”Pakistan” News

Why Pakistan Matters

As the new self-appointed standard bearers of Pakistani democracy, Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari don't inspire much confidence. One is a feudal aristocrat widely reviled as corrupt and blamed for his wife's undoing when she was the country's Prime Minister in the 1990s. The other,
01 3 2008 7:59PM (...more)

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated, Attempts Made on Sharif as Pakistan Drifts Into Civil War; EIN News Offers Extended News Coverage

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: David Rothstein, +1-202-318-8905, for EIN News WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Barely two months have gone by since Benazir Bhutto escaped death
12 28 2007 6:26AM (...more)

Officials: Bush OK'd US raids inside ally Pakistan

WASHINGTON - President Bush has secretly approved U.S. military raids inside anti-terror ally Pakistan , according to current and former U.S. officials. The high-risk gambit prizes the death or capture of al-Qaida and Taliban extremists over the sensitivities of a shaky U.S.-backed civilian government that does not want to seem like Washington's lapdog.
09 13 2008 12:39AM (...more)

Zardari says global terror Pakistan's priority

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan 's presidential front-runner said in a newspaper column Thursday he stands with the U.S. against international terrorism, comments that appeared amid growing furor over an American-led cross-border attack in Pakistani territory.
09 12 2008 5:49AM (...more)

India says Pakistan shifting blame over Mumbai

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – India accused Pakistan on Monday of trying to shift blame for the Mumbai attacks and demanded
12 23 2008 10:32AM (...more)

Pakistan's disputed Northern Areas go to polls

GILGIT, Pakistan (Reuters) – Voters in Pakistan 's mountainous far north went to the polls on Thursday to elect an assembly for their district as part of an autonomy package that
11 14 2009 1:00PM (...more)

Lawmakers question using aid for Pakistan planes

WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday promised close scrutiny of a Bush administration request to use hundreds of millions of dollars in anti-terrorism aid to upgrade Pakistan 's aging fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter planes .
09 17 2008 6:45AM (...more)

Rice satisfied with Pakistan's anti-terror stance

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she is satisfied with Pakistan's commitment to fight terrorism and its readiness to pursue any lead in the attacks in 12 7 2008 8:55PM (...more)

Clinton Touches on Bhutto Assassination With Emotion in Campaign Speech; EIN News Offers Extensive News Coverage; Free Access for Journalists and Inte

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: David Rothstein of EIN News, http://www.ipdgroup.com/feedback.php, +1-202 318 8905 WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Accusations about experience fly as U.S. presidential candidates tool up for the Iowa caucuses,
12 29 2007 5:59AM (...more)

Pakistan FM says 'minor incidents' not to mar war on terror

COLOMBO (AFP) - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday said "minor incidents" should not overshadow what he called Islamabad's positive contribution to combating terrorism.
08 1 2008 12:37PM (...more)