South Asia News Watch

News and interesting articles from India, Pakistan and South Asia.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Wheat production numbers were manipulated to show higher GDP. Now the inflated numbers result in shortages

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Mysterious wheat surplus By Pervez Tahir One day the dream economic team had to face the consequences of its own actions. The current wheat ...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Nearly 75% of call centres have shut down: ACCO chief

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Nearly 75% of call centres have shut down: ACCO chief By Romail KennethKARACHI: Nearly 75 percent of the registered call centres have either...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Bin Laden has a 46% approval rating in Pakistan. US 19% and al Qaeda 43 %

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Poll: Bin Laden tops Musharraf in Pakistan WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf -- a key U.S. ally -- is less popular in...
Saturday, August 25, 2007

Some Frontier Corps jawans desert force

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Some Frontier Corps jawans desert force By Iqbal KhattakPESHAWAR: Some jawans of the Frontier Corps (FC) are reportedly deserting the force...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

US permitted forces to enter Pakistan

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US permitted forces to enter Pakistan’ SAN FRANCISCO: Newly uncovered “rules of engagement” in the war on terror show the US military gav...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Hate calls made to families of RAF members from Pakistan

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Taliban terrorises RAF families By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence EditorAugust 22, 2007 COMMENT ON THIS STORY TALIBAN fanatics terrorised the wife ...

Pakistani minister says jews behind 9/11

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Minister blasts pro-US foreign policy By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan Niaz...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

National Security Archive Documents: Pakistan and the taliban

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National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Documents Detail Years of Pakistani Support for Taliban, Extremists Document 17 From [Excised]...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Britain Best Friend, Pakistan Worse for Americans

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Britain Best Friend, Pakistan Worse for Americans (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Out of a list of 25 countries, most people in the United Sta...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

Pak top brass talks with US to avert attacks

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Pak top brass talks with US to avert attacks Shaiq HussainISLAMABAD - In the backdrop of fierce clashes between the army, paramilitary for...
Friday, July 06, 2007

Wheat production numbers were manipulated to show higher GDP

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Unreliable wheat output figure upsets Minfal MUSHTAQ GHUMMAN ISLAMABAD (July 06 2007): The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minf...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

US-Nato strikes in Shawal also injured six soldiers

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US-Nato strikes in Shawal also injured six soldiers By our correspondent PESHAWAR: Six Army soldiers were among the 15 persons who sustained...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

US forces attack Pakistan with jets/helicopters/artillery

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Man lost nine members of family in Nato strike; kills himself By Our Correspondent WANA, June 24: An elderly man has committed suicide follo...
Friday, June 15, 2007

Pakistan's soldiers 'huddling in their bases' in tribal regions

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Pakistan's soldiers 'huddling in their bases' in tribal regions · Army paralysed by Taliban threat, says ex-CIA agent· Retired o...

Cut-Pasted survey statistics challanged(Large scale manufacturing numbers manufactured)

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Cut-Pasted survey statistics challanged By Israr Khan ISLAMABAD: Draftsmen who were given the job at the Ministry of Finance to typewrite th...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Structural weaknesses of economy

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Structural weaknesses of economy EDITORIAL (June 13 2007): A prestigious international research organisation, BCA, in its special report on ...
Monday, June 04, 2007

Pakistani among those killed by U.S. attack in Somalia

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American among those killed by U.S. attack in Somalia By Mahad Elmi and Shashank Bengali McClatchy Newspapers MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali of...
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