Pakistani Media

Tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan continue in the aftermath of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. Pakistani media aired the name of the current CIA station chief on their airwaves, as Karen Bruillard and Greg Miller reported : • The public outing of the CIA station chief here threatened on Monday to deepen the rift between the United States and Pakistan, with U.S. officials saying they believed the disclosure had been...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — It's a well-known fact in Pakistan that Osama bin Laden died in 2006 and that the U.S. commando raid on his compound in May 2011 was merely a "drama" orchestrated by President Obama to help win reelection. Of course, if that were true, Obama might have waited until after the first presidential debate of the campaign season to fake the al-Qaeda leader's killing. But no matter. Pakistanis love a good conspiracy theory. Some national newspapers and TV cable outlets routinely report that...

There has been quite a stir since I introduced a resolution this year calling for recognition of the right to self-determination by the people of Baluchistan. I drafted the measure after a Feb. 8 hearing by the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigations that exposed horrific violations of human rights by Pakistan security forces in Baluchistan. The U.S. State Department, Amnesty International and other human rights groups have verified and denounced the extrajudicial killings, kidnappings, disappearances, illegal detention and...

I am saddened but not surprised that a Pakistani judicial inquiry commission has accused me of being disloyal while serving as my country's ambassador to the United States. The tide of anti-Americanism has been rising in Pakistan for almost a decade. An overwhelming majority of Pakistanis consider the United States an enemy, notwithstanding the nominal alliance that has existed between our countries for six decades. Americans, frustrated by what they see as Pakistani intransigence in fighting terrorism in...

Pakistan will soon have the fifth-largest population in the world. It already has the seventh-largest army and is close to overtaking Britain as the fifth-largest nuclear power. The country's location, demographic heft, military might, nuclear weapons capability and links to Islamist terrorists ensure that it will remain central to U.S. interests even after NATO forces depart Afghanistan. In other words, as much as some might like it to be otherwise, writing Pakistan out of the U.S. foreign policy script is not an option.

NEW DELHI, April 15 -- Nearly five months after the deadly attacks in Mumbai that revived tensions between India and Pakistan , journalists from both countries gathered in New Delhi on Wednesday to examine their role in fueling regional hostilities. At a freewheeling panel discussion titled "Is Media Jingoism Fanning Indo-Pak Tensions?" journalists spoke about the challenge of maintaining their professional impartiality since the attacks. "There is rarely any neutral view.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Tens of thousands of people massed Sunday in the eastern city of Lahore for a rally held by cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, a surprising show of force that could energize calls for anti-government protests. Police and Pakistani media estimated that at least 100,000 people gathered to see Khan, whose anti-American, anti-corruption rhetoric has made him a populist sensation among elite urban youth. The turnout stunned many Pakistani...

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Three American troops were killed Wednesday in a bombing in the volatile northwest region of Pakistan , a nation where U.S. military involvement is a highly sensitive matter and where American ground personnel rarely suffer casualties. The attack targeted forces who were part of a contingent of U.S. military trainers. They were traveling to Lower Dir, a district in North-West Frontier Province that Pakistan's military has said it wrested from Taliban control.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Sen. John F. Kerry briefly swept through the Pakistani capital this week to allay politicians' concerns about a new U.S. aid package that has sparked public outrage. But Pakistani media reports focused on his meeting with the person who seemed to really matter -- the army chief. With furor simmering over the conditions attached to the $7.5 billion in development aid, the Massachusetts Democrat's stopover underscored the power the Pakistani military,...

I am saddened but not surprised that a Pakistani judicial inquiry commission has accused me of being disloyal while serving as my country's ambassador to the United States. The tide of anti-Americanism has been rising in Pakistan for almost a decade. An overwhelming majority of Pakistanis consider the United States an enemy, notwithstanding the nominal alliance that has existed between our countries for six decades. Americans, frustrated by what they see as Pakistani intransigence in fighting...

There has been quite a stir since I introduced a resolution this year calling for recognition of the right to self-determination by the people of Baluchistan. I drafted the measure after a Feb. 8 hearing by the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigations that exposed horrific violations of human rights by Pakistan security forces in Baluchistan. The U.S. State Department, Amnesty International and other human rights groups have verified and denounced the extrajudicial killings, kidnappings, disappearances, illegal detention and...

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Just days ago, the rumblings of a familiar process seemed underway in Pakistan: The squeezed civilian government berated the looming military. The army darkly warned of consequences. A new general assumed control of a brigade known for helping to oust past governments. The president flew overseas. A coup d'etat was coming, the Pakistani media screamed. Except that it did not. Instead, Pakistan again defaulted to what is also becoming a familiar ritual.

As U.S.-Pakistani relations plunge to new depths, Americans need to look beyond media reports on tactical issues such as aid and counterterrorism. The direction Pakistan takes will be of great strategic significance to the world. The manner in which my husband, former Pakistani ambassador Husain Haqqani, is being treated in our homeland reflects the shrinking political space there for anyone who advocates positive relations with the West or stands up for religious-cultural tolerance and pluralism.

It was the perfect afternoon to be on his yacht. Mansoor Ijaz, a global hedge fund manager with a home-office view of the French Riviera, says he planned to sail the Mediterranean on that sunny day in early May — but then his BlackBerry beeped. "Are you in London?" the incoming message read. "I am here for just 36 hours. Can we meet . . . ?" Thus began a weird diplomatic intrigue that led last week to the downfall of Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's suave ambassador to Washington,...

Pakistan will soon have the fifth-largest population in the world. It already has the seventh-largest army and is close to overtaking Britain as the fifth-largest nuclear power. The country's location, demographic heft, military might, nuclear weapons capability and links to Islamist terrorists ensure that it will remain central to U.S. interests even after NATO forces depart Afghanistan. In other words, as much as some might like it to be otherwise, writing Pakistan out of the U.S. foreign policy script is not an...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Tens of thousands of people massed Sunday in the eastern city of Lahore for a rally held by cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, a surprising show of force that could energize calls for anti-government protests. Police and Pakistani media estimated that at least 100,000 people gathered to see Khan, whose anti-American, anti-corruption rhetoric has made him a populist sensation among elite urban youth. The turnout...

It was the perfect afternoon to be on his yacht. Mansoor Ijaz, a global hedge fund manager with a home-office view of the French Riviera, says he planned to sail the Mediterranean on that sunny day in early May — but then his BlackBerry beeped. "Are you in London?" the incoming message read. "I am here for just 36 hours. Can we meet . . . ?" Thus began a weird diplomatic intrigue that led last week to the downfall of Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's suave ambassador to Washington, and is still making...

NEW DELHI, Dec. 7 -- India's foreign minister accused Pakistan on Sunday of trying to deflect attention from the role of its citizens in last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai by leaking word of a hoax phone call to the Pakistani president's office that reportedly forced its air force to go on high alert. The episode underscored the high level of tension that remains between the two nuclear-armed nations nearly two weeks after the attacks, as India continues to charge that a terrorist group with...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Last week, a prominent Pakistani investigative reporter published an article alleging that al-Qaeda had infiltrated Pakistan's navy and carried out the recent attack on a naval air base. On Tuesday, the journalist's body — his face severely beaten — was found 100 miles from his home in this capital city, two days after he disappeared. Syed Saleem Shahzad's killing, other journalists and human rights activists said they suspected, was payback — not from militants, but from...

Tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan continue in the aftermath of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. Pakistani media aired the name of the current CIA station chief on their airwaves, as Karen Bruillard and Greg Miller reported : • The public outing of the CIA station chief here threatened on Monday to deepen the rift between the United States and Pakistan, with U.S. officials saying they believed the disclosure had been...