RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – Two bombs targeting police and government workers killed up to eight people and wounded scores more Thursday ‘” the latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan. Meanwhile, a … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulBurning down the house
Pakistan is in flames. The neo-Taliban insurgency has taken over large portions of Swat, the once idyllic Switzerland of Pakistan where Lollywood (the Pakistani Bollywood) movies were once filmed. The Pakistan army has finally fought back, and 2.4 … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulNo Operation In N Waziristan Pakistan Army
Pakistan’s military denies intentions of extending its anti-militant campaign to North Waziristan, urging people in the tribal region to cooperate with the army, reported Press TV. Pakistan Army’s helicopters dropped pamphlets in provincial capital … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulPakistan Stocks Rise to Two-Month High on Fight Against Terror
July 2 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan shares rose the most in more than two months, led by oil-related companies and banks after the Dawn newspaper reported the country’s civilian and military leadership pledged to combat terrorism with full force. The … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulTaliban bomber kills 2 troops in Pakistani Kashmir
The military said in a statement that three other soldiers were wounded in the early morning bombing in Muzaffarabad, the region’s capital, and rushed to a nearby hospital. Hakimullah Mehsud, a deputy of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, told The … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulBombs against Pakistan police, govt workers kill 8
Bombs targeting police and employees of a Pakistani nuclear facility killed two people and wounded scores more Thursday – the latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan. Meanwhile, a prominent … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulVince Spadea Is Weird
The BBC conducts an off the cuff interview with bewildering professional tennis player Vince Spadea. Read the rest of this entry »
02 Jul83 VIPs defaulter of Sindh House Islamabad
KARACHI – At least 83 federal and provincial ministers, bureaucrats, judges, MNAs, MPAs, senior police officials and other VIP personalities are defaulters of Sindh House Islamabad, well-placed sources told The Nation here on Wednesday. According to … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulPunjab Assembly Budget session begins tomorrow
Chandigarh, Jul 2 : The Opposition Congress, fresh from its good showing in the Lok Sabha polls in the state, is all pumped up to take on the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-BJP government in the Budget Session of the Punjab Assembly commencing here … Read the rest of this entry »
02 JulBomb explosion kills four people in Baluchistan
A bomb killed at least four people and wounded five others yesterday near a hotel in Pakistan’s restive province of Baluchistan, police said. The blast occurred in Kalat district on the main highway linking the provincial capital Quetta to Pakistan … Read the rest of this entry »