Category Archives: Reports

Indian poverty levels higher than Pakistan’s, says UN report

By Dean Nelson

The report also finds more ‘gender equality’ in conservative Pakistan than in ‘tolerant’ India.
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Oxfam flood aid to Pakistan embezzled, report finds

By Ben Farmer, Kabul

An independent financial investigation found invoices had been falsified and cheques manipulated to divert funds in two projects managed by a Pakistani agency working with the charity.
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Pakistan has “sanctioned and supported” US drone attacks in country: Expert

ANI

Islamabad, August 10(ANI): The Pakistan Government has “sanctioned” US drone attacks in the country and supported the campaign Continue reading

Killing of infants on the rise in Pakistan

By Reza Sayah, CNN

Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) — At a morgue in Pakistan’s largest city, five linen pouches — each the size of a loaf of bread — line the shelf of a walk-in freezer. Wrapped inside each small sack is the corpse of an infant. The babies are victims of what one relief agency calls Pakistan’s worst unfolding tragedy: the killing and dumping of newborns.
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Growing Use of Drones Worries US Experts

WASHINGTON – As unmanned missile-armed drones are gaining growing prominence in overseas US military operations and wars, Continue reading

Poverty does not breed extremism in Pakistan, study finds

By Rob Crilly

The study, conducted by researchers from prestigious American universities, found no link between poverty and support for militant groups.

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Pakistan 2020: Don’t Give Up On Pakistan

In recent years, Pakistan has stumbled from one crisis to another. Insurgencies along its northwestern borders, regular terrorist attacks Continue reading

Pakistan Air Force vs. Indian Air Force

By M. M. Usman

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) are the two regional forces frequently at war and engaged in a never ending arms race. History has proved PAF to be superior whenever the two forces were involved in air combat. This was primarily attributed to sound professionalism and training of PAF crew, great serviceability and upkeep of war reserves and a slight technological edge of PAF over IAF. Continue reading

PAKISTAN: Schools shut as fear drives teachers away

PESHAWAR, 26 April 2011 (IRIN) – The local school in Wana, the main settlement in Pakistani’s South Waziristan tribal agency, has been closed for several months, and the children only come to play games in the compound.

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ISI chief among top 100 influential people

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha has made it to the list of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world along with dignitaries like United States President Barrack Obama and his secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

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