Pakistan
Secretary Hilary Clinton remarks: Foreign Policy Address at CFR
July 15, 2009Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess...
Czechs ask health certificates for visa applicants from Moldova
June 02, 2009Czech visa applicants from Kenya, Moldova, Ukraine, Vietnam and some other countries will have to present health certificates that they do not suffer from tuberculosis and syphilis and that they are not HIV positive, Foreign Minister Jan Kohout told journalists...
- Video: Couple executed by Taliban for having affair
April 27, 2009Horrifying footage has emerged of a couple being executed by the Taliban after conducting an alleged affair in a Pakistan village near the Afghan border. Taliban gunmen have been filmed executing a surprised couple whom they repeatedly shot for the alleged...
Cowardly Killing of Benazir Bhutto Should Prompt U.S. To Renew Commitment to Pakistan's People
December 27, 2007Washington, DC -- U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has issued the following statement on the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto: "Today, the world has witnessed a tragedy in Pakistan...
Report raises concerns about Balochistan
October 23, 2007Pakistani military rulers use brutal means and support pro-Taliban elements to put down the secular insurgency in its Balochistan province, says a report. In a report titled “Pakistan: The Forgotten Conflict in Balochistan,” the International...
Congressman Lantos Condemns Bombings in Pakistan Timed to Bhutto’s Arrival
October 19, 2007Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has issued a statement about the deadly explosions in Karachi timed to the arrival of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Lantos met with Bhutto...
High court may again take up Sharif issue
September 11, 2007Legal questions arose Tuesday in Pakistan over the deportation of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif only hours after he returned from exile. Sharif, ousted in a bloodless military coup in 1999 by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, was sent to...
Red Mosque action ends in Pakistan
July 12, 2007Pakistani forces have completed the takeover of Islamabad's Red Mosque but concerns remained Thursday whether it would set off reprisals by Islamic militants. Even as the two-day military action to retake the mosque from radical Islamic students ended...
Pakistan Announces Plans to Fence and Mine Border with Afghanistan
December 26, 2006Pakistan has announced plans to fence and mine sections of its frontier with Afghanistan to help prevent cross-border raids by pro-Taleban militants. The controversial proposal follows repeated criticism from both U.S. and Afghan officials who have accused...
