Forbes | To Catch Up With India, Pakistan Needs Modi's Magic Forbes India and Pakistan have made good progress in recent years in lifting their economies up in key international rankings. But Pakistan's progress lags far behind that of India's. Pakistan, for instance, ranks 114 in global competitiveness ranking, while ... |
Los Angeles Times | Pakistan gets a grip on a region known as a nexus of terror — but residents pay a price for peace Los Angeles Times North Waziristan lies within Pakistan's tribal region, a rugged, remote, largely ungoverned strip of land abutting Afghanistan. Signs of Islamabad's influence are few and far between; there are no police, and basic infrastructure such as schools and ... |
U.S. News & World Report | Border Crossing Closed as Body of Pakistani Diplomat Shot in Afghanistan Returned U.S. News & World Report Friends, colleagues and relatives say a prayer in front of the coffin of Pakistani consular official Nayyar Iqbal Rana, who was shot in Afghanistan, during his funeral in Islamabad, Pakistan November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz Reuters. By Jibran Ahmed. As kidnapped American professor's health dangerously deteriorates, pressure on Pakistan again mounts Funeral prayers offered for Pakistani diplomatic staffer killed in Afghanistan Will Welcome US Mediation in Easing Tension With India, Says Pakistan |
Voice of America | NATO Sees Taliban Bases in Pakistan 'Big Challenge' to Afghan Peace Voice of America NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Taliban bases in Pakistan pose a “big challenge” to efforts aimed at bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan. Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels that he ... NATO wants full cooperation from Pakistan, says secretary general |
Voice of America | Pakistan Debates How to Fill Education Gaps Voice of America Two young boys kneel over small white tables, intently studying the Quran at a madrassa in Pakistan. The Al-Nadwa Madrassa in the hill station of Murree, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Islamabad, is part of an established alternative system of education ... |
Radio Pakistan (press release) | Pakistan to face Australia in International Festival of Hockey tomorrow Radio Pakistan (press release) Pakistan will play its first match of the International Festival of Hockey against Australia at Melbourne on Wednesday. The four-Nation tournament also features New Zealand and Japan. PSF confirms 50 foreign players participation in PSA tournaments. |
Slate Magazine | Pakistan's Martha Stewart Slate Magazine Zubaida Aapa—the Urdu honorific for elder sister—is a homemaker, turned TV star, turned domestic goddess, and the closest thing Pakistan has to Martha Stewart, but with Stewart's fame dialed up to 11. Since the '90s, when she made her television ... |
Kasmir Monitor | A talk with Pakistan Kasmir Monitor In December 2016, Dr Ashley J Tellis, a renowned South Asia scholar, made a presentation with a stark title ~ “Are India-Pakistan Peace Talks Worth a Damn?” ~ To a very discerning audience at an event organised by Carnegie India. As always, Tellis ... |
Geo News, Pakistan | Pakistan to fund 'Jinnah Chair' at LSE Geo News, Pakistan The LSE has confirmed that the PM Abbasi made the commitment during his recent visit of the LSE for the Future of Pakistan Conference 2017 organised by LSE Pakistan Development Society in collaboration with South Asia Centre and Communication ... |
Geo News, Pakistan | Iran sees Pakistan's security as its own: Iranian defence minister Geo News, Pakistan The defence minister also reiterated that Iran supports Pakistan's defence and military achievements "within the framework of strengthening regional security and stability". The Inter-Services Public Relations, in a statement issued, said Gen Bajwa ... Iran's supreme leader throws weight behind Pakistan on Kashmir Pakistan, Iran vow not to let 'third party' use soils against each other Pakistan, Iran agree to continue bilateral engagements to enhance security cooperation |