”Pakistan” News

Behind the U.S.-Pakistan Missile Spat: The Indian Threat

The spat between Washington and Islamabad over allegations that Pakistan illegally modified U.S.-supplied missiles to improve its ability to target India reveals a deeper schism in the relationship: Pakistan's military establishment remains
09 2 2009 4:46AM (...more)

Post (Perverse) Pervez Pakistan

Rather than face impeachment, Pakistan 's disgraced President Pervez Musharraf finally resigned. So ends (more or less) America's first post-9/11 bilateral era with Pakistan, and the scorecard is utterly mixed at best with ominous prospects for the second era under Pakistan's newly-elected democratic government.
08 21 2008 9:36PM (...more)

Karzai threatens to send forces into Pakistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops after notorious Taliban leaders inside Pakistan in an angry warning to his eastern neighbor that he will no longer tolerate cross-border attacks.
06 16 2008 8:33PM (...more)

THE LAST DAYS OF PAKISTAN?

NEW YORK -- Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord that the United States and India have plans to seize Pakistan 's nuclear weapons . I, for one, was badly shaken on Monday
05 21 2009 5:32PM (...more)

Indian PM: 'Nobody wants war' after terror attack

NEW DELHI – India's prime minister sought to lower tensions with neighboring Pakistan on Tuesday in the wake of the Mumbai
12 24 2008 4:27AM (...more)

India FM: We will act on Mumbai if Pakistan won't

NEW DELHI – Pakistan is shifting blame and responsibility for last month's deadly attacks in Mumbai, India's foreign minister charged Monday, adding that Delhi would take action against the perpetrators if Islamabad failed to.
12 23 2008 1:55PM (...more)

Pakistan board chief withdraws lawsuit against Akhtar

KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf said Monday he had withdrawn a defamation lawsuit against Shoaib Akhtar after the banned fast bowler made a public apology.
05 6 2008 12:20AM (...more)

Pakistan's new leader signals opening to Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan 's new president, Asif Ali Zardari , put the " war on terror " at the top of his agenda and signaled a major thawing in relations with Afghanistan Tuesday at a swearing-in ceremony where Afghan leader Hamid Karzai shared center-stage.
09 13 2008 6:30AM (...more)

What to Do About Pakistan

For some time, I've been posting items in TIA Daily with the headline "What to Do About Pakistan ?" The question mark was a repeating theme. I admitted that I did not have a good idea about what to do about Pakistan, nor had I seen any good ideas from anyone else.
08 23 2008 10:40AM (...more)

U.S., Pakistan at odds over extremists who target U.S. troops

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Despite growing U.S. military losses in Afghanistan , Pakistan still refuses to target the 09 19 2009 7:04PM (...more)