PAKISTAN popularity and PAKISTAN trends

Over 114: Pakistan 295/3 (Azhar Ali 115* Misbah-ul-Haq 16*) England managed just one wicket as Azhar Ali completed a painstaking century in Pakistan's second-innings.

There has been remarkably little public debate in the U.S. about drone strikes, which have killed at least 1,300 people in Pakistan alone since President Obama came to office.When it comes to national security, Michael V. Haydenis no shrinking violet. As CIA director, he ran the Bush administration's program of warrantless wiretaps against suspected terrorists.

Chinese will soon be taught in schools across Pakistan, said a minister.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Vetoes by Russia and China of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria are a betrayal of the Syrian people, Human Rights Watch said today. A resolution urging the Syrian government to end all human rights violations and cooperate with the UN commission of inquiry and the Arab League observer mission was approved by 13 council ...

UNITED NATIONS - Exercising their veto power, Russia and China on Saturday quashed a resolution, backed by the Arab and Western countries, at the UN Security Council, demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down amid escalating violence. The other 13 members of the council, including Pakistan, voted in favour of the resolution aimed at ending the ongoing bloodshed in Syria. Pakistan...

Taliban representatives in Pakistan allowed to travel to Qatar

Cricket:England will have to rediscover all their old, world-beating resilience to avoid a 3-0 series defeat against Pakistan. Alastair Cook concedes that, from 180 runs behind already and with only two of Pakistan’s second wickets taken by stumps on day two at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the tourists will need a massive collective effort to pull off an unlikely fightback.

Pakistan took control of the third Test to leave England with an uphill task to dodge a series whitewash in Dubai. Younus Khan's century put his side in charge on day two after England were bowled out for 141.

YOUNUS KHAN hit a century as Pakistan moved a step closer to sealing whitewash

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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan will travel Monday to Qatar for talks on the Taliban's plans to set up a representative office in the Gulf state, Pakistani officials said.

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's prime minister will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban when he travels next week to Qatar to meet the Gulf state's leaders, a government spokesman said Saturday....

Sania Nishtar and Ahmed Mehboob's discussion of the abolition of the Health Ministry in Pakistan raises the question of whether the health care problems in Pakistan could be solved by such a move.

India's 1.3 million-strong armed forces, hobbled by outdated equipment and slow decision-making, are undergoing an overhaul as defence priorities shift to China from traditional rival Pakistan.

The public disapproval was Congress’s way of indicating that it did not appreciate Aiyar's “interacting” on a chat show in Pakistan with Hafiz Saeed.

Readers of a travel magazine have named the top ten places they think will be topping our wishlists including Pakistan, Mongolia and Tajikistan.

The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party's top leadership has decided to contest the Supreme Court's move to frame contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir was freed from a British jail on Wednesday after serving half of a six-month sentence for taking part in a spot-fixing scandal that shook the world of cricket last year.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Set builders for "Code Name: Geronimo" are putting together a replica of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan at an old New Mexico state penitentiary as filming begins this week.The Voltage Productions film will tell the story of the manhunt for bin Laden, with executive producer Tony Mark saying it will focus on the imagined dynamics of the special group of Navy SEALs that c...

Set builders for "Code Name: Geronimo" are putting together a replica of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan at an old New Mexico state penitentiary as filming begins this week.

LAHORE – The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has been unable to live up to the expectation of the people due to innumerable reasons, but with elections close, and three candidates vying for the president slot, it appears that body has now opportunity to elect a leader capable of delivering, avoiding the temptation to use it simply as a facility for self-projection, self-interest and paid ...

Angesichts der Realität scheint mit diese Aktion als eine Beruhigungspille für das Volk oder für die Regierung selbst. Im Hintergrund brodelt es gewaltig. Wir hatten uns schon gefreut das die britischen und amerikanischen Besatzer bis 2020 endgültig abziehen und vor paar Tagen wenden die Amerikaner ihre Vorbehaltsrecht auf deutschen Boden an. Die wollen den Mega-Bunker-Komplex mit taktischen W...

Headline Title:  Pakistan must protect Ahmaddiya community 02 February 2012 Pakistani authorities must do more to protect the Ahmaddiya community, Amnesty International said today amid threats from religious groups to block Ahmadis from entering their place of worship in Rawa...

Das Oberste Gericht in Pakistan leitet ein Verfahren gegen Premier Gilani ein. Er hatte eine Wiederaufnahme des Geldwäscheverfahrens gegen Präsident Zardari abgelehnt.

Gilani pledges to appear before the supreme court on February 13 for formal indictment on contempt charges.

If reports are to be believed, India's most wanted terrorist and the master brain behind the Mumbai terror attack, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed might soon flex his muscles in the political arena of Pakistan, quite freely and openly.

Pakistan’s highest court said on Thursday it would charge Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani with contempt of court for refusing to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari.

The plan was to raise a squad of cops to guard this town on the Pakistan border. But an officer-gone-rogue had other ideas. David Axe reports from Afghanistan.

Le Premier ministre du Pakistan va être inculpé le 13 février pour outrage à...

[[356992]] ISLAMABAD (AFP) : Le Premier ministre du Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, va être inculpé le 13 février pour outrage à la Cour suprême pour avoir refusé depuis deux ans de relancer une procédure judiciaire en Suisse contre le président Asif Ali Zardari pour détournements de fonds présumés,...

PAKISTAN secret service spies give fanatics advice on fighting Brits and other troops, a leaked Nato report claims

Un rapport secret de l'Otan, paru hier dans les médias britanniques, a accusé les services secrets pakistanais (ISI) de soutenir clandestinement les talibans, des affirmations que la ministre des Affaires étrangères pakistanaise a formellement niées. Les officiers de l'ISI « soutiennent la...

Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph shows splenic tissue from a monkey with inhalational anthrax; featured are rod-shaped bacilli (yellow) and an erythrocyte (red)Credit: Arthur Friedlander A university professor has allegedly mailed anthrax to the Pakistani prime minister's office in October, accoding to today's The New York Times. Could this be the beginning of a new anth...

London (dpa) - Die Nato hat einem BBC-Bericht zufolge Beweise für eine direkte Unterstützung der Taliban durch pakistanische Sicherheitskräfte. Die BBC habe Einsicht in das geheime Dokument bekommen,...

The U.S. military said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war

It was the latest leak of a government document to send shock waves through the international community. A secret NATO report alleging that the Afghan Taliban is being directly assisted by Pakistani security forces was obtained by the BBC, who published a shocking report on it Tuesday. It is unclear when or how the report was obtained, but BBC Kabul correspondent Quentin Sommerville tweeted: “...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Pakistan has been playing it both ways

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani fighter jets bombed militant hideouts in tribal areas near the Afghan border Wednesday, officials said, capping two days of the fiercest fighting in weeks triggered by attacks by the Pakistani Taliban.

England are desperate to avoid the humiliation of a series whitewash against an strong Pakistan team in the third and final Test.

Regelmäßige Treffen mit afghanischen Taliban-Kämpfern setzen Pakistan unter Druck. Ein geheimer Nato-Bericht legt offen, dass der Geheimdienst ISI Wissen über Nato-Kräfte in Afghanistan an die Taliban weitergegeben hat.

Bisher hat Pakistan die vermutete Zusammenarbeit mit den afghanischen Taliban vehement bestritten. Nun ist ein geheimer NATO-Bericht aufgetaucht, der genau dies belegen soll. Er stützt sich auf Informationen aus 27.000 Verhören mit über 4000 gefangenen Aufständischen.

2014 zieht sich der Westen aus Afghanistan zurück - die Taliban bereiten sich bereits intensiv darauf vor, dann wieder die Macht zu übernehmen. Das geht aus einem geheimen Nato-Bericht hervor, über den britische Zeitungen berichten. Der Report zeigt auch, wie stark Pakistan die Islamisten unterstützt.

A secret US military report says that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control over Afghanistan after Nato-led forces withdraw from the country, Britain'sTimes of Londonnewspaper reported today.

Pakistan denounces report’s suggestion that its powerful security agency is assisting the Taliban

Al menos 13 personas han muerto en un ataque aéreo registrado en la región tribal de Orakzai, en el noroeste de Pakistán, según fuentes oficiales. El canal televisivo Khyber ha asegurado, a partir de fuentes locales, que el ataque lo realizó un avión espía de EE UU anoche, pero una fuente policial y un funcionario de Orakzai han dicho que los autores del bombardeo fueron aparatos de combate paq...

Die Taliban sehnen den Abzug der ausländischen Truppen aus Afghanistan herbei und planen schon jetzt, wie sie dann die Macht in Kabul wieder an sich reißen. Hilfe könnte dabei aus Pakistan kommen.

Die NATO hat einem Bericht der britischen BBC zufolge Beweise, dass pakistanische Sicherheitskräfte direkte Unterstützung für die Taliban in Afghanistan leisten. Das gehe aus einem geheimen NATO-Report hervor, in den die BBC Einsicht genommen habe, meldete der Sender am Dienstagabend.

The Pakistani security services are secretly helping Afghanistan's Taliban, who assume their victory is inevitable once Western troops leave, a secret NATO document says, according to reports Wednesday.

(Reuters) Don't ask White House press secretary Jay Carney about the drone program — he's not talking. Despite President Obama's comments Monday night affirming the existence of a widely-reported program of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan and elsewhere, the White House press secretary won't answer any questions about the program — going so far as to avoid saying the word "drone" during Tuesday's...

Der Einsatz von Drohnen wird in der US-Regierung normalerweise hinter verschlossenen Türen besprochen. Jetzt bestätigte Präsident Obama ganz öffentlich den Einsatz der Killerflugzeuge in Pakistan - via Internet.Mehr zum ThemaKurz vor den Florida-Wahlen - Romney steigt in Schlammschlacht einPräsidentschaftswahlen in den USA - Republikaner vergleicht Obama mit Kapitän SchettinoUS-Vorwahlen - Repu...

US-Präsident Barack Obama hat erstmals den Einsatz von Drohnen in Pakistan eingestanden. Eine große Anzahl ziviler Opfer habe es nicht gegeben, verteidigt er den Einsatz. mehr...

Bei einer virtuellen Bürgerversammlung hat Barack Obama erstmals öffentlich den Einsatz von Drohnen in Pakistan bestätigt. Gleichzeitig verteidigte er die Angriffe, bei denen es immer wieder auch zivile Opfer gibt.Mehr zum ThemaNeonazi-Terror der NSU - Bis zu 10 000 Euro für Opfer der RechtsextremistenEklat in Österreich - Burschenschafter mit verfolgten Juden verglichenNach Web-Kritik - Hacker...

Bestätigung von Angriffen in Pakistan

CRICKET: ENGLAND SHOULD not change their team despite being “embarrassed” by Pakistan in the first two Tests, according to former captain Michael Vaughan. With a victory target of 145 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the world’s number-one ranked Test side collapsed to 72 all out to hand Pakistan a 2-0 lead in their three-match series.

Samaa TV host Mayah Khan was filmed charging around a park in Lahore, Pakistan, asking couples what they were up to, whether they were married or engaged and if their parents knew where they were.

Der Rauswurf dreier Agenten des Bundesnachrichtendienstes (BND) aus der Stadt Peschawar in Pakistan hat in deutschen Regierungskreisen zu Verstimmungen geführt. Man glaubt an einen gezielter Affront.

PAKISTAN'S former president, Pervez Musharraf, has delayed his return home, the head of his party says, after repeated threats by the country's leadership that the ex-strongman would be arrested upon arrival.

Monty Panesar claims three wickets as England take a firm grip on the second Test against Pakistan on day three in Abu Dhabi.

THE CRISIS IN U.S. relations with Pakistan has been overtaken, in Pakistan itself, by a power struggle among three competing authorities: the civilian government, the military and the judiciary. Its outcome could determine whether Pakistan will seek to repair its alliance with the United States or become a more open adversary in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Not coincidentally, it will also show w...

Ashar Ali Rathore (pictured), 33, from Pakistan, came to the UK with his wife Nadia Qadri, 34, on student visas then faked marriages to two Polish people to gain residency.

Le poids des mots, le choc des menaces... Lundi après-midi, l'avocat de Mansoor Ijaz (photo) a annoncé que son client ne se rendrait pas au Pakistan, faute d'avoir reçu les assurances nécessaires visant à garantir sa sécurité. Le gouvernement d'Islamabad...

Select Newsletter Template:  Afpak Daily Brief Event Notice: Please join the New America Foundation's National Security Studies Program TOMORROW from 12:15 - 1:45 pm as we commemorate the life of Richard Holbrooke, one of the most important American statesmen of the last half-century (NAF).  Talks about talks

Nach Angaben der pakistanischen Polizei drangen drei Bewaffnete am Donnerstag in ein Haus in Multan ein und entführten einen Deutschen und einen Italiener.

Islamabad (dpa) - Bewaffnete haben in der ostpakistanischen Provinz Punjab nach Angaben der Polizei einen deutschen und einen italienischen Entwicklungshelfer entführt. Die beiden Männer seien am Abe...

THE WELCOME thwarting of an attempted coup by military officers in Bangladesh is a salutary reminder of the very real regional tensions between governments and their highly politicised militaries, not least also in Pakistan.

Dos cooperantes extranjeros, uno de ellos italiano, fueron secuestrados ayer en Pakistán. Los dos voluntarios trabajan con una ONG que asiste a los damnificados por las inundaciones que asolaron el país. Fuentes locales relataron que hombres armados obligaron a las víctimas a vestir el 'shalwar kameez', un traje tradicional.

The increasingly strained relations between the army and civilian leadership could lead to a coup.

Arfa Karim Randhawa, from Faisalabad, Pakistan, died on Saturday night after complications resulting from an epileptic stroke.

THE army is poised to take control . . . again.

(PhysOrg.com) -- The media (and school teachers, of course) has done a very good job of informing most people about how earthquakes work. We can all very easily imagine two great plates rubbing against one another, like two fists rubbing together, creating havoc along fault lines. But what most of us have never likely imagined is the type of earthquake that occurred back in 1992 in Kohat, Pakis...

Vor etwa acht Jahren wurde sie als Informatik-Wunderkind gefeiert und bekam eine Stelle bei Microsoft. Bill Gates empfing sie persönlich. Jetzt ist Arfa Karim Randhawa mit 16 Jahren in Pakistan gestorben.

Peter Oborne joins the mill worker's daughter on her mission to help preserve democracy in Pakistan

Intercepted militant radio communications indicate the leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike.

Talks to include recommendations from parliament about new terms of engagement with the United States and NATO.

Officers accused of mistreating suspected militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan will avoid charges, but allegations in Libya will get scrutiny, officials said.

Osama Bin Laden may have gone out with a whimper but his secret lair in Islamabad will soon be going out with a bang. A rocket-propelled bang, that is. More »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says it hasn't sought or received assurances from the Pakistani army that the army won't stage a coup....

KolotiBablo, a Russian service, pays workers in China, India, Pakistan, and Vietnam to crack CAPTCHAs -- it's a favorite of industrial scale spammers. This company's fortunes represent an interesting economic indicator of the relative cost of labor (plus Internet access and junk PCs) in the poorest countries in the world, versus skilled programmer labor to [...]

Exiled former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says the Muslim-majority country should consider establishing ties with Israel.

Court has issued orders for his arrest in connection with assassination of Benazir Bhutto

China and Pakistan on Thursday pledged to strengthen military ties and bring existing cooperation to a new level.

An employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was abducted by armed men today in the Pakistani town of Quetta.

Utl.: Telekom-Lenker aus Dubai, Irland, Pakistan, Polen, Serbien und der Slowakei beim größten Wirtschafts- und Standortkongress Österreichs = Wien (OTS) - Am 24. Jänner 2012 macht der neunte Wiener Kongress com.sult mit dem Schwerpunktthema "Challenges of Leadership in Europe" ...

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile plans to invest USD1.5 billion in CMPak, its wholly-owned subsidiary in Pakistan, over the next four years. Fan Yunjun, chief executive officer of CMPak, revealed the news over a talk with Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. Fan said that China Mobile hopes to enlarge its 3G market share in [...]

Of the 60 people who have died in 14 reported drone attacks in Pakistan tribal areas since September, the names of all but one of the victims, an alleged leader of the Haqqani terror network named Janbaz Zadran, remain classified. Since 9/11, the United States has dramatically expanded its covert drone program, killing between several hundred to more than 2,000 people, mostly in Afg...

India and Pakistan are strengthening business links in 2012, with the stage set to start trading in electricity and petroleum products.

Vom Außenseiter ist der Ex-Kricketstar Imran Khan binnen Kurzem zum ernsthaften Herausforderer des politischen Establishments in Pakistan aufgestiegen. Denn er bündelt die Wut und Enttäuschung der Massen.

A 16 year-old girl who was once deemed one of the youngest Microsoft Professionals in the world, is in critical condition after suffering cardia…

The attack was unprovoked, wanton, cowardly and ruthless. It was open aggression and violation of Pakistan's sovereignty. US - NATO aggression was condemned or Pakistan received support and sympathy from China, Russia, Iran, OIC (Saudi Arabia) - Turkey. Even UK expressed regrets; France supports an inquiry into the issue

CEO of CMPak , China Mobile's wholely owned subsidiary in Pakistan, Fan Yunjun Thursday said that CMPak has made a cumulative investment of $1.5 billion in Pakistan in 4 years and it has deposited 26 billion rupees ($289 million) as taxes during the same period.

CHINESE POLICE killed seven kidnappers, whom they said had links to Muslim extremists, in the western region of Xinjiang yesterday, the latest violent incident in the resource-rich and strategically key province that borders Pakistan, Afghanistan and several central Asian states.

Après l'attaque des commandos américains au Pakistan qui, début mai, tuent Ben Laden, Washington dit avoir « décapité » Al-Qaida... qui promet de venger la mort de son leader, dix ans après les attentats du...

The delays raise questions about whether a faster response by NATO could have spared some Pakistani soldiers’ lives.

MULTAN - The Kissan Board Pakistan South Punjab chapter has condemned prolonged power outages at the time of wheat sowing, saying it is a conspiracy to hinder the country from achieving sowing target.Addressing a meeting of KBP South Punjab here on Friday, Malik Fayyazul Hassan Bhutta warned that the country would miss the target, resulting in a serious food crisis in the coming days. He added ...

The gates of the Qauid’s mausoleum have been re-opened after the workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) have been expelled from the ground.Police also locked the gates of the ground and banned entry of the political workers into the PTI’s venue for the party’s public gathering slated for December 25.After the City government expelled the workers from the ground, the PTI activists staged pro...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry Friday said no takeover is possible in the country in his presence, stressing that Pakistan will now have supremacy of the Constitution.Heading a nine-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) hearing the infamous memorandum scandal case, the CJ Chaudhry said, ‘Past are the days when the courts used to endorse unconstitutional measures; in...

Mistakes by both American and Pakistani forces led to airstrikes against Pakistani border posts that killed 26 Pakistani Army soldiers last month, according to the findings of a United States military investigation.

Hugh Pickens writes writes "Pakistan is still blockading NATO war supplies passing through the port of Karachi in response to last month's killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers by an alliance air strike. But inside Afghanistan, supply lines are about to get a lot safer for NATO's logisticians as an unmanned helicopter just delivered a sling-load of beans, bullets, and band-aids to Marines at an undi...

Die pakistanische Hockey-Nationalmannschaft hat das erste Heimländerspiel seit sieben Jahren 3:0 gegen China gewonnen. Das letzte Heimländerspiel hatte es 2004 in Lahore gegeben.

LAHORE - Notwithstanding the US threats, Pakistan has not only conveyed its willingness to Iran, it has also stepped up the pace of work on Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline Project.Highly-placed diplomatic sources told TheNation that the project, which was likely to be completed in 2014, may be completed at least a year in advance and the gas flow would start between June and December 2013.Sources said up...

"L'Otan attaque", "Un coup de poignard dans le dos" : les titres de la presse...

Après l'assaut américain visant Oussama Ben Laden, le Pakistan a obtenu que les Etats-Unis annoncent le retrait de leurs deux cents militaires officiellement présents sur son territoire. Cette mesure symbolise les relations tumultueuses entre Islamabad et Washington. / Afghanistan, Chine, (...) / Afghanistan, Chine, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Inde, Pakistan, Guérilla, Services secrets,...

Pakistan's military said Washington has met its demand to pull U.S. equipment and personnel from an air base in the southwest of the country.

Por si 80 civiles muertos y centenares de heridos en dos días a causa de la violencia terrorista no hablaran por sí mismos de la situación de Afganistán, el hecho de que la mayoría de las víctimas (en un santuario chií de Kabul) lo hayan sido por su adscripción religiosa abre un nuevo y alarmante frente en el país centroasiático, tras 10 años de intervención occidental. De los atentados suicida...

How Sesame Street will empower a new generation in Pakistan

India and Pakistan are going nuclear over this magazine cover showing a naked Pakistani star wearing nothing but a provocative political tattoo.

PAKISTAN'S High Commissioner to Australia says if the federal government sells uranium to India it would be discriminatory for it not to sell it to Pakistan as well.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Earlier today the President placed a phone call to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to personally express his condolences on the tragic loss of twenty-four Pakistani soldiers this past week along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.  The President made clear that this regrettable inciden...

PAKISTAN has refused to take part in a US military investigation of air strikes near the Afghan border that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead.

Documented by an aid worker, millions of spiders and possibly insects took to the trees to spin webs after heavy floods inundated Pakistan in 2010.

The latest friendly fire incident in Pakistan has plunged the already strained relationship between the United States and Pakistan to a new low.

Osnabrück (ots) - Boykott abwenden Bei allem Verständnis für Pakistans Bestürzung über die durch einen NATO-Luftangriff getöteten 24 Soldaten: Mit dem Boykott der Afghanistan-Konferenz reagiert das Land unverhältnismäßig. Es hätte gereicht, die Nachschubroute über Karatschi für ...

In a study in Pakistan, home-treated children had only a 9 percent treatment-failure rate, while children in hospitals failed to improve 18 percent of the time.

Boycotté par le sport international depuis 2009 et l'attaque de l'équipe nationale de cricket du Sri Lanka sur la route...

Die Stimmung in Pakistan gegen die USA nach einem Luftangriff wird explosiver. Harsche Worte gegen Ministerin Clinton, ein tobender Mob - und China zeigt sich entsetzt.

Le Pakistan a annoncé hier qu'il allait reconsidérer tous ses accords avec Washington et l'OTAN

We must try to engage with Tehran. The experience in Pakistan has taught us the dangers of forcing an atomic program underground

Life in the Navy is not all fun and games. The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, whose flight deck served as a venue for a high-profile college basketball game on Veterans Day, will deploy next week for a seven-month mission to...

PAKISTAN reacted angrily to the government's demand that it do more to fight extremism - reminding Australia that it had lost casualties.

Chinese interests will likely develop one of the world's richest deposits of gold and copper

India and Pakistan begin talks on opening up trade between the countries after Islamabad says it will grant most-favoured-nation status to India.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Western aid agencies in Pakistan warned on Wednesday they might have to halt flood relief efforts in the cash-strapped country because of funding shortfalls.

“I see with satisfaction that we have regained our pre-crisis trade level. Pakistan is our major trade and economic partner and an important partner in South Asia and the Muslim world.”

Arlington-based AES Corp. has reached an agreement to sell its interest in several power-generating facilities in Oman and Pakistan to help finance expansion of other energy projects around the world, the company said Monday.

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, met with NATO Secretary General in a bilateral meeting, and then with the North Atlantic Council in ISAF Format