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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Germany: No Charges Over German Killed by Drone
German Islamic militant who was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan because they've decided he was a combatant in an armed strikes against militant extremists is deeply unpopular in Pakistan . German prosecutors said Monday they dropped their investigation
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Pakistani Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Canada
international attention on Pakistan 's harsh blasphemy arrested in August in Islamabad after a Muslim cleric prompted to act when a Pakistani contact asked him her family from Pakistan , and we provided of blasphemy in Pakistan are often subject
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Father on Soldier Son's Four Years in Captivity: 'You Are Not Forgotten, You Will Not Be Forgotten'will not be forgotten." It is believed that Bergdahl is being held in the mountains somewhere along the Afghanistan- Pakistan border by the Haqqani network, a heavily armed, organized and notoriously dangerous wing of the Taliban. A private
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Bomb Attacks Kill 43 People in Pakistan
different areas of Pakistan on Sunday in the North Waziristan tribal area fall on the Pakistani Taliban. The to provide Pakistan more equipment soldiers in North Waziristan and to share Pakistani capital, Islamabad . Cameron arrived
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UK's Cameron Arrives in Kazakhstan for Talks
important to British business interests. He said it was "high time" a British leader visited, according to the Press Association news agency. Cameron flew to the Kazakh capital, Astana, on Sunday after visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan .
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Pakistan Police Say Bomb Attack on Security Convoy Kills at Least 11 People in Northwest
Pakistan police say bomb attack on security convoy kills at least 11 people in northwest.
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Pakistani Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Canada
international attention on Pakistan 's harsh blasphemy laws Saturday. The girl left Pakistan with her parents, three innocent girl had to leave Pakistan . She had been acquitted arrested in August in Islamabad after a Muslim cleric
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Violence Hits China's West Ahead of Anniversary
a large population of minority Muslim Uighurs (WEE'-gurs) in a region that borders Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan , and has been the scene of numerous violent acts in recent years. Critics often attribute the violence in Xinjiang to
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Feds Worry About July 4 Fireworks Bombsterrorists tried to use fireworks in their plots against the U.S. homeland. In May 2010, Faisal Shahzad, trained by the Pakistani Taliban, used more than 150 small fireworks in his failed attempt to blow up a Nissan Pathfinder in New York City's Times
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Reporter's Notebook: Remembering Fateful SEAL Rescue OperationAfghanistan's Himalayan foothills only a few kilometers from Pakistan . A bearded U.S. Navy SEAL, his tan pants smeared with during a stay at a Green Beret outpost on the Afghanistan- Pakistan border in Paktika province, I met a SEAL who gave a me
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Chaos and Crime: The Trials of Running a Syrian Refugee Campchoose this profession, but few honest ones. He went to Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Kosovo, Sri Lanka and Pakistan , and he was amazed to survive it all. He chose to subordinate everything else in his life to his work. Kleinschmidt
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Pakistan Extends Refugee Status for Afghans
The United Nations says Pakistan has extended refugee status refugee agency said Friday Pakistan agreed to extend their up with a new policy. Pakistan has been hosting Afghan million in Pakistan . Many Pakistanis have become frustrated
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Watchdog Warns of Waste in Afghan Aircraft Buy
over the wing, according to the report. Michael Dumont, the deputy assistant defense secretary for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, said in comments included in the report that delaying the purchase of the aircraft until the agreement
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Taliban Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack on Foreign Touristsgroup of tourists was killed. It unfolded in a part of pakistan that rarely sees violence like this. And here tonight the mountain. According to reports from remote northern pakistan , they were gunned down at base camp by taliban militants
entire group of tourists was killed. It unfolded in a part of pakistan that rarely sees violence like this. And here tonight, abc's jeffrey kofman. Reporter: So many have died on the world's ninth highest peak that they call it killer mountain. This weekend, though, at least nine foreign tourists, one of them american, were killed before they had a chance to scale the mountain. According to reports from remote northern pakistan , they were gunned down at base camp by taliban militants dressed as security officers. It is a place where you go and -
7-Eleven Stores Raided in Immigration Probesmuggling authorities say they legally imported workers. From Pakistan to staff the stores. Eyewitness News reporter dornin is owners are accused of employing illegal immigrants from Pakistan and forcing them to work in the stores. And live apartment
charged with human smuggling authorities say they -- legally imported workers. From Pakistan to staff the stores. Eyewitness News reporter -- dornin is live in southern Suffolk County Christen. -- -- this is one of-- China -- franchise owners are accused of employing illegal immigrants from Pakistan and forcing them to work in the stores. And live -- apartment furnished by the owners the feds say that these owners -
Franchisees Accused of Worker Exploitationowned 7-eleven stores in eight states from illinois to florida to new jersey, so far nine owners and managers from pakistan and the philippines arrested for running what the feds are calling modern-day plantations. The franchise owners that
to florida to new jersey, so far nine owners and managers from pakistan and the philippines arrested for running what the feds are calling modern-day plantations. The franchise owners that we have charged were engaged -
Massive Immigration Bust at 7-Eleven Convenience StoresFederal officials say they were tipped off to exploitations going on for more than a decade, many of those arrested from pakistan threatening workers from their home country who had overstayed visas with deportation, the employees allegedly using
going on for more than a decade, many of those arrested from pakistan threatening workers from their home country who had overstayed visas with deportation, the employees allegedly using stolen identity from a coast guard -
Roundtable I: U.S. Role in Syriadiscussed. The president is not hesitant to order military forces into harm's way. He did it in libya and afghanistan and pakistan . But he wants to see that the military actions meet the strategy. Now is the right time. I'm not sure I know what
forces into harm's way. He did it in libya and afghanistan and pakistan . But he wants to see that the military actions meet the strategy. Now is the right time. I'm not sure I know -
What Would You Do?: Anti-Muslim Harassmentmuslims around here? Reporter: Muslim americans are no strangers to stereotypes. make bombs? Get on a plane back to pakistan . Reporter: More than a decade after 9/11, hate crimes against muslims are on the rise. Facing hate crime charges
no strangers to stereotypes. make bombs? Get on a plane back to pakistan . Reporter: More than a decade after 9/11, hate crimes against muslims are on the rise. Facing hate crime charges after saying she
