Monthly Archives: August, 2013

Reignite Kashmir tensions

LAHORE, Aug 30,2013 (Sumeera Riaz / UPI Next) -- Skirmishes between Pakistani and Indian troops along a disputed boundary in the shared region of...

First female jirga set up in Swat

MINGORA, Aug 28,2013 (Fazal Khaliq / UPI Next) -- The first all-female jirga -- or council -- has been created in the deeply conservative...

Sets up female-staffed police desks

SAIDU SHARIF, Aug 28,2013 (Adnan Rashid / UPI Next) -- The new government of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has established four police desks staffed...

Public opinion on the U.S. hits a low point

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26,2013 (Maha Kamal / UPI Next) -- Pakistanis’ perception of the United States has fallen to a new low, placing Pakistan at...

Flood relief under control

NAROWAL, Aug. 23,2013 (Sumeera Riaz / UPI Next) -- For the fourth summer in a row, flash floods triggered by torrential rains have hit...

Nuclear figure Abdul Qadeer Khan plans hospital

LAHORE, Aug 22,2013 (Waqar Gillani / UPI Next) -- Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani nuclear scientist who fell into disfavor after confessing to passing...

Handicrafts industry struggling to survive

CHOLISTAN, Aug 14, 2013 (Imran Mehr  / UPI Next) -- Ghulan Fareed spins camel hair on a hand loom six days a week to...

Government to Hold Conference on Taliban Talks

ISLAMABAD, Aug 13,2013 (Aamir Saeed / UPI Next) -- Pakistan's new government will convene an all-parties conference this month to draw up a formal...

Two provinces object to federal power bill plan

KARACHI, Aug 8,2013 (Manzoor Chandio / UPI Next) -- Two Pakistani provinces have raised strong objections to a provision in a federal government plan...

Bin Laden Town

ISLAMABAD,  Aug 7,2013 (Obaid Khan / UPI Next) -- Pakistanis are greeting with criticism and skepticism an official probe that found that Pakistani authorities'...

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