Flood-Hit Pakistanis and Afghans May Cross to Iran: UNHCR
02 September 2010
Flood-Hit Pakistanis and Afghans May Cross to Iran: UNHCR, Reuters, 2 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the border into Iran, the U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday. Baluchistan province was the first to be hit by the country's worst floods, initially displaced some 200,000 people. But the region has been largely...
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Reports of Christian Aid Workers Killed by Taliban Still Unconfirmed
02 September 2010
Reports of Christian Aid Workers Killed by Taliban in Pakistan Still Unconfirmed, CNS News, 2 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Mystery surrounds reports that three Western Christian relief workers were kidnapped and killed by the Pakistan Taliban last week while helping people affected by the severe floods in the country's northwest. Despite claims that the recovered bodies of the three were taken by the Pakistani army to the U.S. Embassy...
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China Gilgit Gambit is Strategic Says Expert
02 September 2010
China Gilgit Gambit is Strategic Says Expert, Hindustan Times, 2 September 2010
EXCERPT: "China has massive presence in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, said a US-based activist from Gilgit who added that massive investments were made by Beijing in that frontier region to expand the Karakoram Corridor as a strategic pathway. Washingon-based political activist Senge H. Sering, a former visiting fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and...
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Red Cross Aid Workers Face Anger in Pakistan
02 September 2010
Red Cross Aid Workers Face Anger in Pakistan, Reuters, 2 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Red Cross aid workers have faced angry crowds in Pakistan when distributing food and other supplies to flood victims, a disturbing trend that could jeopardize operations, a senior official said Thursday. An ICRC relief convoy was forced to halt handouts of supplies and retreat hastily in Punjab province this week, according to Jacques de Maio, head of South...
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Lahore Mourns Triple Bombing as Death Toll Rises
02 September 2010
, AFP, 2 September 2010
EXCERPT: "The death toll from suicide attacks that targeted a busy procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore rose to 31 on Thursday as six people succumbed to their injuries, officials said. Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession made up of thousands of people on Wednesday at the moment of the breaking of the fast in the holy month of Ramadan,...
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