ISLAMABAD, Pakistan An alliance of opposition parties in Pakistan has stunned the ruling party the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday by winning the two top positions in Senate, the country's upper house of the parliament. Opposition-backed...
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Pakistan Female Boxing Coach Pulls No Punches
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Shahnaz Kamal is an anomaly in the male-dominated sport of boxing, especially in a country like Pakistan, which clings tightly to traditional roles for men and women.Formerly a professional boxer, Kamal is the only female coach regi...
Read More »WOMEN IN PAKISTAN EAGER TO WORK DESPITE SOCIAL, CULTURAL BARRIERS
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Tahmina Fatima works as a human resources manager in a large multinational pharmaceutical company in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad. Despite a number of challenges inside and outside the workplace, she likes her job. "The comp...
Read More »China Outpaces US in Arms Supply to Pakistan
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD, From rifles to combat aircraft and warships, China has become the dominant supplier of weapons to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).T...
Read More »American Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Role in al-Qaida Bomb Attack
NEW YORK, A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Tuesday for supporting the militant group al-Qaida and helping to prepare a 2009 car bomb attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, less than the life sentence sought by prosecutors.M...
Read More »PAKISTAN, IRAN CONCERNED OVER REGIONAL IMPACT OF DAESH EMERGENCE
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Asif have expressed concerns over growing presence of the Daesh terror group in Afghanistan and its implications for regional security, a statement ...
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