Houston ChronicleISLAMABAD (AP) — A group of Baluch activists are finishing a nearly 3,000-kilometer (1,900-mile) protest march across Pakistan over their claims of abuses by the country’s security forces. Right…
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11 killed in suicide attack on police bus in Karachi – Xinhua
XinhuaISLAMABAD, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — At least 11 policemen were killed and 36 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a police bus in Pakistan’s southern…
Pakistan and the Taliban Making Peace? Don’t Hold Your Breath – TIME
TIMEMembers of a committee from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), set up to hold talks with the government of Pakistan, speak with media representatives in Islamabad on Feb. 4. Email
TTP reposes confidence in three representatives – The News International
The News InternationalISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday cleared the confusion over its next step after the withdrawal of two members of the five-member Pakistani politicians’ negotiation team announced…
Pakistani Side Fails to Show Up at Taliban Peace Talks – New York Times
New York TimesMembers of a group chosen by the Taliban to represent them in talks with Pakistan. The talks were postponed on Tuesday. T. Mughal/European Pressphoto Agency. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —…
Pakistan Taliban begins peace talks with government in Islamabad – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukIntermediaries from the Pakistan Taliban are due to meet government negotiators in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday to sketch out a strategy for peace talks. Last week Nawaz Sharif, the…
Court Rejects Musharraf’s Request to Leave Pakistan for Treatment – New York Times
New York TimesISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A special court on Friday rejected a request by the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to leave Pakistan for medical treatment and instead issued arrest…
Ex-leader seeks to leave Pakistan – Boston Globe
Boston GlobeISLAMABAD — Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf wants to undergo medical treatment for a heart condition abroad, defense lawyers in his high treason trial said Friday. The military hospital…
AFIC report helps Musharraf but degrades its image – The News International
The News InternationalISLAMABAD: The VVIP accused of the most heinous crime in the book of country’s statutes — high treason — is seeking the exceptional luxury of getting a basic…
Scientists detect water on dwarf planet Ceres – Business Recorder
Business Recorderimage ISLAMABAD: The dwarf planet Ceres, which is the biggest object in the asteroid belt lying between Mars and Jupiter, is spewing water vapor into space from its ice-covered…
Second Taliban bomb attack kills 10 near Pakistan army HQ – Reuters
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber killed 10 people in a crowded market near the Pakistani army headquarters on Monday, a day after the Taliban killed 20 soldiers near…
Blast in Pakistani city next to capital kills 4 – USA TODAY
USA TODAYISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani police official says a bomb blast in the city of Rawalpindi has killed four people. Omar Sohail said the blast also wounded 15 people.…
Blast in Pakistani city next to capital kills 4 – Houston Chronicle
Houston ChronicleISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani police official says a bomb blast in the city of Rawalpindi has killed four people. Omar Sohail said the blast also wounded 15 people.…
Taliban’s Kabul Attack Heightens Concerns – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaISLAMABAD — The death toll from a Taliban attack on a restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital has risen to 21. A suicide bomber who blew himself up and Taliban…
Pakistan: Musharraf advised to move to US hospital – USA TODAY
USA TODAYISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf who is on trial for high treason said Thursday his client needs to go to the U.S. for…
Pakistan to award slain boy for foiling bombing – USA TODAY
USA TODAYISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister announced Friday that a teenage boy who sacrificed his life to stop a suicide bomber who wanted to attack his school should be…
Musharraf Is Taken From Court to Pakistani Military Hospital – New York Times
New York TimesISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military ruler, was suddenly taken to a military hospital on Thursday while he was being transported to a hearing to face…
Pakistan’s Musharraf taken to hospital, not court – Houston Chronicle
Houston ChronicleISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf was rushed to the hospital on Thursday with a “heart problem” he experienced while on his way to a court hearing…
India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations – Hindu Business Line
Hindu Business LineIndia and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the…
Musharraf’s Treason Trial Begins Without his Presence – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf went on trial for treason Wednesday but defense lawyers told the court security threats prevented him from attending the proceedings.…
Pak-India exchange nuclear installations, prisoners lists – The News International
The News InternationalISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged lists of nuclear installations and prisoners. Under a 1998 bilateral agreement, both countries are bound to exchange these lists on January…
Former Pakistan ruler defies court order – Washington Post
Washington PostISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Former president Pervez Musharraf, charged with high treason by the current government, failed to appear in court Wednesday to face a formal indictment for the second…
Pakistan’s ex-military ruler Musharraf goes on trial for treason – Reuters
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf went on trial for treason on Wednesday, a case that could test the relationship between an increasingly assertive civilian government and…
Foreign Office condemns drone strike again – The News International
The News InternationalISLAMABAD: Condemning Wednesday’s drone strike that hit an area near Miranshah in North Waziristan, Pakistan said the US has a method which is fundamentally flawed and illegal even…
US Captive of Al Qaeda Makes a Plea to Obama – New York Times
New York TimesISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An American development consultant abducted by Al Qaeda in Pakistan more than two years ago has urged the Obama administration to help secure his freedom…
American Held by Al Qaeda in Pakistan Asks Obama to Negotiate Release – New York Times
New York TimesISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An American development consultant abducted by Al Qaeda in Pakistan more than two years ago has urged the Obama administration to help secure his freedom…
American abducted by al-Qaeda makes video plea – USA TODAY
USA TODAYISLAMABAD (AP) — A 72-year-old American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaeda more than two years ago appealed to President Obama in a video released Thursday…
Bomb scare delays Musharraf high treason hearing – Houston Chronicle
Houston ChronicleISLAMABAD (AP) — A bomb scare delayed the first hearing in a high treason case against former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, police and legal officials said. The…
Bomb keeps Musharraf from treason case hearing – USA TODAY
USA TODAYISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani security official says a bomb was found along the route the country’s former ruler Pervez Musharraf was to take to attend the first hearing…
US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel visits Pakistan – BBC News
BBC NewsThe US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has arrived in Pakistan on Monday for talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. It is the first visit by a US defence…