KABUL: A strong earthquake shook northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Monday, sending people running from their homes, but there were no immediate reports of damage, witnesses and officials said. The 6.0-magnitude quake struck at 3:43 am, around 275 kilometres northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul and near the border with Pakistan, the US Geological Survey […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) ‚ A suicide bomber attacked police officers in northwest Pakistan on Sunday as they treated civilians wounded by an earlier explosion, killing seven people and wounding at least 25 others, a police official said. The officers were struck as they investigated a blast in Dera Ismail Khan, near the Afghan […]
Imagine a country where people are forced to give up gas (petrol) and had to opt for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to save money, because the price of petrol had become too expensive for the public. It costs about 30, 000 on average to have the car equipped with the kind of equipment that makes […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, both in public statements and private meetings, has urged Pakistan to understand the gravity of the current situation and take immediate steps to stop terrorists from using its soil for attacking others. In a speech at Washington's Council on Foreign Relations, Ms Rice said what Pakistan […]
There is nothing constant in today's world, hence the growth of 24/7 news media. In the United States, almost all the news channels update news every 15 minutes, in addition to running a non-stop news ticker at the bottom of their screens. Newspapers around the world constantly update their online editions to stay relevant and […]
KABUL: Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he spoke to troops battling the Taliban and held talks with President Hamid Karzai as a police officer and six Taliban have been killed in military operations in southern Afghanistan. The visit came as government and military sources speaking on […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ‚ Hours after a senior American diplomat personally delivered a stern warning that Pakistan must act against a terrorist group, the authorities here on Thursday detained the founder of the militant group accused by India and the United States of conducting the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Pakistani officials said that the founder, Hafiz […]
Even in my remote bit of paradise, news of distant disasters filters through: above the steady sound of waves breaking on the sandy beach in Sri Lanka, I was informed by several news channels about the sickening attacks on Mumbai. My Internet connection is erratic and slow, but nevertheless, I have been bombarded with emails, […]
PRICE manipulation through the creation of artificial shortages is all too common in Pakistan. Much to our detriment, we have grown used to unscrupulous millers and hoarders deliberately curtailing supplies of food items such as wheat flour and sugar in order to jack up prices at the retail level. Successive governments have failed to crack […]
THE Mumbai nightmare has plunged the media in India and Pakistan into the dangerous, old trap in which nationalism trumps responsible reporting. This is not a new phenomenon, nor is it restricted to India and Pakistan. American journalists fell into this trap after the attack on the Twin Towers in New York on Sept 11, […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Pakistan on Tuesday proposed a joint mechanism with India to investigate the Mumbai carnage as part of its offer of complete cooperation in efforts to unearth "the hands behind the dastardly act". The proposal was made at a briefing by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to foreign diplomats a day before US […]
During my recent trip to Pakistan, once again, I had the opportunity to travel across the country, meet and listen to people from all walks of life and I am terribly sad to the see that people in Pakistan have increasingly become negative and cynical about everything. It is impossible to find anyone positive about […]
By Beena Sarwar INDIA/PAKISTAN: Pleas For Sanity as Sabres Rattle Over Mumbai Mayhem Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Dec 1 (IPS) – The pattern is all too familiar. Every time India and Pakistan head towards dialogue and detente, something explosive happens that pushes peace to the backburner and drags them back to the familiar old […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Political and diplomatic activities revolving round the possible fallout of the Mumbai carnage on Pakistan-India relations acquired a hectic pace on Sunday with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani going all out to defuse tension that many believe could bring South Asia on the verge of a conflict. […]
INDIA: Empathy, Grief in Pakistan at Mumbai Mayhem Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Nov 29 (IPS) – The terrorist attacks unleashed in the Indian port city and financial hub of Mumbai continue to reverberate through Pakistan at a personal level and on the media. The crisis, that began Wednesday night and lasted through Friday, […]