Source: Telegraph
Just when it was looking as if the situation in Pakistan could not get any worse, along comes the global credit crisis. As if the newly appointed administration of President Ali Zardari didn’t have enough on its plate already trying to establish its political authority while waging war against a determined Islamist insurgency. But […]

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Source: Los Angeles Times
If the country doesn’t crack down harder on Islamic radicals, analysts suggest, Pakistan could crumble into chaos.
By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — More than any other terrorist attack in this volatile country, the devastating truck bombing of the Marriott Hotel over the weekend has presented government and military […]

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Source: Gazette
It is unclear whether Pakistani troops actually confronted and turned back U.S. troops on the verge of crossing the border from Afghanistan a few days ago in pursuit of Taliban forces that had conducted a raid in Afghanistan and slipped back into Pakistan. What does seem clear is that the Pakistani government has more-or-less […]

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Source: Star Tribune
By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI
President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow U.S. Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakistani government, senior American officials said.
The classified orders mark a watershed for the Bush administration after nearly seven […]

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Source:New York Times

A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least eight people, security officials said.
The bombing followed a pattern of Taliban attacks against government security installations in retaliation for a fierce Pakistani military campaign, including airstrikes, in the tribal area of […]

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A Rare Unreleased Video of Benazir Bhutto Murder - last few seconds before the shooting
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The directionless PPP government seems to be dropping in darkness. The 100 days treated as a litmus test for a nascent government to prove its willingness and capacity to perform have been wasted. The regime seems to be treading the same path of preserving the status quo. The president is as dummy as was Shaukat […]

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Open Letter to Dr Shahid Masood!
Sir,
Hats off for you for the pro gramme that you sir have been anchoring.. You are my MENTOR and i really look forward to look at every single airing of your pro gramme religiously..!
Dr Sahib i am pushed to write this email to you at an hour where the Pakistani […]

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I am extremely pissed-off after reading an article published in The Guardian by Declan Walsh today!
You would be too… at the insensitivity… the height of illiteracy… at such preposterous traditions that, for centuries, have marred the lives of so many… women and young girls in particular!
When will we evolve and shed off these inhuman, man-made […]

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Source: Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON - The U.S. should rethink its approach in Pakistan, including a multimillion dollar program aimed at training and equipping tribal militants, unless Islmabad does more to keep terrorists from crossing the Afghan border, a top Democrat said Tuesday.
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told reporters after a three-day trip […]

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Authorities in Pakistan have warned that people hoarding wheat will have their stocks confiscated unless they sell it to government agencies.
The government says production of wheat will fall a million tonnes short of what the country requires this year.
There have been accusations that some Pakistani traders are illegally selling wheat intended for domestic use abroad.
The […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro

In addition to Mr. Shaukat Aziz, current Prime Minister of Pakistan, numerous former Citibankers occupy highly influential positions in the government and the private sector in Pakistan.
Citibank is one of the largest banks, and operates one of the largest private banks in the US and globally. Of the 40 private banks reviewed by […]

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Source: Pakistan Link
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan are to sign an agreement next week for immediate declaration of arrests of each other’s nationals, early release of those crossing borders and the Line of Control (LoC) inadvertently, and consular access to all prisoners within three months of arrest. The agreement, to be signed on Wednesday during […]

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Source: Online News
ISLAMABAD: The visiting Malaysian Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Raja Ashman Shah, the son of Sultan Azlan Shah, former King of Malaysia met with local investors and government authorities in Islamabad.
The Prince was satisfied with the investment climate in Pakistan and with the policies of the Government of Pakistan to support and safeguard […]

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Source: CBC News
Political uncertainty gripped Pakistan’s fragile coalition government Tuesday as Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani refused to accept the resignations of nine members of cabinet until his party leader returned from abroad.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ordered his party members to resign from the six-week-old governing alliance because the cabinet was refusing to immediately […]

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We are the beginning of the new century which is nearing its first decade, more than six decades old and are still lagging behind in the field of education. People from the west have reached the moon and are trying to touch other galaxies because they invest in the most vital entity for the survival […]

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Why am I not surprised to hear this? *chuckles*
So our democratic, non-barbaric, pious, and ‘civil’ government has had the door slammed on their face by the T-Boys. Ha. Were you really expecting them to do otherwise? How silly of you.
There were basically four demands put forward by the T-boys to our kind government:
- Withdrawl of […]

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Source: Hindustan Times
Hopes are high that a request for clemency from the Indian government for death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh may be honoured by Pakistan. But so far, no decision has been taken, say officials.
Sarabjit’s family members, who finally met him at the Kot Lakhpat jail on Thursday, said they wanted to meet Pakistan Prime […]

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Source: The Emergency Times
Syed Saad Rizvi
The removal of ban on student unions by the present government is a welcome sign for the establishment of a strong democracy in Pakistan but there is still a lot that needs to be done. Much damage has already been done to the image of politics and its effectiveness among […]

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Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, April 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan may import up to 1.5 million tonnes of wheat to meet its stocks and domestic needs, Information Minister Sherry Rehman said on Wednesday.
The government has decided to build a 5-million-tonne strategic reserve from the 2007-2008 crop, Rehman added.
“It will be done locally…urgent planning is also being done to […]

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Source: Al Jazeera English
A relative of a Pakistani Taliban leader just released from custody, has vowed to continue armed struggle for Islamic law in the country’s northwest, despite the signing of a peace accord.
Maulana Fazlullah, son-in-law of Sufi Muhammad, said on Tuesday that his group will not lay down their arms until the government enforces […]

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Source: The New York Times
WASHINGTON — American commanders in Afghanistan have in recent months urged a widening of the war that could include American attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants in the tribal areas inside Pakistan, according to United States officials.
The requests have been rebuffed for now, the officials said, after deliberations in Washington among senior […]

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Source: Meri News
WITH THE final date of death sentence of Indian prisoner in Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh, nearing on May 1, the Pak government has deferred his sentence again.
This seems to be the result of the efforts made by different quarters, especially the relatives of Singh, besides functionaries of the UPA government and senior leaders of […]

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Source: The Post
Muhammad Kabir
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government and people have shown their true love, friendship, harmony, dedication and spirit towards the people of China by making the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay successful, beautiful, fabulous and remarkable.
This was stated by Luo Zhao Hui, ambassador of People Republic of China, at a crowded press conference in Sports […]

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Source: DAWN
NEW DELHI, April 17: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday described the prolonged incarceration of Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails as a matter of grave concern and urged Islamabad to free the more than 700 inmates, including 74 defence personnel, languishing there.
Mr Mukherjee told Rajya Sabha that a total of 641 Indians, including […]

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