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  • Pakistan one of worlds most negative nations Poll

    Pakistan has been viewed as one of the most negative countries in the world in a new poll. The south Asian country was ranked after Israel, North Korea in terms of how they are viewed globally. This year's annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service found that 55 percent of respondents viewed Pakistan as a negative country as compared to only 15 percent who had a mainly positive ...

  • Sharp decline in US drone strikes in Pakistan

    Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report. This comes just ahead of President Barack Obama's long-awaited address on drones at Washington's National Defence University on Thursday. Bruce Riedel, a former CIA ...

  • Nawaz Sharifs govt. to continue Benazir Bhuttos policy of reconciliation

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that his government will continue the policy of reconciliation initiated by former premier Benazir Bhutto. Sharif, who was addressing the media after a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, said it is time for the political leadership and state institutions to join hands to overcome the challenges being faced by the country. ...

  • Talks with Taliban prerogative of Pak govt. says envoy Olson

    US ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson has said that holding talks with the Taliban is a prerogative of the Pakistani government. Olson said any reservations regarding these proposed talks will depend on terms and conditions of the dialogue with Taliban, reports the Daily Times. Olson termed the recent general elections as great success of the nation in which democratic forces emerged as ...

  • Hafeez ton throws down gauntlet

    A high-class unbeaten 122 by Mohammad Hafeez warmed the hearts and hands of the large Pakistani contingent at the first game of the two-match series in Dublin. Hafeez, 32, made his first ODI century in 19 innings as Pakistan overcame difficult early conditions to post a formidable 266 for 5 in a game restricted to 47 overs, setting Ireland 276 to win after Duckworth-Lewis ...

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Hoop Dreams [DVD]

Hoop Dreams [DVD]

Hoop Dreams is an extraordinary documentary that tracks the lives of two inner-city Chicago kids as they try to make good on their dream to make it to the NBA. Shot over a five-year period (1986-1991) and expertly edited from the subsequent 250 hours of footage, Hoop Dreams un ... ...

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  • Voices in Danger Pakistan face urgent calls to address violence against the press

    Voices in Danger campaign highlighted the plight of Pakistani journalists earlier this week in an interview with Umar Cheema, a local journalist who ...

  • We are responsible for easing relations between India and Pakistan claims China

    China has played a positive role in the continuous easing of the relationship between India and Pakistan, said a state-run daily which added, "China has not played balancing strategy, using one country against the other."An article in the Global Times said that when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his entourage flew from India to Pakistan Wednesday for a two-day visit, his plane was ...

  • From Brooklyn to Pakistan a family feud turns deadly

    New York: She fled her husband and her family, sneaking out of her home in Pakistan to take sanctuary in the American Embassy, which then whisked her to a secret hide-out in the United States.The thrilling escape seemed to end the harrowing ordeal of Amina Ajmal, an American citizen who said she had been held captive for years by her own relatives in Pakistan and forced to marry a man there who ...

  • Global Advocacy Group Urges Pakistan to Protect Press

    ISLAMABAD -- A U.S.-based international press watchdog organization is calling for the incoming Pakistan government led by Nawaz Sharif to take urgent steps to stem "the murderous silencing" of the press by bringing to justice those who have attacked journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists said many reporters killed in Pakistan during the past decade were targeted and ...

  • Pakistan 12 killed in Quetta blast

    Quetta, May 23 : At least 12 people were killed and several others were injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's Quetta city on Thursday, officials ...

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