International Business News - Pakistan http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The United States will provide $110 million in emergency aid to Pakistan, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090520/us-provide-110m-aid-pakistan.htm Wed, 20 May 2009 00:42:29 EDT U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has harshly criticized Pakistan's government for ceding more territory to Taliban, saying it has abdicated to the Taliban. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090422/clinton-criticizes-pakistan-ceding-more-territory-taliban.htm Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:23:45 EDT Officials in Pakistan say the military has killed 20 militants and destroyed their positions during an air raid near the Afghan borders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090420/air-raid-kills-20-militants-pakistan.htm Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:37:53 EDT President Asif Ali Zardari called for national reconciliation in a Pakistan Day message on Monday, as he sought to mend fences with the opposition after defusing a political crisis by restoring the country's top judge. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090323/zardari-woos-opposition-end-pakistan-crisis.htm Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:24:59 EDT Taliban leader Mullah Omar is not hiding in Pakistan's Baluchistan province whose people will resist any U.S. attempt to extend its war against militancy there, the province's chief minister said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211024-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090320/pakistan-taliban-mullah-omar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090320/pakistan-taliban-mullah-omar.htm Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:00:22 EDT Pakistan's government agreed on Monday to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice in a surprise move to defuse a crisis and end agitation by lawyers and activists that had threatened to turn into violent confrontation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210809-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090316/pakistan-government-reinstate-iftikhar-chaudhry-chief-justice.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090316/pakistan-government-reinstate-iftikhar-chaudhry-chief-justice.htm Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:06:02 EDT Pakistan's year-old civilian government sought a compromise to appease opposition leaders and a lawyers movement on Friday as police detained hundreds of activists in a bid to stifle a nationwide protest. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210708-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/pakistan-civilian-government-compromise-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/pakistan-civilian-government-compromise-crisis.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:49:23 EDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban militants recovered 24 bodies and were searching for more on Friday, hours after suspected U.S. drones destroyed a camp in Pakistan's northwestern region, militants and officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210705-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/pakistan-talibans-missiles-death.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/pakistan-talibans-missiles-death.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:29:28 EDT Hundreds of black-suited Pakistani lawyers and flag-waving opposition activists launched a cross-country protest on Thursday, as the year-old civilian coalition government scrambled for ways to avert a showdown. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210639-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090312/pakistan-government-scrambles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090312/pakistan-government-scrambles.htm Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:09:00 EDT A United Nations investigator urged U.S. allies from Britain to Pakistan on Tuesday to fully investigate whether they helped in secret renditions that led to the illegal torture or disappearance of terror suspects. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210514-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090310/un-us-allies-britain-pakistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090310/un-us-allies-britain-pakistan.htm Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:20:40 EDT India and Pakistan must change the way they treat each other and bury a "dirty past" to tackle growing militancy in the region together, Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090307/pakistan-pervez-musharaf-india.htm Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:19:00 EST Pakistani authorities said on Friday they were making progress in the investigation of this week's attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team as suspicion settled on home-grown militants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210373-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090306/sri-lanka-pakistan-lahore-cricket.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090306/sri-lanka-pakistan-lahore-cricket.htm Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:17:32 EST Pakistani authorities have identified the people responsible for this week's attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team, a senior government official said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210311-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090305/pakistan-cricket-team-attack.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090305/pakistan-cricket-team-attack.htm Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:25:54 EST Pakistani investigators were following "important leads" to identify who was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210275-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/pakistan-lahore-attcks-shah-mehmood-qureshi.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/pakistan-lahore-attcks-shah-mehmood-qureshi.htm Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:54:13 EST Pakistani police hunted on Wednesday for gunmen who mounted the bold attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore and officials scrambled to figure out who was behind it. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210198-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090303/islamabad-pakistan-sri-lanka-attack-cricket-team.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090303/islamabad-pakistan-sri-lanka-attack-cricket-team.htm Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:28:33 EST Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina drew praise on Friday for bringing a swift end to a mutiny by paramilitary troops who slaughtered scores of their officers, with bodies found in a mass grave pushing the death toll past 70. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210043-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090227/pakistan-sheikh-hasina-mutiny-ends.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090227/pakistan-sheikh-hasina-mutiny-ends.htm Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:50:04 EST Thousands of supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif protested on Thursday, a day after a court ruling to exclude him and his brother from elected office raised fears of renewed political turmoil. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209991-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090226/pakistan-nawaz-sharif-political-turmoil.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090226/pakistan-nawaz-sharif-political-turmoil.htm Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:47:54 EST Pakistan plunged toward a debilitating power struggle on Wednesday as the Supreme Court brought down a provincial government controlled by President Asif Ali Zardari's main rival, former premier Nawaz Sharif. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209904-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090225/pakistan-power-struggle-president-asif-ali-zardari-039-s.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090225/pakistan-power-struggle-president-asif-ali-zardari-039-s.htm Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:37:53 EST Pakistani Taliban militants announced on Tuesday an indefinite ceasefire in the Swat valley in the northwest of the country, a day after the army said it was ceasing operations in the region. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209867-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090224/pakistan-taliban-militants-ceasefire-swat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090224/pakistan-taliban-militants-ceasefire-swat.htm Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:34:34 EST The Pakistan army said on Monday it had ceased operations against Taliban militants in the northwestern valley of Swat, and an Islamist cleric asked for troops to be shifted to "safer places" to give peace a chance. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209807-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090223/pakistan-army-swat-taliban.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090223/pakistan-army-swat-taliban.htm Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:07:39 EST