Pakistani president urges nation to go green (People’s Daily)
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Friday launched the spring tree plantation campaign and urged the nation’s people to make Pakistan green by enthusiastically participating in the national cause. Zardari kicked off the campaign to plant more than 70 million saplings across Pakistan by planting a sapling at the presidential house here in Islamabad. He said that it was the Pakistani people’s …
Pakistan may prosecute militants involved in Mumbai attack (New Kerala)
Islamabad, Jan.30 : A Pakistani official has told CBS News on condition on anonymity that it is likely that some of the militants detained in Pakistan in connection with the NOvember 2008 terror attack on Mumbai, ‘will be prosecuted on charges that have yet to be spelled out.’
Pakistan sees positive change in Afghan government’s attitude (New Kerala)
Islamabad, Jan 30 : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Friday that the Afghan government has changed its attitude towards Pakistan and the relations between the two governments are currently improving.
Pakistan: Mumbai attack not planned there (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 31 (UPI) — A Pakistani investigation has found that the Mumbai terrorist attack was not planned in Pakistan, the country’s high commissioner in London said Friday.
Bomb kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in northwest (The State)
A roadside bomb hit a Pakistani army convoy near a Taliban stronghold, killing three soldiers and wounding another six, the army said Saturday. Assailants detonated the bomb Friday evening as the convoy rolled through a village near the Swat valley, an army spokesman said. He requested anonymity, citing policy. Pakistan’s military has vowed to reinvigorate the efforts of thousands of soldiers …
UN likely to investigate Bhutto’s murder: Pakistan (New Kerala)
Islamabad, Jan 31: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that United Nations would likely to investigate into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported Saturday.
Bomb kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in northwest (The Post-Standard)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A roadside bomb hit a Pakistani army convoy near a Taliban stronghold, killing three soldiers and wounding another six, the army said Saturday.
UN likely to investigate Bhutto murder (Gulf Times)
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that United Nations would likely to investigate into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported yesterday.
Bomb kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in northwest (The Charlotte Observer)
(By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Writer) A roadside bomb hit a Pakistani army convoy near a Taliban stronghold, killing three soldiers and wounding another six, the army said Saturday. Assailants detonated the bomb Friday evening as the convoy rolled through a village near the Swat valley, an army spokesman said. He requested anonymity, citing policy. Pakistan’s military has vowed to reinvigorate …
Pakistani PM says US strikes inflame tensions (The Kansas City Star)
Pakistan’s prime minister warned President Barack Obama on Friday that U.S. attacks on Islamic militants in Pakistani territory are inflaming tensions and undermining efforts to quell the insurgency in Afghanistan.
