”Pakistan” News

Younus offers to resign as Pakistan cricket captain

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan cricket captain Younus Khan Tuedsay offered to resign in protest against a meeting called to investigate the team's defeats by 10 14 2009 10:07AM (...more)

Pakistan on Nobel Peace Prize: Why now when war isn't over?

Islamabad, Pakistan – Reaction to President Barack Obama's Nobel peace prize in Pakistan has been overwhelmingly negative, with opinion ranging from bewilderment to irritation and outrage. The fact that the United States
10 10 2009 8:10PM (...more)

Canada condemns bombing in Islamabad

OTTAWA (AFP) – The Canadian government on Monday "strongly condemned" what it described as a "cowardly attack" on UN World Food Programme offices in Pakistan that
10 6 2009 5:57PM (...more)

Bomb at Pakistani U.N. office, 2 dead: police

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on Monday at an office of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad , killing two people and
10 6 2009 2:42AM (...more)

Video appears to show Pakistan army abuses

ISLAMABAD – Video apparently showing Pakistani soldiers beating men detained in anti-militant operations has surfaced on the Internet, a clip that will likely draw criticism from rights groups and could undercut support for the army's fight against 10 3 2009 8:16AM (...more)

Obama: Don't give up on Afghanistan

Provo, Utah – During the presidential election campaign, Barack Obama maintained that Iraq was the wrong war for the US and Afghanistan
10 1 2009 8:45PM (...more)

To Lose a War

Creators Syndicate – While America was consumed this summer with quarrels over town-hall radicals, "death panels," the "public option" and racism's role in the plunging polls of Barack, what happens to health care is not going to change the history of the world.
09 27 2009 7:16AM (...more)

Swine flu case rise to three in Pakistan: official

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Health officials in Pakistan confirmed Friday that they had detected another two cases of swine flu in the country. The first swine flu case in Pakistan was detected on August 10 and a 09 26 2009 7:55AM (...more)

INTERVIEW - Pakistan seeks better climate with India in NY talks

LONDON (Reuters) – Pakistan is considering naming a former top diplomat as a special envoy for informal peace talks with India , Foreign
09 21 2009 9:18AM (...more)

India, Pakistan investigate border rocket blasts

ISLAMABAD – India said that three rockets were fired into the country from Pakistan overnight, but Pakistani officials said Saturday they were launched from India. No one was injured
09 13 2009 5:26AM (...more)