Updated 9/7 9:35 AM EST With newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari's victory barely in the books, a surge of violence across Pakistan's North West Frontier Province emerged as the first pressing task for him to attempt to tackle. A massive suicide bombing and...
In an election that provided few surprises, legislators elected Pakistani Peoples Party candidate Asif Ali Zardari to be the new President of Pakistan. The unofficial count went much as expected, with Zardari capturing 479 out of 702 votes. Besides winning the federal...
Updated 9/6/08 at 9:00 PM EST In a move seen by some as the latest fallout from Wednesday morning's US attack on South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has ordered that supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan be immediately severed for an indefinite period of...
Just hours remain before Pakistan's legislature decides on a new President, and while it is virtually a foregone conclusion that the winner will be the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Asif Ali Zardari, the already serious concerns about his ability to maintain...
Last night we reported a story, also run in Pakistan's media, which cited an air-strike by a US drone which killed at least six people. The strike reportedly occurred on the outskirts of Miramshah, a small town in North Waziristan just a few miles from the Afghanistan...
As anger continues to mount in Pakistan over yesterday's attack by US ground troops in South Waziristan, which reportedly killed 20 civilians, unnamed US officials have suggested that the raid was only the beginning of an increase in NATO operations in Pakistan's...
Updated 9/4 11:45 AM EST At approximately 3 AM this morning, US helicopters landed in a tiny village in South Waziristan, not far from the Afghanistan border. Troops emerged and opened fire on the villagers, killing at least 20 civilians according to North-West...
Last Updated 9/3 7:35 PM EST Early this morning NATO helicopters landed in a tiny village in South Waziristan, just a mile from the Afghan border. The forces killed 20 people including three women and four children, according to local residents, and wounded an...
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan gets under way, the Pakistani government has announced a ceasefire in the restive Swat Valley for the duration of the holiday. The fighting has been particularly bad in the tiny Bajaur Agency, where over half of the population is...
Updated 8/30 8:45 PM EST Less than a week after losing their largest coalition partner the Pakistani Peoples Party's internal stability has been called into question, amid reports that acting party leader and presumptive future President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari...
