Pakistan
Tense India-Pakistan standoff continues
By Peter Symonds, December 8, 2008
The Bush administration is exerting intense pressure on Pakistan to take action against Islamist groups allegedly responsible for last month’s terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Rather than easing tension...
US backing for India fuels tensions with Pakistan
By K. Ratnayake and Peter Symonds, December 5, 2008
Far from damping down tensions between India and Pakistan, the visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the two countries in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks has only added more fuel...
After the Mumbai siege, India-Pakistan tensions rise
By Peter Symonds, December 2, 2008
The political fallout from last week’s terrorist siege of Mumbai is beginning to emerge in India and neighbouring Pakistan with tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals on the rise.
Terrorist atrocity in Mumbai
By Keith Jones, November 28, 2008
Whoever were the authors of this week’s terrorist attack in Mumbai, it was a vile act that will only serve reaction in India and internationally.
US missiles strike deeper inside Pakistan
By Peter Symonds, November 21, 2008
Missiles launched from an unmanned US drone killed at least five people on Wednesday in the Pakistani village of Indi Khel. The attack is the first outside the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FAT...
Pakistani military launches new offensive in border areas
By James Cogan, November 17, 2008
A Pakistani military offensive against Islamist militants is now being extended into the tribal agency of Mohmand.
Pakistan to impose IMF-approved economic restructuring program
By Keith Jones, November 13, 2008
Fearing political repercussions and social unrest, the Pakistani government continues to prevaricate on a request to the IMF for a multi-billion dollar emergency bailout. But the Pakistan People’s P...
US carries out more airstrikes in Pakistan
By James Cogan, November 3, 2008
In open contempt of the repeated protests by the Pakistani government, the US military carried out another two air strikes on October 31 inside Pakistan, killing at least 27 people.
Hundreds dead in earthquake in Pakistan
By Vilani Peiris, November 1, 2008
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale followed by numerous after-shocks struck the south-western Balochistan area of Pakistan early Wednesday morning.
US carries out fresh air strike in Pakistan
By Keith Jones, October 28, 2008
The US military is now routinely violating Pakistani sovereignty, extending the Afghan War to its southern neighbor.
Pakistan forced to seek IMF bailout package
By Vilani Peiris, October 27, 2008
Pakistan has turned to the IMF for the emergency loans to stave off state bankruptcy.
Pakistan facing bankruptcy as world financial crisis deepens
By Vilani Peiris, October 20, 2008
Wracked by political instability and hard hit by the global economic crisis, Pakistan is teetering on the brink of default.
