakistan, in 2012, in one incident alone, 120 ... Pakistan's deadly fake drugs trade remains massive Pakistan's fake drugs markets sell medicines made of poison and brick dust: report |
Hindustan Times | Prayer, weapons and maps: A day in a Pakistan jihad camp Hindustan Times A deafening military-style hooter goes off at 3:30am, the wake-up alarm for terror apprentices at a typical jihad factory in Pakistan. In the next 30 minutes, they complete their ablutions and gather for the day's first prayer, the Namaz-e-Tahajjud ... |