Source: Associated Press
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) — Afghan and Pakistani border guards exchanged fire in a row over a child caught smuggling flour, leaving an Afghan guard and a civilian wounded, officials said Sunday.
Saturday’s gunfight forced the closure of the Torkham border, the busiest between the neighbours, for about 90 minutes, a Pakistani official said.
The commander […]
Shootout over flour smuggler on Afghan-Pakistan border
May 25th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Filed Under: military
Terror and flour: duelling decisions in Pakistan
February 26th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: Globe and Mail
New government must mend deteriorating economy and tackle Islamic extremists in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
SAEED SHAH
ISLAMABAD — The challenges facing the new government in Pakistan can be summed up as FATA and atta.
FATA is the acronym for the federally administered tribal areas - the badlands on the Afghan border that are reputedly […]
Filed Under: Politics
Inflation, shortages stalk Pakistan’s tigerish economy ahead of elections
February 18th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment
Source: International Herald Tribune
KARACHI, Pakistan: Atiq-ur-Rahman dismisses the gusty northwesterly wind blowing past his tatty barber’s shop. It is an economic chill that troubles him and threatens to undermine the tigerish economy — just as Pakistanis prepare to vote in general elections.
“I have weathered all kind of hardship in my life, so this cold weather […]
Filed Under: Business
