Apr 26 Watch News Wrap: Pakistani Prime Minister Convicted, Gets ‘Symbolic’ Sentence In other news Thursday, Pakistan's Supreme Court convicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of contempt for refusing to pursue a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari. However, the ruling carried only a symbolic sentence, allowing Gilani to stay in… Continue watching
Apr 24 Opposition Politician Imran Khan: How to Fix Pakistan’s Corruption, Terrorism By Larisa Epatko ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | From his veranda, cricket player-turned-politician Imran Khan recently told a group of visiting U.S. journalists that if he were in charge of Pakistan, he would introduce a streamlined, non-corrupt government and withdraw all troops from Pakistan's troubled… Continue reading
Apr 20 Before His Death, Dawn Editor Razvi ‘Wouldn’t Leave Pakistan for the Moon’ By Larisa Epatko KARACHI, Pakistan | Two days before his brutal death, Dawn editor Murtaza Razvi replied to my email asking why he and his family chose to live in Pakistan despite its many challenges. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch News Wrap: Zimmerman’s Bail Set at $150,000 in Trayvon Martin Case In other news Friday, a Florida judge set bail at $150,000 for George Zimmerman, the man accused of shooting unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman apologized to Martin's parents at a court hearing in Sanford, Fla. Also, a commercial airliner crashed… Continue watching
Apr 17 With strikes and rolling blackouts, life in Karachi reflects Pakistan’s larger ills By Larisa Epatko KARACHI, Pakistan | There's a bridge in Karachi called "Native Jetty" where people go to jump to their deaths. Others frequent the same spot to toss dough balls into the water for luck. This juxtaposition of hope and despair is… Continue reading
Apr 17 Pakistan in Photos: Land of Contrasts By Larisa Epatko Life slows down during a strike in Karachi, Pakistan, but revs back up again the following day at the Sunday Bazaar. Continue reading
Apr 06 Alleged Pakistani Terrorist to United States: Come Get Me Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images Usually people described as leaders of terrorist organizations lead lives of stealth and in hiding. But not Hafiz Saeed, believed to be the mastermind of the 2008 attack in Mumbai, India, that left 166… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Bin Laden’s Road to Abbottabad: Where Osama Went and When Osama bin Laden hid for nine years in Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks -- from Peshawar to Haripur, where at least two of his children were born in government hospitals, according to new details uncovered in Pakistani interrogations of… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Ahmed Rashid: ‘Enormous Anti-Americanism’ Spreading in Afghanistan Ahmed Rashid: 'Enormous Anti-Americanism' Spreading in Afghanistan… Continue watching
Mar 16 U.S. Ambassador Crocker: Safe Havens in Pakistan Pose ‘Real Threat’ By Larisa Epatko U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker told NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown Friday that while safe havens for Taliban extremists in Pakistan continue to pose a "real threat," steps the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are taking to improve… Continue reading