pakistan

Following an attack on home-grown tourists in Indian-held Kashmir in which over 20 people died, India has been making more threats than usual against Pakistan, and vice versa. Exclusive: Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent -...

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted from power after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61055210 Thought I'd start a general Pakistan thread.

I just heard about this on the BBC World radios broadcast: A Pakistani couple murdered their 15 year-old daughter, burning her to death by pouring acid over her, even as she pleaded for mercy. Her crime? She looked at a boy as he rode past on a motorcycle. That's right. You didn't read it wrong...

Just came across this article in Bloomberg. It struck me as too diabolical to be true, but that's just a gut reaction. Does this seem plausible? Kashmir Is Killing India’s Military and Democracy Any thoughts?

CNN reports: Full: CNN

CNN has been speculating about a possible coup in Pakistan after an article about one of the defense ministers being prohibited from leaving the country: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BG2T920091218 Pakistan is denying this, claiming the minister was being detained for a "corruption"...

Not good for the atheists, Christians, homosexuals, or anyone without a fundamentalist reading of the Koran: Full: New York Times

What is the long-term goal of the NATO mission in Afghanistan/Pakistan, and is it achievable? Is it worth achieving considering the cost?

A War on Pakistan's Schoolgirls This is incredible.

One of the best hopes for Afghanistan's future lies in the education of its young men AND women. The Taliban knows this, hence the following: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0121/p99s01-duts.html

In other Words, Pakistan is suspending it's War on Terror campaign to safe it's economy. Maybe they should start thinking about selling some of their 300 nukes to Iran now.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1022851.html I am appalled. Islamic terrorists have no limits. None. As I contemplate this horrific attack in Islamabad, it merely leads me to believe more than ever, how the tiny State of Israel is correct in placing physical barriers as impediments &...

If this is true, it's going to be a very explosive situation. Heck, even if it's not true, the report itself is going to raise tensions.

The actual report (pdf) is titled: I just can't understand it. We did get attacked by Al Qaeda on September 11, 2001, yes? And a few other times as well, right? And they've attacked a few more countries as well. And they were almost gone a year after the September 11th attack. And now...

The administration continues to rack up embarassing incidents of being suckered by Muslim nations .... the Taliban (=Afghanistan) and now Pakistan. When will they learn? Why doesn't Pakistan's rich Muslim friends in Saudi Arabia prop them up? Why should they when they can convince Bush to let...

I think the present government in Pakistan is illegal and needs to go. We need to remove ANY aid from them NOW. And we need to disable their nuclear capability at the same instant. And the only way to do that is one or two LARGE nuclear weapons on their stockpile and their production...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6986584.stm Bush's bestest buddy in Pakistan just clamped down on a returning threat to his power. But Osama he just can't reach. How about that?

Apparently you can't actually just shoot your mouth off in a way that sounds good on message boards in the real world, if you want to get elected. Or at least not without international, political ramifications.

I was recently directed to a certain homeopathy forum in Pakistan where I was told a lot of the nutters and kooks we encountered on the NCH forum hang out. First time I go there, this is what shows on the page displayed: Now this is indicative to me of something rather tragic. Namely that the...

Devout muslims such as the below named Khurshid Ahmed oppose this action. Hopefully they will not prevail. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6178214.stm

This appears to be the biggest smoking gun in the whole 9/11 affair. The money man, Mahmood, was having a cosy meeting in Washington while thousands of people died in an operation he funded. He has never even been questioned by the FBI. Very tellingly, the 911 Commision claimed the funding...

I've just had an email from the NCH forum c/o Lady Dr Rubi that there are big changes going on at the NCH. Most notable was the paragraph stating that MAS has become Chief Homeopathic Advisor to council / president for Pakistan! I really feel sorry for them. A circular has been issued by the...

Just another in a long line of Bush's demonstrations of profound ignorance. So why note it? Because he's visiting there. You'd think he could bone up on the basics.

Emphasis mine, article from The BBC. A Nuclear equipped country facing a possible extremist Muslim insurrection? Great. I recall somebody a week or two ago (I've looked for the post and can't find it) saying that it was too soon to worry, because the sort of flag-burning we'd been seeing was...

I blame GW Bush for the lack of aid to these improverished people. Just another example of how out of touch he is with the rest of the world! Where's the Government, the Red Cross? Oh sure, he will fire someone to allay the blame, but this is the last straw. Where was the Federal Government in...

From the BBC: Sounds like someone has got Mushie's jimmy in a jamb.

Fighter Jets to Pakistan WASHINGTON -- The United States has agreed to sell about two dozen sophisticated F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan, a diplomatically sensitive move that rewards Pakistan for its help in fighting the war on terrorism, but which has angered next-door rival India Do we...

Bush and Musharraf discuss fighting terror. Ya know I think thats a good thing. We need him to get some al Queda dudes hiding in Pakistan. I just wanted to point out some of the hypocracy. The Whitehouse can go on and on about Dictator "dont call him president" Saddam and Iraqi freedom, bla...

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-7-2004_pg7_28 Click the link and comment, please.

Pakistan PM resigns: report Pakistani Opposition Leader Assassinated Interesting times in Pakistan, yeah?