Expert: Tackle Pakistan poverty
Friday, March 19, 2010
One week before top-level U.S.-Pakistani talks in Washington on security and aid, one of Pakistan\'s leading development experts said it\'s vital to tackle poverty in her country to fight terrorism. .. read more..
Taliban arrests halt UN contacts
Friday, March 19, 2010
The former UN special envoy in Afghanistan says Pakistan\'s arrest of Taliban leaders halted a channel of secret UN communications. .. read more..
Kidnapped Sahil returns to the UK
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Five-year-old Sahil Saeed returns to the family home in Oldham, as three people are charged with his kidnapping in Pakistan. .. read more..
Statistic or story?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
How Pakistan saw the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed .. read more..
Nations vote down export ban for bluefin tuna
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Atlantic bluefin tuna will not be added to a list of banned exports, following a vote on Thursday afternoon in Doha, Qatar. .. read more..
Civilians shot by Pakistan forces
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Security forces shoot dead at least two civilians in north-west Pakistan, officials say. .. read more..
US men on Pakistan charges
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Five young Americans held in Pakistan since December are charged with terrorism offences, their lawyer says. .. read more..
Iran and Pakistan sign gas deal
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Pakistan and Iran sign a $7.6bn deal to build a long-delayed pipeline to transport Iranian natural gas to Pakistan. .. read more..
Kidnapping of Sahil Saeed shows that danger is never far away in Pakistan (Times..
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A British boy of Pakistani origin travelling with his father from Oldham is unlikely to attract much attention around Jhelum, the area of Pakistan where Sahil Saeed went missing. Nearby Mirpur, where Saeed’s grandparents live, is overwhelmingly populated by British Pakistanis. .. read more..
Hamid Karzai held secret talks with Mullah Baradar in Afghanistan (Daily Telegra..
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Mullah Baradar was in talks with the Afghan president\'s family just weeks before his arrest by Pakistan intelligence officers, it is claimed. .. read more..
Pakistan postpones national games
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Pakistan Olympic Association postpones the country\'s annual national games, due to be held in Peshawar, for security reasons. .. read more..
China provided nuke weapon blueprint to Pakistan (Express India)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
It is China which provided Pakistan with the blueprint to build a nuclear weapon according to a new book. .. read more..
Imran critical of Pakistan set-up
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan says the country\'s cricket structure needs to be changed to help revive the fortunes of the national team. .. read more..
The Federation Of Pakistan Chambers Of Commerce And Industry (FPCCI) Urged The G..
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Under the Chairmanship of Mr. Zakaria Usman, Vice President, FPCCI a two-day meeting was held on March 10-11, 2010 to discuss the draft VAT Act, 2010. .. read more..
Pakistan seeks to boost trade ties with Oman (MENAFN)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Pakistan seeks to boost trade ties with Oman .. read more..
National Bank of Pakistan Aims to Tap ‘War Chest’ of Bad Debts (BusinessWeek)..
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
National Bank of Pakistan, the lender with the highest loan delinquency ratio in the nation, plans to boost profit by recovering more funds from borrowers as an economic slowdown and terror attacks damp growth prospects. .. read more..
The EU must help Pakistan (Guardian Unlimited)
Monday, March 15, 2010
After almost a decade of military rule, my country, Pakistan , returned to democracy two years ago. These two years have been momentous. Pakistan now stands on high moral ground, with a democratic government, an independent judiciary and a free media. Yet it finds itself still in a state of war. .. read more..
Cricket battle for Pakistan
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Why Pakistan bans may have come five years too late .. read more..
Pakistan’s February Trade Gap Widens 10.5% on as Imports Climb (Bloomberg)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 10.5 percent in February as imports climbed. The trade gap widened to $964.6 million in the eighth month of the fiscal year ending June 30, from $873.2 million a year earlier, according to data posted on the Web site of the Federal Bureau o.. .. read more..
Thin red line against Taliban
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Lone stand of anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan .. read more..