The Proposed Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline: An Unacceptable Risk to Regional Security (Heritage Foundation)
The foreign policies of India and Pakistan are driven increasingly by energy security. To sustain their booming economies and growing populations amid tight oil and gas markets, Indian and Pakistani policymakers are turning to energy deals with unsa vory regimes, such as Iran’s.
Musharraf’s new political party closer to reality, but will he return? (New Kerala)
Islamabad, Mar.19 : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reportedly accepted former President General Pervez Musharraf’s application to register a new political party named-All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), thus clearing the road for Musharraf to return to the country for another political stint.
Expert: Tackle Pakistan poverty (CNN)
One week before top-level U.S.-Pakistani talks in Washington on security and aid, one of Pakistan’s leading development experts said it’s vital to tackle poverty in her country to fight terrorism.
Protest against transport fares hike hits Pakistan’s capital (People’s Daily)
The violent protest against hike in public transport fares in the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad continued on Friday as protesters burnt tyres and closed some roads to the city. The road blocks caused traffic jam near the capital city. The protesters pelting stones at policemen and chanting slogans against the government. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the …
Pakistan plans electricity upgrades (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 19 (UPI) — Pakistani energy producers could deliver as much as 2,500 megawatts of new energy to its beleaguered energy grid by June, utility directors said.
Pakistan seeks civilian nuclear aid, but U.S. unlikely to deliver (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan will seek U.S. aid for its civilian nuclear power program next week when its top military and senior civilian leaders visit Washington to re-start a “strategic dialogue” between the two countries.
Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with terrorism (The New Sabah Times)
ISLAMABAD : A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said.
Headley received training at LeT terror camps in Pakistan (Hindustan Times)
Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley had participated in terror camps being run by LeT in Pakistan despite promises by the then President Parvez Musharraf in 2002 to the Bush Administration that all such facilities will be shut down.
U.N. team caught in Pakistani protest (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 19 (UPI) — Protesters against public transportation rate increases burned tires, damaged property and disrupted traffic in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, officials said.
Three charged in kidnapping of British boy in Pakistan (CNN)
Two Pakistani men and a Romanian woman were charged in Spain on Thursday in connection with the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan.
