Pakistan
Hundreds dead in fighting along Afghanistan-Pakistan border
By James Cogan, August 16, 2008
Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA) and North West Frontier Province (NWFP) have been plunged into the heaviest fighting between government troops and Islamist and Pashtun t...
Pakistani government moves to impeach President Musharraf
By Vilani Peiris, August 14, 2008
Amid an ongoing political crisis, Pakistan’s ruling coalition this week initiated a formal impeachment process against President Pervez Musharraf, the country’s former military strongman.
In response to US demands: Pakistani military attacks Islamist forces
By James Cogan, August 9, 2008
The Pakistani government has ordered major military offensives against the Islamist groups in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA), which are alleged...
US demands crackdown by Pakistani government along Afghanistan border
By James Cogan, August 1, 2008
The three-day visit to Washington this week by Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Rusa Gilani has set the stage for a violent escalation of the Afghanistan war into ethnic Pashtun Federally Administrated...
Pakistan faces mounting US demands to suppress “terrorism”
By K. Ratnayake, July 25, 2008
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is due in Washington next week for top-level discussions, including with President Bush, in which the escalating war in Afghanistan will certainly be...
Court verdict against former Pakistan prime minister threatens to split ruling coalition
By K. Ratnayake, July 1, 2008
A Pakistani high court ruling last week, barring former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from contesting a by-election, has widened the rift inside the ruling coalition, which is teetering on the brink of ...
Amidst mounting crisis, Pakistan’s new government slashes food and fuel subsidies
By Keith Jones, June 16, 2008
Pakistan’s new coalition government has delivered a big business budget that slashes subsidies for food, fuel oil, electricity, and fertilizer by more than one-quarter—112.2 billion Pakist...
US continues to defend air strike on Pakistani military post
By Deepal Jayasekera, June 13, 2008
The US government and military have rebuffed Pakistani government protests over Tuesday night’s aerial bombardment of a Pakistani security checkpoint in the Mohmand region in the Federally Admin...
US air strike on Pakistani military post kills 11 soldiers
By K. Ratnayake, June 12, 2008
In a new escalation of US-Pakistan tensions, a US air strike on a Pakistani Frontier Force checkpoint near the Afghan border killed 11 soldiers, including an officer, and wounded 10 people, including ...
Washington ratchets up pressure on Pakistan’s new government
By Keith Jones, May 27, 2008
In increasingly blunt fashion, Washington is making known its displeasure with Pakistan’s new elected government, which is comprised of parties opposed to the US-backed military strongman and pr...
Pakistan’s new coalition government close to breakup
By Keith Jones, May 1, 2008
The dynastic leaders of Pakistan’s two principal political parties—Pakistan People’s Party chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)&mdas...
Pakistan: Textile workers’ protests convulse Multan
By Keith Jones, April 19, 2008
The industrial city of Multan, Pakistan’s sixth largest, was convulsed by protests of textile workers, Monday and Tuesday, angered by repeated power outages that have resulted in pay and job cut...
