When will we learn? (ABC News) — The U.S. gave money to a Pakistani Muslim group that organized anti-Taliban rallies, but which later demonstrated in support of an extremist who killed a leading liberal politician, the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan said Wednesday. The grant highlights the difficulties facing Washington as it seeks partners to support
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Although I think it the correct pronunciation is, Jooooo. LAHORE: A man wrote that his name was ‘Jew Jurian’ on his national identity card form. The data entry clerk then assumed he was a Jew. Thus for the first time in the history of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC), a Pakistani was officially declared a
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Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has announced he will return to Pakistan sometime between January 27th and 30th. He intends to compete in elections scheduled to take place next year. Musharraf has been in self-imposed exile in London since resigning from office in August 2008 after the shortlived coalition of current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif planned to bring impeachment proceedings against him after his actions during the state of emergency in 2007 in which he suspended the country’s constitution, fired the chief justice of the Supreme Court and imprisoned political opponents. Last year, a Pakistani court indicted Musharraf as part of the conspiracy to
AP – The Obama administration says Pakistan is considering pulling out of an international conference on Afghanistan next week as a result of the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Follow this link: Pakistan may boycott Afghan meeting in protest (AP)
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Sick. KARACHI, PAKISTAN — Kainat Soomro is a 17-year-old Pakistani girl who has become a local celebrity of sorts in her battle for justice in the Pakistani courts, a daring move for a woman of any age in this country, let alone a teenager. She is fighting to get justice for a gang rape that
