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South Asian Sidelight: Ever-Problematic Pakistan - Forbes Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:48:00 GMT

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South Asian Sidelight: Ever-Problematic Pakistan
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Two fateful Islamist uprisings shook the world in the late 1970s. The more recognized one was led by Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. The other was General Zia-ul-Haq's coup d'tat in Pakistan, which turned the long creep away from the country's secular ...

Pakistan Is Inviting Its Favorite Jihadis Into Parliament - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:01:04 GMT

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Pakistan Is Inviting Its Favorite Jihadis Into Parliament
Foreign Policy (blog)
Like many extremists in Pakistan, the 67-year-old firebrand used to rage against democracy. But earlier this month a new political party, controlled in all but name by Saeed — the leader of the militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the alleged ...

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Enstrom 280FXs sold to Pakistan - UpperMichigansSource.com Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:54:28 GMT

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Enstrom 280FXs sold to Pakistan
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(WLUC) - Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is pleased to announce the sale of piston powered 280FX helicopters to Pakistan. This sale was managed by Enstrom's representative in Pakistan, Global Services & Solutions. “It was a pleasure working with Mr.

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Pakistan: The War Within - The Diplomat Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:55:25 GMT

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Pakistan: The War Within
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It was a year ago that a former Pakistani senator confided to me that the “country is at war with itself.” Bushra Gohar, a then-senator of the secular Awami National Party (ANP), was referring to the widening divide between the civilian government and ...
Ahead of elections, Sharif's return heats up Pakistan politicsNikkei Asian Review
What Nawaz Sharif's re-election as PML-N chief means for PakistanHindustan Times
Shahbaz calls Pakistan as PML-N's fortSAMAA TV News Pakistan
STRATFOR -Geo News, Pakistan
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Pakistan living in the past, India tells UN - The Hindu Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:04:00 GMT

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Pakistan living in the past, India tells UN
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Pakistan has raked up the Kashmir issue again at the U.N. with its Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi accusing India of spreading terrorism in the Valley, but India described her diatribe as a “lonely voice from the wilderness”. The High-level ...

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Pakistan: Will the army block Nawaz Sharif's return? - Financial Times Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:52:14 GMT

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Pakistan: Will the army block Nawaz Sharif's return?
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Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's ousted prime minister, stood in front of a packed convention centre in Islamabad yesterday and announced the most spectacular comeback of his three-decade political career. In July the country's supreme court had stripped him ...
In Pakistan, the mighty House of Sharif is fighting for its lifeWashington Post
Pakistan's ousted PM Sharif 'back with full force' as party chiefReuters
Former Pakistani PM Sharif Reelected Head Of Ruling PartyRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
ABC News -Fox News
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US Concerned Over Future Of Government In Pakistan: Rex Tillerson - NDTV Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:55:12 GMT

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US Concerned Over Future Of Government In Pakistan: Rex Tillerson
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Washington: The US is concerned about the future of the government in Pakistan and wants to ensure long-term stability in the country, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today as he sought to allay Pakistan's concerns over President Donald Trump's ...
Trump's Afghan plan: US agrees to assuage Pakistan's concernsThe Express Tribune
Tillerson calls Pakistan reliable partnerPakistan Today
Pakistan has important role in region: TillersonThe News International
SAMAA TV News Pakistan -Daily Times
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Two new books on Pakistan's ISI and its 'War for National Survival' - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:33:28 GMT

Two new books on Pakistan's ISI and its 'War for National Survival'
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With all the press on Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate's (ISI) activities over the years, our shelves should be bulging with books dissecting the service. Plenty of works do discuss ISI links with terrorist groups, liaison with the ...

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Indian cross-border firing kills two in Pakistan: Officials - Channel NewsAsia Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:06:00 GMT

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Indian cross-border firing kills two in Pakistan: Officials
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MUZAFFARABAD: Two civilians were killed and two others wounded after Indian troops fired into Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday (Oct 4), officials said, causing Islamabad to summon its neighbour's envoy in protest at an alleged rise in cross-border ...
Pakistan claims killing three Indian soldiersThe Hindu
Pakistan provocation at UN is 'lonely voice' wasting time: Eenam GambhirEconomic Times
Pakistan shells LoC areas in Poonch for third dayLivemint
The Straits Times -Vanguard -India Today
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70 years after partition: is India, like Pakistan, turning to religious extremism? - Open Democracy Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:05:31 GMT

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70 years after partition: is India, like Pakistan, turning to religious extremism?
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Pakistani and Indian national flags. Photo: Xinhua/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.It's a curious phenomenon: the further Indian independence from Britain recedes into the past, the more attention it receives. It's as if the British psyche is ...

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