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Pakistan in the News - April 30, 2013

  • Apr 30, 2013
  • PAKISTAN IN THE NEWS

Lawyers say a Pakistani court has banned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from running for public office for the rest of his life.

Pakistan in the News - April 29, 2013

  • Apr 29, 2013
  • PAKISTAN IN THE NEWS

Taliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next month’s parliamentary election, police said.

Pakistan in the News - April 26, 2013

  • Apr 26, 2013
  • PAKISTAN IN THE NEWS

Pakistani officials say they’ll seal their border with Afghanistan and restrict the movement of Afghan refugees on May 11 during parliamentary elections.

Pakistan in the News - April 25, 2013

  • Apr 25, 2013
  • PAKISTAN IN THE NEWS

Secretary of State John Kerry hosted a meeting on Wednesday with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan’s army chief, to try to ease regional tensions as NATO approaches the end of its combat mission in Afghanistan.

Pakistan in the News - April 24, 2013

  • Apr 24, 2013
  • PAKISTAN IN THE NEWS

The most significant insight in Vali Nasr’s new book about President Obama’s foreign policy making is how domestic politics took primacy over strategic decisions and bold initiatives were ruled out by the fear of political backlash. The book’s tour d’ horizon of policy towards South Asia and the Middle East produces an important theme.

Pakistan in the News - April 23, 2013

  • Apr 23, 2013
  • PAKISTAN IN THE NEWS

Secretary of State John Kerry will host a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday with top Afghan and Pakistani leaders to try to foster cooperation over the stalled reconciliation process with the Taliban and other thorny issues, American and Afghan officials said Monday.

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