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In Pakistan, US Aid Agency's Efforts Produce Dubious Results - New York Times Sat, 12 Sep 2015 23:32:10 GMT

New York Times
In Pakistan, US Aid Agency's Efforts Produce Dubious Results
New York Times
KARACHI, Pakistan — The ads are a staple of Pakistani television: footage of water gushing through dams, farmers standing in green fields, a girl using a computer. At the end, the red, white and blue logo of an aid organization flashes on the screen ...

Concern mounts over UK role in Pakistan drone attacks - The Guardian Sat, 12 Sep 2015 15:36:00 GMT

The Guardian
Concern mounts over UK role in Pakistan drone attacks
The Guardian
However, it insisted that the UK had never conducted its own drone flights over Pakistan. When pressed, an MoD spokesman said: “UK personnel embedded with the US air force have only flown remotely piloted aircraft systems in support of operations in ...

First-ever Pakistan Festival hits Halifax - Globalnews.ca Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:32:44 GMT

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First-ever Pakistan Festival hits Halifax
Globalnews.ca
Halifax — Dozens of people turned out Saturday for the first-ever Pakistan Festival in Halifax. The event was a way to commemorate Pakistan's 68th independence day and to help integrate the Canadian-Pakistani community in the Maritimes. For Abeeha ...

Pakistan cuts interest rates to 42-year low - Channel News Asia Sat, 12 Sep 2015 14:20:00 GMT

Channel News Asia
Pakistan cuts interest rates to 42-year low
Channel News Asia
KARACHI: Pakistan's central bank on Saturday (Sep 12) reduced interest rates to a 42-year-low of six per cent, after inflation fell dramatically. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced it had cut rates to six per cent from 6.5 per cent. Inflation ...
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Uncommon tongue: Pakistan's confusing move to Urdu - BBC News Sat, 12 Sep 2015 00:01:13 GMT

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Uncommon tongue: Pakistan's confusing move to Urdu
BBC News
While many nations are adopting English, Pakistan is going the opposite way, with the Supreme Court ruling for it to be replaced with Urdu as the official language. Urdu is beautiful, vastly expressive, and the medium of some of the most powerful ...

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Pakistan's film industry is back in business—and not just because of Bollywood - Quartz Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:29:07 GMT

Pakistan's film industry is back in business—and not just because of Bollywood
Quartz
11), one of the most awaited films has arrived in theatres across Pakistan. Manto is based on the life and times of controversial author Saadat Hasan Manto. The feature film—which some are calling Pakistan's first biopic—chronicles the last seven ...

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Seeking justice for deadly Pakistan factory blaze - Aljazeera.com (blog) Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:19:00 GMT

Aljazeera.com (blog)
Seeking justice for deadly Pakistan factory blaze
Aljazeera.com (blog)
When the fire broke out at the Ali Enterprises factory in Karachi, Pakistan, there was no way for workers to escape the flames - no firefighting equipment, no safety procedures in place, and steel bars blocked windows. Workers who managed to ...

Nazneen Sheikh's thriller for Pakistan: review - Toronto Star Sat, 12 Sep 2015 04:01:37 GMT

Toronto Star
Nazneen Sheikh's thriller for Pakistan: review
Toronto Star
As the setting for a thriller, Pakistan is bursting with potential. There are spectacular mountains and hidden caves, fabulous riches and grim poverty, religious zeal and political corruption, stunning art and sensual poetry, clashes between genders ...

Pakistan must ensure recent gains are sustainable - gulfnews.com Sat, 12 Sep 2015 14:39:10 GMT

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Pakistan must ensure recent gains are sustainable
gulfnews.com
Recent scenes from daily life across Pakistan said it all. As a visibly self confident civil servant from the food department in Lahore began raiding cafés and restaurants that failed to enforce tight standards of hygiene, parents of children enrolled ...

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Pakistan opens heavy fire on forward posts in Poonch, Rajouri sectors - Chandigarh Tribune Sat, 12 Sep 2015 19:36:13 GMT

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Pakistan opens heavy fire on forward posts in Poonch, Rajouri sectors
Chandigarh Tribune
Even as India and Pakistan agreed to jointly resolve issues like ceasefire violations and cross-border infiltration via timely exchange of information, including email and over the telephone, Pakistani troops pounded Indian forward positions along the ...
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