Pakistan

Censor's folly

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I've no idea who is on the Pakistan censor board or its regulatory authority board but it's safe to say they're a few fries short of a happy meal.

StreetLife: Karachi — Terror talk

Salman Ahmed — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:29:39 +0000

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Video: the Pakistani take on terrorism

News Desk — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:29:06 +0000

As tensions with the US rise, what's the word on the streets of Karachi?

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KARACHI, Pakistan — It's been a rough few days to be Pakistani, at least when it comes to the U.S. struggle against terrorism.

Senior White House officials said that last week's Times Square bomb plot was the work of the Pakistani Taliban and not just Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan native now held in U.S. custody. (On Tuesday, Pakistani security officials denied that link).

Twitter in India: Are you following the god of cricket?

Wed, 12 May 2010 10:40:38 +0000

Sachin Tendulkar joins the popular social media site. Will India ever be the same?

MUMBAI, India — A cricket star took India by storm last week when he joined Twitter and began racking up followers at the rate of almost 4,500 an hour. Within the first 24 hours, Sachin Tendulkar’s following reached almost 80,000, sparking a media frenzy and countless tweets about the so-called god of cricket joining the social networking site.

Opinion: What motivates a terrorist?

HDS Greenway — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:34:50 +0000

Answers to what shaped Faisal Shahzad lie not only in Pakistan, but here in the US.

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BOSTON — The American reaction to Faisal Shahzad’s failed attempt at a car bombing in Times Square was: Pakistan again? Why do so many of terrorism’s hydra-heads originate in Pakistan? Pakistan answered that Shahzad had, after all, spent decades in America and had become an American citizen. So was he radicalized solely in Waziristan’s training camps? Or were the seeds of his radicalization planted here in the United States?

Inside the world of a would-be bomber

News Desk — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:34:06 +0000

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Pakistan raids shed light on Times Square bomber

Salman Ahmed — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:14:41 +0000

A picture is emerging of the failed Times Square car bomber after raids and arrests in Karachi.

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KARACHI, Pakistan — Security officials moved swiftly here to round up as many as eight associates of Faisal Shahzad, the American citizen of Pakistani origin who faces terrorism charges after admitting his role in a failed car-bomb attack Saturday night in Times Square.

In a series of raids that stretched into the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday in this southern port city, friends and several family relatives were picked up for questioning, Pakistani authorities told the national media here.

Surviving culprit found guilty in Mumbai attacks

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ajmal Amir Kasab, caught red-handed after the terrorist attacks on Mumbai on Nov. 26, 2008, was found guilty of the murder of 166 Indians and foreigners by a special court in Mumbai Monday, the Times of India reports. Two Indian who were accused as accomplices, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Shaikh, were acquitted due to lack of evidence.

Arguments on sentencing will be heard tomorrow, with the prosecution likely to seek the death penalty.

Pakistan — beyond the stereotypes

Sonya Fatah — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:11:03 +0000

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2010:04:30 18:11

Getting married in Pakistan? Make it quick

Nicolas Brulliard — Sun, 02 May 2010 13:05:00 +0000

World leaders help plant for Pakistan

Nicolas Brulliard — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:46:31 +0000

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Saving Pakistan's environment, a tree at a time

Nicolas Brulliard — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:46:45 +0000

As loggers continue to clear forests, the government has developed an obsession with tree-planting campaigns.

Nicolas Brulliard

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan has more than its fair share of pressing challenges to deal with, from rising religious fundamentalism to chronic water shortages and crippling power cuts, but it just added another item to its laundry list of urgent priorities: disappearing forests.

Pakistan has few forests to begin with, and they’re vanishing fast. The country has lost a quarter of its natural forest cover over the past two decades and is currently experiencing a deforestation rate of 2 percent a year — one of the highest in the world.

Toto, we're not in Lahore any more

Sonya Fatah — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:11:58 +0000

A new book paints a vibrant, sensual picture of an altogether different Pakistan.

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NEW DELHI, India — If you’re asked to conjure up a vision of Pakistan and you imagine men in traditional white outfits sporting long beards, and possibly Kalashnikovs, and women in shapeless black veils with only narrow slits for their eyes, you may be forgiven for thinking Pakistan a dry, drab and colorless society. But if you happen to thumb through the pages of "Mazaar Bazaar: Design and Visual Culture in Pakistan," a chunky book of essay and photographs, you may be surprised.

Iceland volcanic cloud hits Pakistan airline hard

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The cloud of volcanic ash that has darkened European skies is still far from South Asia, but in yet another sign of ever-increasing globalization, Pakistan's national airline has been hit particularly hard by it.

StreetLife: Karachi — Fashion Week

Salmam Ahmed — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:47:10 +0000

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2010:04:16 06:47