American Perceptions of Pakistan

Polls concerning U.S.-Pakistan relations tend to focus on how Pakistanis view the United States.  A new Gallup survey provides a look at the flip side.  How do Americans view Pakistan?
Pakistan is one of the most unfavorably viewed countries.  Seventy two percent of Americans polled have negative views on Pakistan.  It trails Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, […]

Pakistan’s YouTube ban briefly affected worldwide access

Pakistan's YouTube ban briefly affected worldwide accessAFP - 21 minutes agoSAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — YouTube said Monday that an Internet service provider complying with Pakistan's freshly-instated ban on the website routed many …

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Most lose YouTube after move by Pakistan - Boston Globe

Most lose YouTube after move by PakistanBoston Globe, United States - 36 minutes agoOn Friday, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered 70 Internet service providers to block access to YouTube.com, because of anti-Islamic movies on …

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Partnerless in Pakistan

By Arif Rafiq

President George W Bush rightly called Pakistan’s recent national and provincial elections “a victory for [its] people”. But, even as he uttered those words, his administration was working behind the scenes to subvert the will of Pakistan’s people by trying to dictate the composition of their next coalition government and prop up the […]

Musharraf’s inquisition: Reason why Youtube was blocked in Pakistan

It is being claimed by the telecommunication authorities in Pakistan that youtube was blocked for featuring allegedly blasphemous documentaries. While this move if triggered by this motive is as foolish as burning an entire library just because on a page of one of the books someone has scribbled a couple of words against you, it […]

Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World

Check out this list of top 100 companies of the muslim world. It is heavily dominated by oil companies and countries in the middle east. Pakistan has only 2 companies on this list, that’s sad !…
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Was Keith Ryan, the US diplomat in Pakistan, murdered?

Any conjecture on Keith Ryan would be premature at this hour however his death indeed leaves behind some harrowing questions. Why would a diplomat despite having worked in uncountable stressful places all of a sudden commit suicide? Why such things are only happening in Pakistan? After all, these days you don’t even find diplomats killing […]

Prof Khurshaid flays US army official statement

ISLAMABAD: Senator Prof. Khurshid Ahmad, Naib Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Friday expressed serious concern over the statement of US Central Command Chief, Admiral William Fallon stipulating that the real threat to Pakistan is not from India but from the so-called Al-Qaeeda and Taliban.
This is a highly flawed and twisted concept, serving the interests of India and USA […]

Admiral: Pakistan OKs bigger U.S. role

“My sense is there is an increased willingness to address these problems, and we’re going to try to help them”
Pakistan is taking a more welcoming view of U.S. suggestions for using American troops to train and advise its own forces in the fight against anti-government extremists, the commander of U.S. forces in that … […]

Obama ambitions over Pakistan

ABC News’ Teddy Davis Reports: For the second presidential debate in a row, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., came under fire for an Aug. 1 speech in which he said he would go after high-value Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan if the country’s president was not willing to act.
Watch the video HERE.
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