KARACHI — Defense analysts in Pakistan believe that forgoing $800 million worth of aid may be a fair bargain for ridding this country of over a hundred "military trainers" who were suspected of being spies. Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has said...
KARACHI -- As militant attacks in Pakistan continue unabated, there are increasing calls for the government to rethink its strategy -- and look deep within. What is happening in Pakistan today is an "unprecedented" situation and the government's "lack...
KARACHI - Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the Pakistani organization on which the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) imposed sanctions two weeks ago, on suspicion of being involved in terror activity, insists that it is a charity and that it will challenge the ban at the...
KARACHI - While NATO and United States forces have downplayed raids in Peshawar by pro-Taliban militants, destroying hundreds of their military vehicles and supply containers destined for Afghanistan, analysts here believe that the damage is significant. On Saturday...
KARACHI - Reporting from Peshawar – hub of Pakistan's tribal areas, currently the focus of a pincer movement between the Pakistan army and the United States-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan – has become a highly risky affair. "I still can't believe that...
KARACHI - "Guantanamo brings images of a man in orange overalls, his face down and a soldier holding him by the neck, like a dog on a leash," says 14-year-old Zahra Paracha. "Animals are treated better," she tells IPS. "What's the point of...
KARACHI - Amid reports of money collected by Pakistani charities abroad ending up in funding terrorist activity comes new research that suggests that the prosperous Pakistani-American community is extremely wary of sending money to organizations from the home country....
KARACHI - Liberal-minded people in this country are concerned at the "hasba bill" passed in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly that seeks to severely restrict women's rights and institute a "moral police" in the territory that borders...
