Pakistan
About Pakistan
Pakistan is a country located in southern Asia and borders Iran, Afghanistan, India and China. It currently has a population of 190 million, according to the CIA World Factbook. Islamabad is the capital and the official languages are Urdu and English. The country's current president is Asif Ali Zardari and Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is the prime minister.
Latest Pakistan News
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Malala Yousafzai Asked to Speak at UN on July 12that ABC.WorldNews@abc.com and they could appear on World News. First Interview Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban in October 2012 because she believed girls should have the right to go to school, has been
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Convicted Indian Spy Dies in Pakistan
attacked him with a brick, Pakistan state TV said early Thursday the relationship between Pakistan and India. The two nuclear-armed family, who visited him in Pakistan after he was attacked sentence was later upheld by Pakistani superior courts. Former
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Malala Yousafzai to Speak with Diane Sawyer in Her First Television Interview
Sawyer will conduct the first television interview with Malala Yousafzai . Malala, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Pakistan , was shot by the Taliban in October 2012 because she believed girls should have the right to go to school. Her story
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Pakistan -US Alliance Takes Hits on Campaign Trail
campaign trail in Pakistan , candidates boast and protective of Pakistani sovereignty than harder to enlist Islamabad 's cooperation, and the new Pakistani government might the final say on Pakistan 's stance toward
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Bill Clinton: Boston Bomb Suspects Symptoms of 'Oldest Divisions'
rest of us do when we start out and then it didn't work out. And he decided an appropriate response was to go back to Pakistan and learn how to make a bomb." The 42 nd president's comments came as he lectured students at his former alma-mater
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Gunmen Assassinate Election Candidate in Pakistan
A government official says gunmen have killed a politician running for a provincial assembly seat in southwestern Pakistan . Saeed Ahmad says Abdul Fatah Magsi was gunned down on Tuesday in Jhal Magsi, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) southeast
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US Panel: Afghans Need More Religious Freedom
sectarian violence that has roiled Iraq and neighboring Pakistan . Afghanistan recorded its first major sectarian assault about who was to blame centered on militant groups based in Pakistan , where Sunni attacks on minority Shiites are common
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US Panel: Afghans Need More Religious Freedom
sectarian violence that has roiled Iraq and neighboring Pakistan . Afghanistan recorded its first major sectarian assault about who was to blame centered on militant groups based in Pakistan , where Sunni attacks on minority Shiites are common
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US Panel: Afghans Need More Religious Freedom
sectarian violence that has roiled Iraq and neighboring Pakistan . Afghanistan recorded its first major sectarian assault about who was to blame centered on militant groups based in Pakistan , where Sunni attacks on minority Shiites are common
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Bill Clinton, Elie Wiesel Join Holocaust Survivors to Commemorate Museum's 20th Anniversary
the world today," he added. "Pick a target, as long as they're not you, it's OK. That's what led that beautiful Pakistani girl Malala to get shot just because she wanted to go to school, because it threatened a group whose power rests in no small
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This Week in History: April 29 - May 3Laden A decade after the September 11 tragedy, U.S. forces captured and killed Osama bin Laden at a compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan . The raid was conducted by 23 U.S. Navy SEALs and lasted nearly 40 minutes. During this time, five people
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Suicide Bomber Kills 4 in Northwest Pakistan
Pakistani authorities say a suicide bomber targeting policemen has killed four people claimed responsibility for the attack. Suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban. The group has been waging a bloody insurgency against the government
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China Says More Arrested After Deadly Clash
ethnicity of the assailants wasn't given. Xinjiang, a sprawling region that borders Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan , is home to millions of Uighurs, many of whom complain of tight restrictions on religious and cultural life by Beijing
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Horrific Building Collapse Kills 300 People in Bangladeshthe building evacuated, but workers say they were later ordered back inside. As north american clothing labels are found in the debris, now the race is on for more miracles before time runs out. Muhammad lila, abc news, islamabad .
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Boston Bombings Shine New Light on 9/11 Filmsees her taking on an emotionally-charged role. She plays a grieves artist who embarks in a relationship with a young pakistani man just before the september 11th attacks. The story chronicles the impact it has on their relationship and their lives
plays a grieves artist who embarks in a relationship with a young pakistani man just before the september 11th attacks. The story chronicles the impact it has on their relationship and their lives. We are -
'This Week' Panel: Syria and Bostonthose wiretaps. You have to wonder why they wiretapped the mother to begin with. You don't have to go to russia, pakistan , afghanistan, to be radicalized. You can do it right in your bedroom on the internet. Osama bin laden is dead. His
the mother to begin with. You don't have to go to russia, pakistan , afghanistan, to be radicalized. You can do it right in your bedroom on the internet. Osama bin laden is dead. His work -
Cheadle Brings Real-Life Dynamic with Downey Jr. to 'Iron Man 3'And your good friend, tony, gives you a call. Yeah. Here you go. What are you doing? Talking. Making friends in pakistan . What are you doing? Your redesign, your big rebrand, that was haig, right? I need your log-in. It's the same
Yeah. Here you go. What are you doing? Talking. Making friends in pakistan . What are you doing? Your redesign, your big rebrand, that was haig, right? I need your log-in. It's the same. War machine -
Rapper-Actor on Starring in Upcoming 9/11 Filmwe have riz ahmed. Thank you for going coatless. I was thinking. It's a fascinating story. You play a character, a pakistani man in america after 9/11. He's climbing the ladder at wall street. 9/11 happens and everything changes for him
I was thinking. It's a fascinating story. You play a character, a pakistani man in america after 9/11. He's climbing the ladder at wall street. 9/11 happens and everything changes for him. Yeah. In many -
Nightline 04/23: Drones: Headed for Commercial Use?enforcement use of the loan to help locating capture the suspects. From controversial US attacks on alleged terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan to do it yourself gadgets you can on the Internet. seem to be everywhere Martha Raddatz went to find
locating capture the suspects. From controversial US attacks on alleged terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan to do it yourself gadgets you can -- on the Internet. -- seem to be everywhere Martha Raddatz went to -
Drones: Headed for Commercial Use?enforcement use of the loan to help locating capture the suspects. From controversial US attacks on alleged terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan to do it yourself gadgets you can on the Internet. seem to be everywhere Martha Raddatz went to find
locating capture the suspects. From controversial US attacks on alleged terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan to do it yourself gadgets you can -- on the Internet. -- seem to be everywhere Martha Raddatz went to
