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Pakistan Fashion Week Defies Taliban (PHOTOS)

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 11.09.2009 | Style

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By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer KARACHI, Pakistan — Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others...

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Asking Pakistanis, When?

Betwa Sharma | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Radicalism, Susan Boyle, Islamabad, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Taliban, Karachi, Revolution, Pakistanis, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan Army, World News
Betwa Sharma

Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?

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In Harsh Times, Pakistanis Seek Comfort On Facebook

Pia Sawhney | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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Pia Sawhney

While the nation's news media has been prohibited from reporting extensively on military exercises in Swat and Buner districts, on Facebook, questions and concerns crop up swiftly.

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Pakistani Truck Artists Brighten Karachi

GlobalPost | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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KARACHI, Pakistan (Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting) -- At first glance this is not a colorful city. An aerial view of Karachi reveals a sprawl of ...

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Violence In The Streets Of Karachi

Huffington Post Contributor | By Rani Singh | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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By Rani Singh Pakistan's major port city, Karachi, saw serious fighting last week. Ethnic tensions, car jackings, drugs and mafia gun running are n...

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Obama's Deepening AfPak Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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William Bradley

With the appropriate huzzahs for Obama's first 100 days still ringing in the air, his new AfPak strategy, for the linked crisis of Afghanistan and Pakistan, is already in deep trouble.

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Karachi Ethnic Violence Kills Almost 30

DAWN.COM | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Zulfikar Mirza said Thursday that the situation in Karachi had been brought under control and that political parties in t...

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Pakistan President Emerging As Divisive Figure

Wsj.com | By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ZAHID HUSSAIN | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

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When Asif Ali Zardari won the presidency last year, he vowed to unite this fractious country after nearly a decade of military rule. Instead, Mr. Zard...

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Why So Global?

Jared Cohen | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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Jared Cohen

What is it about the Arab-Israeli conflict that makes it evoke emotion on such a global scale across such a diverse set of populations? Why does this issue dominate other more local grievances?

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Back to the Future in Pakistan

Shuja Nawaz | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: PBS Documentaries, Pakistan Democracy, Karachi, Pervez Musharraf, Documentaries, Film, Pakistan, World News
Shuja Nawaz

As 2007 was lurching toward a messy end in Pakistan, a documentary film suddenly caught much attention inside the country and abroad, especially among the diaspora Pakistanis.

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