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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 24 August 2007 Pakistani political experts say the country's president, General Pervez Musharraf, faces a decidedly uncertain future a day after the Supreme Court ended his chief rival's seven-year exile. With elections exp
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 April 2006 The top U.N. representative in Afghanistan says that Pakistan recognizes the need to help keep the Taleban from regaining power. The U.N. envoy also underscore
By Paula Wolfson Washington 24 January 2006 President Bush meets with Pakistani PM Shaukat Aziz, in the Oval Office at the White House President Bush says he will visit India and Pakistan in March. Th
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 29 March 2007 Pakistan is trying a new approach of negotiations and development projects to secure its volatile tribal regions. But U.S. and Afghan officials are concerned it will not be enough to keep Taleban militants fr
A high ranking American envoy is in New Delhi for talks with top Indian officials. The visit comes at a time when the United States is urging India to restart peace talks with Pakistan. William Burns comes out after holding a meeting with Indian For
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 24 September 2009 People transport an injured victim of a militant attack into a ward after he received initial treatment at a local hospital in Bannu, Pakistan, 24 Sep 2009 Pakistani police say militants ambushed a pro-gov
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton convened a three-way meeting with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan Wednesday, saying they face a common threat, task and challenge posed by Islamic extremism. Clinton stressed U.S. regret over the death
Gas Shortages Highlight Pakistan's Energy Crisis At Islamabad gas stations, this is what it looks like on Wednesdays. People are stocking up, because on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, stations close and there is no gas. In recent years, when gasoline
Violence Overwhelms Pakistan's Largest City Suspected militants threw a grenade at Pakistan's paramilitary Ranger forces in Karachi in early April, killing four. It was just another attack in what has become Pakistan's most violent city. Roughly 20 m
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, the relationship between Washington and Islamabad has already been pretty tense, and now this. The Pentagon says it is going to suspend $300 million in aid to Pakistan. The Pentagon says Islamabad is just not doing enou
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 17 July 2006 Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, left, shakes hand with Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammed Khan before talks in New Delhi, Jan. 17, 2006 Pakistan says it does not allow its territory to be used for terro
By Ravi Khanna Washington, D.C. 23 November 2007 Three weeks after President Pervez Musharaff declared emergency rule, Pakistan's political unrest continues to make headlines around the world. Although President Bush says the Pakistani general has do
By VOA News 27 December 2007 Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday at a campaign rally just two weeks before parliamentary elections. Police say a suicide bomber fired gunshots at Ms. Bhutto j
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 13 January 2007 Pakistan and India held talks to review progress in their slow-moving three-year-old peace dialogue Saturday. As VOA's Benjamin Sand reports from Islamabad, there were no major breakthroughs, but both sides
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 July 2006 Kashmiris who survived massive earthquake sit on rubble of school in village of Balgran (File photo - Jan. 31, 2006) U.N. Children's Fund says it will spend $150 million to reconstruct hundreds of schools and rura
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 16 August 2007 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher reaffirmed Washington's support for Pakistan's embattled President General Pervez Musharraf during a visit to Islamabad Thursday. The visit comes amid mountin
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 07 January 2008 Suspected Islamic militants have killed eight tribal leaders involved in brokering a peace deal between the army and Islamic insurgents in Pakistan's volatile northwest region near the border with Afg
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 March 2008 An Indian prisoner who spent 35 years on death row in a Pakistan jail has returned to India, after being granted clemency by Pakistani authorities. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi his return is being
By Steve Herman Islamabad 18 March 2008 Every Spring, for the past several years, Pakistan's medical professionals have been establishing treatment camps for sufferers of pollen allergies. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman visited one of the camps, to f
Pakistani lawmakers have denounced Wednesday's raid by foreign troops in Pakistani territory, passing a resolution condemning the operation and vowing to repel similar attacks in the future. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the Pakis