The Express Tribune | Pakistan raises $2.5bn in return to global bond market Financial Times Pakistan returned to the global bond market for the first time in over two years, successfully raising $2.5bn on Wednesday via a dollar bond issue despite the ... Bonds floated: Pakistan borrows $2.5b from global capital markets ... |
Bloomberg | Pakistan Hits Back Against US Accusations in Terror Stalemate Bloomberg In an interview in Islamabad last Friday as a right-wing Islamist group choked the capital and officials marketed the country to international bond investors, Abbasi said Pakistan would act against terrorists found within its borders, including the ... Top US General: Pakistan Has Yet to Act Against Afghan Taliban Top US general says Taliban 'living in comfort' in Pakistan US general sees no change in Pakistan behaviour despite Trump tough line |
The Crisis in Pakistan Continues London Review of Books (blog) Yet another manufactured crisis in Pakistan with a hard-line religious group at its core; the country's political capital, Islamabad, cut off for over a fortnight from its twin military capital, Rawalpindi. The people laying siege are not too far from ... |
Toronto Sun | FATAH: Pakistan surrenders to the mob Toronto Sun Even after Pakistan was found sheltering Osama Bin Laden, after the 26/11 terrorist raid on Mumbai, India in 2008, after the freeing from house arrest of the jihadi terrorist head of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), few in the West gave more than a glance at the ... Is Pakistan deal 'a dangerous trend for democracy'? Pakistan law minister resigns; blasphemy protests disperse - CNN Pakistani law minister quits after weeks of anti-blasphemy protests |
Bloomberg | Pakistan Raises $2.5 Billion in Dollar Debt as Reserves Fall ... Bloomberg Pakistan is marketing its first dollar-denominated bond since September 2015 as it seeks to pump up its foreign-exchange reserves, which have slumped 25 ... |
Times of India (blog) | The 'missing' muslim regiment: Without comprehensive rebuttal, Pakistani propaganda dupes the gullible across the ... Times of India (blog) Standing between Pakistani propaganda and the Indian nation can be a full time job, especially when it comes to issues about Indian Muslims. It is an enshrined doctrine in Pakistan that India's fault lines will remain its Achilles heel. The recent ... |
Gunmen attack Shiite mosque in Pakistan, kill 1, wound 3 Fox News ISLAMABAD – Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire at the main gate of a Shiite mosque in the capital Islamabad killing a worshipper and wounding three others. Senior officer Mohammad Ashraf says worshippers came under attack Wednesday ... |
BBC News | Why was Pakistan general giving money to protesters? - BBC News BBC News A video showing a senior Pakistani army officer distributing money to anti-government protesters in Islamabad has prompted a fierce reaction on social media. |
Economic Times | CPEC in dock after Pakistan, Nepal withdraw from dam projects in China Economic Times BALTIMORE: An expert has drawn attention to Pakistan and Nepal's withdrawal from two dam-building deals functional in China, citing measures Beijing might have to adopt in order to ensure equitable terms and distribution of benefits among those that ... Pakistan Business Council seeks 'greater transparency' in CPEC CPEC will aggravate India-Pak tension: US think-tank Bad terms: Pakistan's raw deal with China over Gwadar port |
Geo News, Pakistan | Cricket in Pakistan will not be impacted if India doesn't tour country: Zaheer Abbas Geo News, Pakistan KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas Wednesday said cricket in Pakistan will not be affected if the Indian cricket team does not visit the country. Abbas, a former president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and CEO of Punjab Sports ... |