Former general and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, has announced that after three years in self-imposed exile, he wants to return home to run for office. Musharraf, who now leads his own political faction, the All Pakistan Muslim League, addressed a rally by video link from Dubai. Fireworks were set off when Musharraf announced that he promised to return to Pakistan some time between the 27th and 30th of January.
Pakistani sports-hero turned politician Imran Khan held a massive rally in the city of Karachi, attracting at least a hundred thousand people according to estimates. This was his second rally in two months that’s attracted such a turnout. It’s a big deal, because up until recently, many observers in Pakistan considered Khan and his party to be politically irrelevant.
Army Cpl. Joseph Rentie,1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, concludes a search of a truck at a Pakistan border crossing in Paktya province. (Photo by: U.S. The head of Pakistan’s army Friday gave the go-ahead for his soldiers to return fire on US troops, if attacked. The change in rules-of-engagement comes after Saturday’s NATO airstrike that killed 24 uniformed Pakistani soldiers.
Pakistan has given the US 15 days to evacuate a military airbase, and shut down NATO supply lines to Afghanistan through its territory over the weekend. It’s the fallout of a NATO airstrike on a Pakistani border post near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday which killed at least 24 Pakistani troops.
Authorities in Pakistan are set to implement a plan that they say will clamp down on unsolicited spam mobile phone text messages. They have compiled a list of banned words, and ordered telecom companies to filter all text messages containing any of them. The order and the list of words have become a target of both ridicule and criticism.
A demonstration organized last week by the Gender Interactive Alliance in front of the Karachi Press Club in Karachi (Photo: Fahad Desmukh) It is not uncommon in Pakistan that you walk through a market, or stand in a corner and encounter a beggar – a transgender beggar. The transgenders in Pakistan tend to stand out from the crowd.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Fahad Desmukh in Karachi, Pakistan about the murder of a prominent member of Pakistan’s MQM political party. The murder occurred in London, but the ripple effect is being felt in Pakistan’s largest city.
More than a month has passed since unprecedented monsoon rains started to cause devastating flooding throughout Pakistan. But the crisis isn’t over, especially for millions of displaced people. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Fahad Desmukh, who’s based in Karachi, about the latest on the relief effort.
Correspondent Fahad Desmukh reports from Karachi on the relief aid the U.S. is providing for Pakistan’s flood. This text below is a phonetic transcript of a radio story broadcast by PRI’s THE WORLD.
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