Jun 30 ‘Bhutto’ Examines Life of Charismatic, Complicated Leader By Molly Finnegan A new documentary film about the life and death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto -- the first woman head of an Islamic country who was assassinated in 2007 -- may attract as much interest for its political content… Continue reading
Jun 25 Pakistanis Seek Answers to Water Supply Problems By News Desk Pakistan's aging irrigation infrastructure and years of little rain are adding up to major problems for farmers, prompting the government to subsidize a new drip-style irrigation system. But some farmers still find it too costly to install. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch NYC Bomb Plot Suspect Pleads Guilty With a Warning to U.S. Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the failed Times Square bombing plot, pleaded guilty to terrorism and weapons charges on Monday afternoon. Ailsa Chang of WNYC Radio describes the scene in the courtroom then Steve Coll of the New American Foundation… Continue watching
Jun 15 Author Describes Pakistan’s ‘Wild West’ Pakistan's tribal areas. Graphic by Michael Harry. Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan is a rugged, mountainous area that has attracted militants and insurgents -- and become a target for Pakistani military operations and U.S. drone attacks. A number of… Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch News Wrap: More Bloodshed Seen in Afghanistan In other news Wednesday, dozens more people died in new attacks across southern Afghanistan, including four NATO troops shot down in a helicopter in Helmand province. In neighboring Pakistan, seven people were killed as militants attacked a NATO convoy outside… Continue watching
Jun 03 Pakistani Women Make Community, Income Through Art n 2003, Sumeena Nazir founded the Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy, a women's development agency, in her hometown of Chakwal to provide rural women an opportunity to form support networks in their own neighborhoods. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch News Wrap: Al-Qaida’s Third in Command Reported Dead In other news Tuesday, al-Qaida has acknowledged that its No. 3 leader has been killed in the North Waziristan region along the Afghan-Pakistani border and Iraq's supreme court officially ratified the country's election results from last March. Continue watching
May 28 Attacks in Pakistan Target Minority Muslim Sect By Larisa Epatko Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked two mosques filled with Ahmadi worshipers in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday, killing at least 80 people, taking hostages and engaging in firefights with police. Continue reading
May 28 Watch News Wrap: Mosque Attacks Kill 80 in Pakistan In other news Friday, gunman killed 80 people today in Lahore, Pakistan in attacks on mosques during Friday prayers and the number of Americans killed in Afghanistan reached 1,000 when a soldier was killed in a roadside bombing. Continue watching
May 20 NPR’s Grand Trunk Road Series Digs Into Pakistan’s Multi-Layered Society By Larisa Epatko NPR's Steve Inskeep traveled with other correspondents to Pakistan and India to file a series of reports for Morning Edition, called "Along the Grand Trunk Road". He spoke with Kwame Holman from Islamabad about the young people he met, their… Continue reading