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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

  1. Pakistan Protests Indian Attack on Army Post

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    The Pakistani Foreign Office says ministry over what Pakistan calls an "unprovoked of the region. Pakistan and India traded Kashmir region. Islamabad accused Indian troops the raid and said Pakistani shelling destroyed

  2. US Senator Calls for Gradual Cut in Aid to Israel

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    expressing a "minority opinion" and doubts Congress will cut aid. He insists Washington should first cut aid to countries with strained ties to America, such as Pakistan and Egypt. Israel gets about $3 billion a year in military aid.

  3. Infantry Now Shut to Women; Do They Want It Open?

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    standard, then why not let them fight if they so desire?" said Maj. Elizabeth L. Alexander. Since 2002, she hass served in Pakistan once and Iraq three times in supply and maintenance jobs and is now with the 3rd Army in South Carolina. More than 200,000

  4. Suicide Bombers Attack Afghan Government Compound

    Sun, 6 Jan 2013

    two militants were targeting a Sunday meeting of local officials at a compound in a district of Kandahar province near the Pakistani border. It was not known if any foreign troops or civilians were at the site. Mohammad Hashim said the two attackers arrived

  5. Pakistani Officials Say Suspected US Drone Strikes Kill 9 Militants Near Afghan Border

    Sun, 6 Jan 2013

    Pakistani officials say suspected US drone strikes kill 9 militants near Afghan border.

  6. Pakistan Says 1 Dead in Border Clash With India

    Sun, 6 Jan 2013

    dividing the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir in in Kashmir said that Pakistani troops "initiated unprovoked Sunday morning. He said Pakistani shelling had destroyed India often accuses Pakistan of sending militants writer Zarar Khan in Islamabad and Aijaz Hussain in

News

  1. Pakistani Military Says India Conducts Cross-Border Raid, Kills Soldier

    Sun, 6 Jan 2013

    Pakistani military says India conducts cross-border raid, kills soldier.

  2. No Rush by Women in Military to Join Infantry

    Sat, 5 Jan 2013

    standard, then why not let them fight if they so desire?" said Maj. Elizabeth L. Alexander. Since 2002, she's served in Pakistan once and Iraq three times in supply and maintenance jobs and is now with the 3rd Army in South Carolina. More than 200,000

  3. 'Nightline' Daily Line, Jan. 4: Lindsay Ess' Remarkable Story

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and smiled as she walked out of a Birmingham hospital, the Associated Press reported. Malala Yousufzai

  4. Correction: Obit-Schwarzkopf Story

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    concerns in nearly two dozen countries stretching across the Middle East to Afghanistan and the rest of central Asia, plus Pakistan . When Saddam invaded Kuwait two years later to punish it for allegedly stealing Iraqi oil reserves, Schwarzkopf commanded

  5. Trial Begins for 2 Men Accused of Funding Taliban

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    school he founded in Pakistan 's Swat Valley decades ago summer 2010. The Pakistani Taliban has been 50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, which fighters after a Pakistan army offensive into the Swat Valley in summer 2009

  6. 10 Things to Know for Today

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    gathering in the territory since the Islamist Hamas group took control in 2007 and is seen as a reflection of warming ties. 6. PAKISTANI GIRL SHOT BY TALIBAN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL Malala Yousufzai, 15, who was shot for promoting girls' education, will continue

  7. Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Leaves UK Hospital

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    was airlifted from Pakistan in October to receive home from school in Pakistan 's scenic Swat Valley on Oct. 9 when the Western thinking." Pakistani doctors removed a with her family; Pakistan is paying for her

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  1. Pakistani Teen Shot by Taliban Leaves Hospital

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    now reunited in the UK. Her father is inspiration. Running Pakistani school where she studied encouraging her to dream even bigger trying charities. But she won't be doing an advocacy in Pakistan her family's gonna stay here it's simply too dangerous

    Pakistan found at 1:27

    But she won't be doing an advocacy in Pakistan her family's gonna stay here it's simply too dangerous for them to go home. -- for an ABC news London.
  2. Taliban Commander Maulvi Nazir Killed in US Drone Attack

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    those details. Reporter: We here at home go on with our lives, off to work, off to school, some 7,000 miles away in pakistan , a secret war is being waged from the sky. And last night, the u.S. Scored a major victory in that war. A drone strike

    Pakistan found at 0:22

    7,000 miles away in pakistan , a
  3. Taliban Leader Killed in Drone Strike

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    was known for plotting attacks against coalition troops. His death and is considered a major blow to the on but it could jeopardize US relations with Pakistan as well because Nazir reportedly. Had a truce with that country's military.

    Pakistan found at 0:16

    blow to the -- on but it could jeopardize US relations with Pakistan as well because Nazir reportedly. Had a truce with that country's military.
  4. Naomi Watts on playing Princess Diana

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    him prior events which a lot of this story is about because it's about the love story between her and has not confident Pakistani such. And not many people mean hardly anyone has that story now we know everything else and yet exactly that I was kept very

    Pakistani found at 4:43

    because it's about the love story between her and has not confident Pakistani -- such. And not many people -- mean hardly anyone has that story now we know everything else and yet exactly that
  5. Time's Person of the Year: President Obama

    Wed, 19 Dec 2012

    president elect. Times editor says President Obama is both the symbol and in some ways the architect of a new America. The short list for the honor included a lot like you Pakistan teenager who was shot for pushing for the education of girls.

    Pakistan found at 0:22

    list for the honor included a lot like you -- Pakistan -- teenager who was shot for pushing for the education of girls.
  6. Jessica Chastain on Her Recent Success and Award Buzz

    Fri, 21 Dec 2012

    because there are many times I go to a restaurant where was it exactly that we filmed India which is about three hours drive from Pakistan . And in a little you know primarily in Amman Jordan but then also around And you know went on I want to a nice restaurant

    Pakistan found at 4:40

    filmed -- India which is about three hours drive from Pakistan . And in a little you know primarily in Amman Jordan but then also around -- And you know went on I want
  7. The Year With Katie Couric: Newsmakers

    Wed, 19 Dec 2012

    unconscious. The attack was retaliation for her bravery in speaking out publicly. Today. On the need to educate girls in Pakistan looking unstoppable I don't get my education we'll take home schooling Arnold survived the shooting and is now recovering

    Pakistan found at 3:58

    On the need to educate girls in Pakistan looking unstoppable I don't get my education we'll take -- home schooling Arnold -- survived the shooting and is now recovering she
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