Latest in Tag: Pakistan Highlight
Latest in Tag: Pakistan
Pakistan police battle militants after deadly airport raid
It was the second Islamist militant attack in four months on a military air base in nuclear-armed Pakistan
Senior Pakistan TV anchor escapes car bomb plot
Intelligence officials said last month that an intercepted Taliban message suggested suicide bombers had been assigned to attack journalists
Bomb kills seven at Shi’a procession in Pakistan
The Taliban have been fighting an insurgency against security forces since 2007
Mekki in Pakistan for D8 summit
Morsy staying home to monitor domestic situation
Bomb hits Pakistan soldiers, kills five
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack
Pakistan quashes Christian girl’s blasphemy case
Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan, where 97 per cent of the population are Muslims
Egyptian – Pakistani relations warm up
The two powers speaking out against Gaza plan to meet over economy
Pakistan plans ‘Malala schools’ for poor children
Taliban hitmen shot Malala on her school bus a month ago in Mingora in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley
Fears blight ‘Malala Day’ in schoolgirl’s hometown
People around the globe are expected to hold vigils and demonstrations honouring Malala
British, Pakistani, UAE ministers visit Malala’s hospital
The ministry said the trio also met with the father of 15-year-old Malala, who was shot in the head by the Taliban earlier this month
UAE ready to fly out Pakistani girl shot by Taliban
Malala was shot in retaliation for her campaign for the right to education
A conversation at the Embassy of Pakistan
Official outlines Egyptian-Pakistani relationship
Pakistan child rights activist shot in head
Doctors in Peshawar said that children’s rights activist Malala Yousafzai’s condition was stable, despite the attempt on her life.
Bounty on anti-Islam film-maker disowned by Pakistani authorities
Pakistan detaches itself from bounty announced by minister, as president is scheduled to speak on religious harmony in UN general assembly
Afghanistan bans Pakistani newspapers for spreading pro-Taliban messages
Pakistani newspapers accused of undermining Afghan government
Twenty one killed in two days of anti-US protest in Pakistan
Pakistani protesters clash with police, 21 killed on government-sanctioned “Love for the Prophet Mohamed Day”
US drone strike kills three in northwest Pakistan
(AFP) – MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone strike on Saturday killed at least three Islamic militants in Pakistan’s restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. The strike took place in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, known as a bastion of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The drone targeted a moving vehicle …
Pakistani factory owners turn themselves in
Karachi Minister of Industries resigns amid public anger over fire deaths
Hundreds killed in two massive fires in Pakistan
Workers trapped as fire raged through two factories. Faulty generators and lack of safety measures blamed
Asia edges towards giant free trade zone: ASEAN
Asian 3.5 billion people states to form free trade zone
Pakistan bomb attack injures four US consular staff
US Consulate employees target of Peshawar attack
US drone strike in Pakistan kills five
Tensions rise between US and Pakistan over US action in North Waziristan
Women heralding the winds of change in Pakistan
By Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam KARACHI, Pakistan: From a country where terrorism, extremism, inner strife and polarization continue to eat at its roots, good news is reaching out globally from a perhaps unexpected source — its women. Pakistani women are fighting for more than just the empowerment of women. They are taking center-stage in Pakistan’s fight against …
Abdul Sattar Edhi: a beacon of hope in Pakistan
By Zeeshan Suhail ISLAMABAD: At the request of the Prime Minister, the government of Pakistan submitted an official nomination to the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Committee for a Pakistani humanitarian, Abdul Sattar Edhi, late last year. This is encouraging news, considering the political and economic instability which Pakistan continues to face. With such challenges, it’s important …
Healing the sick man of South Asia
By Michael Spence LAHORE: Pakistan is undergoing three transitions simultaneously. How they unfold matters not only for Pakistan, but also for much of the Muslim world, particularly as the Arab Spring forces change upon governments across the wider Middle East. Most Muslim countries were governed for decades by autocrats who had either emerged directly from the …
Al-Qaeda confirms death of Pakistani insurgent
By Chris Brummitt / AP ISLAMABAD: Al-Qaeda has confirmed an American drone strike killed one of its commanders in Pakistan last month — a success in a CIA-led campaign that is a major source of tension stalling the relationship between Washington and Islamabad. The death of Badr Mansoor in the strike along the border with Afghanistan …
Pakistan’s first Oscar
By Beena Sarwar BOSTON, Massachusetts: Pakistan’s online community erupted in virtual cheers as Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy received an Academy Award (or Oscar) recently in Hollywood for co-directing the Best Documentary (Short Subject). A Tweet by Pakistani blogger Anthony Permal summed up the feelings of many of his compatriots: “A woman from Pakistan, who made a film …
South Asia’s false spring
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: From the armed coup that recently ousted the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, Mohamed Nasheed, to the Pakistani Supreme Court’s current effort to undermine a toothless but elected government by indicting Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on contempt charges, South Asia’s democratic advances appear to be shifting into reverse. Nasheed’s forced …
Pakistan on the precipice
By Shahid Javed Burki ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari abruptly returned to Karachi on the morning of Dec. 19, following a 13-day absence for medical treatment in Dubai, where he lived while in exile. The government issued no a formal statement about Zadari’s health, but his supporters disclosed that he had suffered a mild stroke, …