New York Times | Pakistan Doesn't Owe You a Free Mansion New York Times KARACHI, Pakistan — I once knew a building contractor who worked for the government of Pakistan. He was very corrupt and very open about it. After hearing endless stories about bribes given for contracts and payments received for projects that were ... Ready for talks whenever India is eager for dialogue: Pakistan Opposition wants to stop me, not corruption: Nawaz The apathetic elite class of Pakistan |
New York Times | Time to Put the Squeeze on Pakistan New York Times Nearly 15 years after 9/11, the war in Afghanistan is raging and Pakistan deserves much of the blame. It remains a duplicitous and dangerous partner for the United States and Afghanistan, despite $33 billion in American aid and repeated attempts to ... Why Pakistan Won't Go After Afghan Taliban Time to put the squeeze on Pakistan, says NYT editorial Pakistan and Afghanistan — the way forward |
Aljazeera.com | Border fencing escalates Pakistan-Afghanistan tension Aljazeera.com Tension at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has escalated over the fencing of a 2km area at the Torkham crossing which was stopped by the Afghan forces. The border crossing has been closed for three days and Pakistani officials have insisted that it ... Pakistan Closes Main Border Crossing With Afghanistan Pakistan closes border with Afghanistan Pakistan, Afghanistan deploy tanks as fencing dispute escalates |
Reuters | Row deepens between Pakistan, Bangladesh over executed Islamist leader Reuters Pakistan said Nizami's hanging was "unfortunate" and attempts by Bangladesh to malign Pakistan were "regrettable," though it was not clear what Bangladeshi statement Pakistan was referring to. Bangladesh summoned the Pakistani ambassador in Dhaka to ... Bangladesh, Pakistan continue spat over Nizami's execution Pakistan Protests Bangladesh's Execution of Islamist Leader Pakistan, Bangladesh Summon Envoys Over Execution of Islamist Leader |
NDTV | Pakistan's Tactical Nuke Weapons At Heart Of Global Concerns: India NDTV "Dawood Ibrahim is a UN-designated global terrorist and a fugitive from the Indian law. At several points of time, his details have been shared by the Indian government with the government of Pakistan which also includes his possible locations in Pakistan. India's most wanted man traced in Pakistan! Karachi cops caught saying on tape - 'Dawood stays in Clifton' Dawood's location in Pakistan corroborates information available with us: MEA Pakistan Will Never Give Dawood Ibrahim to India: Chidambaram |
NDTV | Pakistan Sentences 5 to Death Over Attack on Shiites ABC News Pakistan's military has sentenced five alleged al-Qaida militants to death over an attack on a bus last year that killed around 50 members of the country's Shiite minority. The army said Thursday that Gen, Raheel Sharif, its top commander, has ... Pakistan Sentences Five To Death Over Attack On Shi'a, Rights Activist Pakistan to execute 5 'hardcore' al-Qaeda terrorists for bus attack Pakistan Army To Execute 5 Terrorists |
Los Angeles Times | Meet the women trying to rid Pakistan — and the world — of polio Los Angeles Times From 1988, when the world reported more than 350,000 new polio cases, the number dropped to just 74 last year: 54 in Pakistan, the rest in Afghanistan. Those are the only countries where the virus hangs on, finding sanctuary in the remote, mountainous ... |
DunyaNews Pakistan | Pakistan to get $510mn tranche of IMF loan: officials DunyaNews Pakistan "Real GDP growth is expected to reach 4.5 percent in FY 2015/16 and 4.7 percent in FY 2016/17, helped by lower oil prices, rising investment, including related to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), improvements in energy supply, buoyant ... Pakistan set to get $510 million from IMF IMF will provide $510 million aid tranche to Pakistan Pakistan GDP on track to grow in excess of 6% next financial year |
Times of India | China and Pakistan join hands to block India's entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group Times of India Talking about the China - Pakistan grand strategy to stall India's admission into the NSG , well placed US sources who work with the NSG said that from all counts it does appear that China and Pakistan are coordinating closely to stop the Indian entry. |
Forbes | Documenting Pakistan: Preserving A Past Forbes Dressed in a bottle green T-shirt and jeans, the young Pakistani author and researcher, Haroon Khalid, comes across as an unpretentious, easygoing guy when I meet him at a local café in Lahore. Currently working on his third book, based on the life of ... |