http://newsrack.in/rss/newstrust/Pakistan/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user newstrust for topic Pakistan Thu, 23 May 2013 20:02:34 GMT Pakistan Pakistan 2013-05-23T20:02:34Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/23/obama-drone-speech-use-justified Drone use and civilian deaths have decreased. However, the White House must set very clear limits on deploying them For better or for worse, the public face of Barack Obama's national security strategy is an armed drone. It's hardly a surprise when one considers that in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, US drones have killed thousands of alleged "terrorists" , but little transparency from the Obama administration has accompanied this ramping up of military engagement. Instead government officials speak mainly of the drone program's successes . According to President Obama, the drone campaign has taken dozens of al Qaida members off the battlefield and has done so with minimal civilian deaths. Indeed, current CIA director John Brennan publicly claimed in 2011 that there had not been a "single collateral death" from US drone strikes in the previous year. Drone critics have a much different take. They are passionate in their conviction that US drones are indiscriminately killing and terrorizing ... Taliban Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/23/obama-drone-speech-use-justified Michael Cohen 2013-05-22T18:30:00Z http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/father-of-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted/article4742595.ece Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan’s national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said on Thursday. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi’... Refugees Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/father-of-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted/article4742595.ece AP 2013-05-22T18:30:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/05/23/pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone/fLadUVGV04a8PmMLzHxFaJ/story.html Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone Taliban Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/05/23/pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone/fLadUVGV04a8PmMLzHxFaJ/story.html 2013-05-22T18:30:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/05/23/father-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted/7tMdgyRPjUDlD04Szq8EHL/story.html Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted Refugees Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/05/23/father-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted/7tMdgyRPjUDlD04Szq8EHL/story.html 2013-05-22T18:30:00Z http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/23-May-2013/talks-with-taliban-prerogative-of-pak-govt-says-olson Talks with Taliban prerogative of Pak govt, says Olson Taliban Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/23-May-2013/talks-with-taliban-prerogative-of-pak-govt-says-olson Online 2013-05-22T18:30:00Z http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/23-May-2013/shahbaz-seeks-burden-less-budget Shahbaz seeks burden-less budget Poverty Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/23-May-2013/shahbaz-seeks-burden-less-budget Our Staff Reporter 2013-05-22T18:30:00Z http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-lack-of-leadership-a-battle-was-lost/article4740235.ece The inheritors of Frontier Gandhi’s progressive political legacy were routed in Pakistan’s election because they failed to connect to the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Taliban Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-lack-of-leadership-a-battle-was-lost/article4740235.ece Anita Joshua 2013-05-22T18:30:00Z http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/22519/nato-troops-begin-withdrawal-of-equipment-from-afghanistan.html Quetta, May 22 : The NATO and US troops have started withdrawal of their equipment from Afghanistan after more than ten years of war. Taliban Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/22519/nato-troops-begin-withdrawal-of-equipment-from-afghanistan.html 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/22533/pakistan-influence-on-taliban-important-for-peace-process-karzai.html New Delhi, May 22 : Asserting that Pakistan is an important element in maintaining peace in Afghanistan, visiting President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday it would be difficult to fight terrorism without Islamabad's cooperation because it has influence over Taliban. Taliban Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/22533/pakistan-influence-on-taliban-important-for-peace-process-karzai.html 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/22546/imran-khans-pti-seeks-pro-taliban-clerics-help-to-initiate-peace-talks-with-outfit.html Peshawar, May 22 : The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sought the help of an elderly pro-Taliban cleric to initiate peace talks with the militants, party officials have said. Taliban Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/22546/imran-khans-pti-seeks-pro-taliban-clerics-help-to-initiate-peace-talks-with-outfit.html 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/22-May-2013/dialogue-with-taliban-prerogative-of-pakistani-government-olson Dialogue with Taliban prerogative of Pakistani government: Olson Taliban Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/22-May-2013/dialogue-with-taliban-prerogative-of-pakistani-government-olson NNI 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/22-May-2013/us-assistance-in-energy-crisis-management-economic-trade-sector-needed-dar US assistance in energy crisis management, economic/trade sector needed: Dar Taliban Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/22-May-2013/us-assistance-in-energy-crisis-management-economic-trade-sector-needed-dar 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.juancole.com/2013/05/america-country-comerford.html Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford write at Tomdispatch: The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air [...] Poverty Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.juancole.com/2013/05/america-country-comerford.html Juan Cole 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://tribune.com.pk/story/191813/ahmadis-in-karachi-pulpit-pounding-barricades-prayers-but-no-peace/ Poverty Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://tribune.com.pk/story/191813/ahmadis-in-karachi-pulpit-pounding-barricades-prayers-but-no-peace/ 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/22-May-2013/foreign-countries-to-shut-doors-on-unaccredited-labour-by-2015 Foreign countries to shut doors on unaccredited labour by 2015 Poverty Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/22-May-2013/foreign-countries-to-shut-doors-on-unaccredited-labour-by-2015 Our Staff Reporter 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/22-May-2013/mariane-pearl-qaeda-killed-my-husband-not-my-hope Mariane Pearl: Qaeda killed my husband, not my hope Taliban Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/22-May-2013/mariane-pearl-qaeda-killed-my-husband-not-my-hope 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/world/asia/in-afghanistan-hezb-i-islami-takes-its-extremism-into-politics.html Memo From Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, Hezb-i-Islami Takes Its Extremism Into Politics Taliban Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/world/asia/in-afghanistan-hezb-i-islami-takes-its-extremism-into-politics.html By MATTHEW ROSENBERG 2013-05-21T18:30:00Z http://un.org.pk/ngoreport.htm Poverty Refugees Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://un.org.pk/ngoreport.htm 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/21/karachi-altaf-hussain-mqm-pakistan From an unassuming office in Edgware, the Pakistani metropolis is ruled by a party Imran Khan accuses of murdering his Movement for Justice colleague Zhara Shahid Hussain Its neighbours are an Afghan restaurant, a cafe selling fried chicken and a boarded-up, Tudor-style pub. But it is from this first-floor office in north-west London that the Pakistani megacity of Karachi, 4000 miles away, is remotely governed by a flamboyant and controversial British citizen. The office is the headquarters-in-exile of the Muttahidi Quami Movement (MQM), Karachi's most powerful political party. Its leader, Altaf Hussain, has lived in the UK since 1991. These days, he rarely visits his HQ, but his portrait hangs on the wall next to coloured maps of Pakistan's provinces, a list of MQM candidates who recently took part in Pakistan's general election, and a silver statue of a fist. On Saturday Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, accused the London-based MQM leader of being "directly responsible" for ... Taliban Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/21/karachi-altaf-hussain-mqm-pakistan Luke Harding, Jon Boone 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/infrastructure-failings-clip-the-wings-of-indonesian-airport/2013/05/21/c4acef9c-c22e-11e2-9fe2-6ee52d0eb7c1_story.html KUALA NAMU, Indonesia — The state-of-the-art $527-million Kuala Namu International Airport rises elegantly out of degraded plantation and swamp land 18 miles from the rapidly expanding city of Medan, the biggest on the resource-rich island of Sumatra. ... Poverty Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/infrastructure-failings-clip-the-wings-of-indonesian-airport/2013/05/21/c4acef9c-c22e-11e2-9fe2-6ee52d0eb7c1_story.html Ben Bland 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/21/2040821/crisis-group-drones-pakistan/ REPORT: Drones Alone Won’t Solve Militancy In Pakistan Taliban Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/21/2040821/crisis-group-drones-pakistan/ Hayes Brown 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-syrian-troops-trade-fire-in-golan-heights/2013/05/21/a5a78532-c21d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html JERUSALEM — Israeli military and Syrian regular army troops exchanged fire early Tuesday along the cease-fire line in the occupied Golan Heights, an area that has become a potential flashpoint for spillover from the civil war in Syria. ... Taliban Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-syrian-troops-trade-fire-in-golan-heights/2013/05/21/a5a78532-c21d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html William Booth 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/may/21/pakistan-new-government-development-debt With an economy paralysed by IMF interference, Pakistan could reassert its independence by halting debt repayments No matter which government Pakistan's people had voted for last week , the debt payments the country is scheduled to make in the next two years will largely decide that government's economic policy. That is, unless the government decides to put its people ahead of those repayments. Given the scale of problems Pakistan faces, is it possible that a sovereign economic agenda could find its way on to the table? Pakistan's economy has been paralysed by its debt , run up by military juntas, the US's "war on terror", natural disasters and "austerity loans" from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The country's debt has doubled since 2006 – reaching nearly $60bn. Worse is to come; Pakistan is expected to spend more than $6bn repaying debt next year – impossible without more loans, sharp austerity or running down the country's already depleted reserves. While the pummelling of ... Poverty Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/may/21/pakistan-new-government-development-debt Nick Dearden 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/democracys-surprisingly-low-approval-rating-in-pakistan/275721/ Democracy Matters Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/democracys-surprisingly-low-approval-rating-in-pakistan/275721/ 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/world-digest-may-20-2013/2013/05/20/38c61284-c14c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html Pakistan’s presumptive prime minister called Monday for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country’s powerful army. ... Taliban Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/world-digest-may-20-2013/2013/05/20/38c61284-c14c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z