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US Gives Military Assistance to Pakistan, With Strings Attached - New York Times Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:16:31 GMT

New York Times

US Gives Military Assistance to Pakistan, With Strings Attached
New York Times
The dueling messages sent to Pakistan — promising aid but attaching strings if the country's counterterror efforts fall short — are part of an increasingly confrontational turn in an alliance that has long been strained. The United States has ...
Talking Tough to Pakistan Is Not a New StrategyThe National Interest Online
Pakistan: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and a New PlanSTRATFOR
America, not Pakistan is to blame for failings in AfghanistanThe New Arab
Pakistan Today -Daily Times
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Pakistan parliament condemns Trump's Afghan policy - Aljazeera.com Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:40:00 GMT

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Pakistan parliament condemns Trump's Afghan policy
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan's lower house of parliament has unanimously passed a resolution calling on the government to consider suspending supply lines to the US-led NATO mission in neighbouring Afghanistan, in response to recent US accusations ...
Pakistan: Trump's Afghan Policy 'Hostile and Threatening'Voice of America
Pakistan National Assembly condemns Trump's 'hostile' commentsReuters
Trump's new Afghanistan policy has Pakistan angry and alarmedWashington Post
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Transgender people targeted in fatal Karachi attack - Aljazeera.com Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:55:39 GMT

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Transgender people targeted in fatal Karachi attack
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Correction, August 30, 2017: An earlier version of this article incorrectly attributed the estimate of Pakistan having 150,000 transgender citizens as being made in the 2017 census. That figure is from a 2015 government health ministry estimate ...
Police: Gunmen kill transgender person in PakistanMiami Herald
Gunmen kill transgender person in Pakistan's KarachiChannel NewsAsia

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Smoking Scorpions Is The New Trend Lighting Up Pakistan - Green Rush Daily Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:32:25 GMT

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Smoking Scorpions Is The New Trend Lighting Up Pakistan
Green Rush Daily
In fact, it's becoming popular in certain areas of Pakistan. People have been smoking scorpions for a while now, and while stats remain hard to gather, it looks like there are pockets of addicted scorpion smokers throughout not just Pakistan, but South ...

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Sharjeel Khan: Pakistan batsman banned for five years after spot-fixing inquiry - BBC Sport Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:03:45 GMT

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Sharjeel Khan: Pakistan batsman banned for five years after spot-fixing inquiry
BBC Sport
Pakistan batsman Sharjeel Khan has been banned for five years for his part in a spot-fixing ring. A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) tribunal handed down the punishment following a hearing on Wednesday, but two and a half years of the ban is suspended.
Sharjeel Khan ban vindicates our zero corruption stand: Pakistan Cricket BoardHindustan Times
Pakistan tribunal bans Sharjeel Khan for spot fixingSport24
Pakistan opener Sharjeel Khan handed five-year ban over spot-fixing scandalSkySports
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Pakistan buys 4 gunships from Russia, set to broaden military ties - Press TV Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:32:31 GMT

Pakistan buys 4 gunships from Russia, set to broaden military ties
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Pakistan has received four advanced attack helicopters from Russia in what seems to be a deal that paves the way for broader military ties between the two countries. Moscow has delivered the Mil Mi-35M gunships under a $153 million deal finalized at ...

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Pakistan sets up committee to formulate measures after US criticism - Economic Times Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:19:11 GMT

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Pakistan sets up committee to formulate measures after US criticism
Economic Times
Pakistan sets up committee to formulate measures after US criticism. PTI|. Updated: Aug 30, 2017, 08.48 PM IST. The sub-committee should also take up the recommendations of the forthcoming Envoys' Conference of select missions scheduled for September ...
Pakistan PM plans to work with India for peaceThe Straits Times
National Security Committee decides to maintain Pakistan's robust defence posture to ensure national security in ...Radio Pakistan (press release)

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'Jealousy Has No Remedy': Pakistan's US Envoy Responds To Abdul Basit's Letter - NDTV Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:11:05 GMT

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'Jealousy Has No Remedy': Pakistan's US Envoy Responds To Abdul Basit's Letter
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... more I think the more I am convinced that you have been the worst Foreign Secretary ever," Basit wrote in response to a farewell letter by Chaudhry which he sent to Mr Basit on March 12 after his appointment as the ambassador of Pakistan to Washington.
Envoy vs envoy: Pakistan ambassador to US says Abdul Basit's letter is 'disgusting'Hindustan Times
Ugly spat between Pakistan diplomats: 'You're worst Foreign Secretary ever', Basit wrote to Chaudhrygulfnews.com
Pakistan's US envoy calls former colleague Abdul Basit's letter about him 'disgusting'Times of India
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Pakistani varsity extends scholarship offer to Nigerians - The Punch Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:47:00 GMT

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Pakistani varsity extends scholarship offer to Nigerians
The Punch
The Government College University of Lahore, Pakistan, has announced scholarship offer for Nigerians interested in its undergraduate and post graduate studies. The Head of Chancery, Pakistan High Commission, Azim Khan, made this known in an ...

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Axiata unit buys Pakistan tower assets for $940m - Nikkei Asian Review Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:33:16 GMT

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Axiata unit buys Pakistan tower assets for $940m
Nikkei Asian Review
KUALA LUMPUR -- Telecommunication infrastructure operator edotco Group proposed Wednesday to buy cell towers from a unit of Pakistan Mobile Communications for $940 million, in partnership with a local conglomerate. The move by the group, 62.4% ...
Malaysia's Axiata to buy Pakistan telecom towers firm for $940 millionReuters
Axiata's edotco buys 13000 towers in Pakistan for RM4bilThe Star Online
Malaysia's Axiata to buy Pakistan telecom towers firm for $940 mnBusiness Standard
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