Source: CNN

Pakistan on Saturday launched an offensive against the Taliban — the biggest military push against militants in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region since a civilian government took power in March.
Army spokesman Gen. Athar Abbas said the operation occurred in the Khyber section of the tribal region — west of Peshawar, the capital of the North-West […]

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Source: Herald Tribune
Pakistan’s economy will expand by less than 6 percent for the first time in five years amid double-digit inflation and ballooning budget and trade deficits, the central bank said Saturday.
Economic problems are adding to the pressure on Pakistan’s new civilian government as it struggles for power with President Pervez Musharraf and tries […]

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