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Anti-Islam film protest turns violent in Islamabad
Sep 20, 2012 12:49 EDT
Thousands of protesters angry at a US-made anti-Islam film clashed with police close to Islamabad's diplomatic enclave on Thursday in chaotic scenes that left at least 50 people injured.
After NATO strike, Pakistan adjusts rules of engagement
Dec 02, 2011 15:17 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if under attack without waiting for permission, the army chief said on Friday, a policy change that could stoke tensions after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops.
After NATO strike, Pakistan adjusts rules of engagement
Dec 02, 2011 11:31 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if under attack without waiting for permission, the army chief said on Friday, a policy change that could stoke tensions after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops.
After NATO strike, Pakistan adjusts rules of engagement
Dec 02, 2011 10:11 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if attacked without waiting for permission, the army chief said, a change in rules of engagement that could stoke tension after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops.
After NATO strike, Pakistan adjusts rules of engagement
Dec 02, 2011 07:31 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if attacked without waiting for permission, the army chief said, a change in rules of engagement that could stoke tension after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops.
After NATO strike, Pakistan adjusts rules of engagement
Dec 02, 2011 07:25 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if attacked without waiting for permission, the army chief said, a change in rules of engagement that could stoke tension after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops.
After NATO strike, Pakistan adjusts rules of engagement
Dec 02, 2011 06:53 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if attacked without waiting for permission, the army chief said, a change in rules of engagement that could stoke tension after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops.
Pakistan's Islamist parties challenge weakening government
Mar 09, 2011 08:05 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's disparate Islamist political parties are uniting behind their hatred of the United States, emboldened by a weak government that looks increasingly reluctant to stand up to extremism and a society where radicalism is widely tolerated.
Pakistan offers big reward for Taliban informers
Nov 27, 2010 10:48 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Saturday offered a reward for information about Taliban militants involved in planning or carrying out attacks, and promised to resettle informers in Pakistan or abroad.
Pakistan announces reward, protection for Taliban info
Nov 27, 2010 08:07 EST
Pakistan on Saturday announced a reward of 10 million rupees (around 120,000 dollars) to anyone providing information about the Taliban, as Islamabad struggles to defeat the Islamic militants.
Pakistani extremists raise cash from sacrifice day
Nov 24, 2010 05:54 EST
Pakistani militants reap cash bonanza from selling hides of animals killed on sacrifice day. Militants in Pakistan should reap a cash bonanza from selling skins of animals slaughtered on a Muslim sacrifice day, with hundreds of thousands of dollars expected to reach a group linked to the 2008 Mumbai attackers, according to an ex-member of the group and leather industry workers.
Pakistan erupts over US scientist verdict
Sep 24, 2010 12:54 EDT
Pakistani activists poured into the streets on Friday shouting "Death to America" and burning effigies of President Barack Obama after a US court jailed a woman scientist for 86 years.
Karachi shuts down after politician killed in London
Sep 17, 2010 12:30 EDT
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's biggest city Karachi shut down on Friday after a senior politician belonging to the city's dominant Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was stabbed to death in London.
Six wounded in mosque attack in violent Karachi
Aug 04, 2010 14:35 EDT
KARACHI (Reuters) - Six people were wounded when unidentified attackers hurled a grenade at a Karachi mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday, police said.
Six wounded in mosque attack in violent Karachi
Aug 04, 2010 14:35 EDT
KARACHI (Reuters) - Six people were wounded when unidentified attackers hurled a grenade at a Karachi mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday, police said.
Unrest kills 46 in Pakistani city of Karachi
Aug 03, 2010 10:04 EDT
Political and ethnic violence erupted in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi after the murder of an MP, killing 46 people as protesters torched vehicles in the deadliest episode since January.
Suicide attack kills 55 in Pakistan tribal belt
Jul 09, 2010 05:34 EDT
A suicide attacker and suspected car bomb caused carnage in a busy Pakistani market outside a government office on Friday, killing 55 people and burying victims under pulverised shops.
Suicide attack kills 47 in Pakistan tribal belt
Jul 09, 2010 04:07 EDT
A suicide bomber drove a motorbike into a crowd of Pakistanis in a busy market outside a local goverment office in the lawless northwest Friday, killing 47 people and flattening rows of shops.
Pakistan suicide attack kills 17, wounds 100
Jul 09, 2010 03:05 EDT
A suicide bomber ripped through a crowd of Pakistanis queueing for government wheelchairs in a busy market in the lawless northwest on Friday, killing 17 people and wounding another 100.
Police struggle to battle militants in Pakistan
Jul 05, 2010 13:55 EDT
Ill-equipped police lack funds, intel to combat rising militancy in Pakistan's heartland. In Pakistan's heartland of Punjab, the front line force against the surge in Islamic militant attacks is a poorly equipped, incompetent and corrupt police.