Archive for September, 2008




September 28, 2008

How Sarah Palin Rallied Pakistan’s Feminists

 By Omar Waraich / Islamabad Friday, Sep. 26, 2008
 
U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin meets with Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari in New York.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari would have expected that his interactions with American leaders in New York this week could bring trouble at home. After all, relations between the two countries […]




September 28, 2008

Pakistan’s new president called GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin “gorgeous”

NEW YORK (CNN) — Pakistan’s new president called GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin “gorgeous” when the two met in New York on Wednesday.

Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin meets Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in New York on Wednesday.
Palin has been in New York meeting international leaders in town this week for United Nations […]




September 7, 2008

Suicide bomb in northwest Pakistan kills 25

Updated Sunday, September 07, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide car bomb targeting a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan killed at least 25 people, including 10 police officers, and wounded 50 others, a Peshawar police spokesman said Saturday.
Most of the wounded are civilians, police said. Hospital officials reported many victims in critical condition.

 
 

The explosion […]




September 7, 2008

PPP celebrates Zardari win across Pakistan

Updated at: 1408 PST,  Sunday, September 07, 2008
 KARACHI: The PPP workers expressed their jubilation over the victory of Co-Chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Asif Ali Zardari as President of Pakistan across the country on Sunday.
A large number of PPP workers thronged to the streets and bazaars and they chanted slogans in Zardari’s favour.
Jubilant workers held rallies […]