Friday 18th May, 2012
Pakistan's Women Get a Helping Hand From Maryam Bibi
Adversity, hardship and personal risk may not be everybody's idea of a fulfilling work-life, but for Maryam Bibi it comes with the territory. A chief executive of a women's charity in the ...
Midair Collision Kills Four Pakistani Pilots
Islamabad, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Two training planes from Pakistan Air Force collided in the north east during a routine training session and hit the ground, police sources told the private TV ...
US, Pakistan to reach 'conclusion' on supply route
WASHINGTON — The White House says the U.S. and Pakistan have decided to "reach a conclusion" to their standoff over Pakistan's blockade of a key supply route. But National ...
Bin Laden raid one year later: Pakistan's Army untouched
Christian Science MonitorThe US Navy SEAL operation that killed Osama bin Laden last May threw the Pakistan Army into international disrepute. But in Pakistan, the Army has ...
U.S. Sanctions Alleged Haqqani Network Operative, Taliban Financier
RadioFreeEuropeThe U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on an accused Haqqani network operative and a Taliban financier, a move it says will help "ensure all those who perpetrate ongoing violence ...
Hideout busted, arms, ammunition recovered in Kashmir
New KeralaSrinagar, May 17: Security forces unearthed a militant hideout and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in the woods in the frontier district of Kupwara, official sources said here ...
Cold revisits Kashmir: Snow on higher reaches, rain on plains
New KeralaSrinagar, May 17: Cold revisited Kashmir as higher reaches experienced fresh snowfall while plains, including summer capital of, Srinagar, received rains disrupting normal ...
Youth injured in blast in north Kashmir woods
New KeralaSrinagar, May 17 : A 24-year-old was injured when an explosive device went off in the woods near the Line of Control (LoC) in border town of Karnah in the frontier district of Kupwara, official ...
Rajya Sabha stalled on issue of 'persecution' of Hindus in Pakistan
New KeralaNew Delhi, May 17 : The Rajya Sabha was today deadlocked for 35 minutes on the issue of alleged persecution of minority Hindus in Pakistan with the Opposition BJP demanding discussion on the issue ...
Proposal of trade through banking sent to Pakistan : Singh
New KeralaJammu, May 17 : Asserting that there is a need to improve security scenario at trade point at Line of Control (LoC), Union Home Secretary R K Singh today said a proposal of trade through banking ...
Centre sanctions 12 ANM training school for Jammu Kashmir
New KeralaSrinagar, May 17 : The centre has sanctioned 12 Auxilliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) state of Art training schools and 3 nursing colleges for Jammu and Kashmir to produce trained paramedical staff for ...
Pak Rangers didn't share the intelligence input of possible strike on their side of ICP- BSF
Times of IndiaAnti Terrorist Wing of Pakistan Rangers raised the alarm following which Indian security establishment swung into action and developed intelligence input of a possible strike on Pakistan side ...
High stakes of Pakistan's Nato drivers
BBC"Forget politics, we're thinking of how to feed ourselves," says Muhammed Baqi, who is in his mid-50s. "It is hunger and poverty that forces us to do this job and if I die ...
Kabul Urges Islamabad Against Mass Expulsion
VOAISLAMABAD -- Afghanistan is urging authorities in neighboring Pakistan to abandon plans to expel tens of thousands of unregistered Afghan migrants from the country. The United Nations refugee ...
Dogged by Refrigeration Issues, Afghan Farmers Depend on Pakistan
VOAJALALABAD, Pakistan - Farmers and traders in eastern Afghanistan say that despite a decade of foreign development projects, they remain economically dependent on their neighbors in Pakistan. The ...
In Pakistan, One Tweet Makes A Difference
Spero Newsin an article entitled "The Twitter Trap." He need not worry so much: the power of social media outlets like Twitter to do social good was demonstrated recently when a single tweet by a ...
BJP rues harsh repression against Pakistan Hindus
New KeralaNew Delhi, May 17 : The BJP today raised in the Rajya Sabha the issue of growing religious intolerance in Pakistan forcing Hindu minorities to seek refuge in other countries and demanded that India ...
Mehbooba calls for PM's intervention in infant deaths in Kashmir
New KeralaSrinagar, May 17: Expressing deep grief and anguish at the alarmingly high mortality rate of infants at the G B Panth pediatric hospital here, Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today ...
10 feared dead in Pakistan jeep crash
UPITen people are feared dead after a passenger jeep crashed into the Neelum River in Pakistan Thursday, police said. The vehicle was carrying 10 people, including the driver, to Muzaffarabad from ...
Pakistani President to attend NATO summit
SINAISLAMABAD, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the 25th NATO Summit in Chicago on May 20-21 at the invitation of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the ...
India to express concern to Pakistan on minorities' plight
New KeralaNew Delhi, May 17 : India will convey its concern to Pakistan over the plight of its Hindu minorities when External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visits the neighbouring country soon, parliament was ...
Jamshed Pakistan opener injured; out of Sri Lanka tour
KeralaNextCricket News: Lahore, Nasir Jamshed fast-rising opener after fracturing a finger on his left hand was ruled out of Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka ...
Pakistan's Zardari to attend NATO summit
UPIPakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the NATO summit meeting about Afghanistan in Chicago, Zardari's office said Thursday. 2009 file photo. (UPI Photo/Roger L. ...
Bomb threat on Pakistan flight
IOLA bomb threat on Thursday forced Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to evacuate 157 passengers and 10 crew from an Airbus preparing to take off for Dubai, officials ...
Pakistan Accepts Invitation to Attend NATO Summit
VOAPakistani officials say President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago. The decision comes after Pakistan's cabinet endorsed a last-minute invitation to discuss the ...
Pakistan's Gain in Afghan Transit Deal Central Asia's Loss?
EurasiaNetMcClatchy reports , citing unnamed officials. Just days before, a U.S. senator, Claire McCaskill, reported that Pakistan's refusal to allow NATO transport to Afghanistan -- which it did ...
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