”Pakistan” News

Pakistan and China: A Fraying Friendship?

There is an old Chinese proverb that says to attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend. On Friday, an old friend is due to come calling in China . 02 23 2009 1:18AM (...more)

Pakistan election office blast kills 27

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into an election office in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing 27 people two days ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote, government officials said.
02 16 2008 10:59PM (...more)

Zimbabwe's safe Pakistan tour raises Australia hopes

SHEIKHUPURA, Pakistan (AFP) - Zimbabwe 's stand-in captain Hamilton Masakadza has praised security arrangements in Pakistan , raising hopes among cricket officials that it will convince Australia to tour next month.
02 4 2008 4:22AM (...more)

Party behind Musharraf suspends campaigning: spokesman

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - The party backing Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has suspended campaigning for January 8 elections, a spokesman said Sunday, adding that a 12-week delay in the vote was "realistic".
12 30 2007 11:52PM (...more)

Pakistan's Yousuf shuns rebel Indian cricket league

LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Record-breaking Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf said he has ditched a contract with the breakaway Indian Cricket League and will play for his national side.
09 27 2007 11:23PM (...more)

How Pakistan Failed Itself

In the Himalayan resort town of Nathiagali, a party is under way. Ice clinks in tumblers and corks pop while the conversation - an amalgam of English and Urdu that is the mark of Pakistan 's Élite - flows from meditation techniques to
05 20 2009 4:57PM (...more)

Britain's Brown blames Pakistan militants over Mumbai

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed banned Pakistan -based militant group
12 15 2008 1:42AM (...more)

Border Clashes Add to US-Pakistani Tensions

There's no war going on between the U.S. and Pakistan yet, but recent exchanges involving American and Pakistani forces along the Pakistan- Afghanistan frontier are sounding like 09 27 2008 7:21PM (...more)

Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani government has some advice the Obama administration may not want to hear as it contemplates sending additional U.S. troops to neighboring Afghanistan : Negotiate with 11 27 2009 3:26AM (...more)

Why Pakistan is unlikely to heed U.S. demands to crack down on militants

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration and its allies are pressing Pakistan to end its support for Afghan insurgents linked to al Qaida, but Pakistani generals are unlikely to be swayed because they increasingly see their interests diverging from those of the United States , U.S. and foreign experts said.
08 3 2008 2:51AM (...more)