Pakistan to put offensive against militants on hold – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Islamabad – Pakistani troops fighting Islamist insurgents are scheduled to halt their offensives for a month by Sunday night, hours after a suspected US missile strike at a militant hideout killed six people in the violent north-western region. The d…
Pakistan Steps Up Air Assaults in Tribal Area (New York Times)
Air assaults by the Pakistani military have caused more than 400 Taliban casualties in Bajaur, part of the tribal region where al Qaeda and Taliban forces have forged ties.
Pakistani presidential candidates (People’s Daily)
Pakistan’s Election Commission Saturday issued a final list of candidates that includes three contenders for the country’s presidency. The three candidates are: Asif Ali Zardari, Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui, and Mushahid Hussain Syed. The following is an introduction to the three candidates. — Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Zardari, the …
Pakistan calls Ramadan ceasefire (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 31 (UPI) — Pakistani military officials said Sunday they have instituted a month-long suspension of their offensive against Taliban insurgents in observance of Ramadan.
Pakistani Taliban vow to strike during Ramadan (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban will continue attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, rejecting a government announcement it would halt military action in the northwest, a Taliban spokesman said on Sunday.
Pakistan lawmaker: Honor killings are OK (Chicago Sun-Times)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament last week to spare him their outrage.
Pakistani Taliban vow to strike during Ramadan (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (For a look at what may happen next in Pakistani politics, double click on [ID:nISL272165]) (Adds missile strike kills five paragraphs 2-3, 14-17) By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (Reuters) – …
Abu Dhabi to fund Islamabad hospital (Middle East Times)
A Pakistani patient lies on a hospital bed in Peshawar on August 26. The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi is to fund the construction of a 50-million-dollar hospital in Islamabad as part of humanitarian aid to Pakistan.
Pakistani lawmaker defends decision to bury five women alive (Arizona Daily Star)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage.
Pakistani Taliban vow to strike during Ramadan (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (For a look at what may happen next in Pakistani politics, double click on [ID:nISL272165]) By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban will continue attacks during the Muslim …
