Pakistan Fighting Off U.S. Aid

The killing of Osama Bin Laden on May 2 in a covert operation by the United States has prompted strident calls by many in Pakistan to see it as a lesson for the country to stand on its feet, say no to foreign aid and shrug off the title "hired gun of the U.S."

Obama Troop Surge Decision Ignored Pak-Taliban Ties

The unilateral U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden created a spike in mutual recriminations between U.S. and Pakistani politicians, but their fundamental conflict of interest over Afghanistan was already driving the two countries toward serious confrontation.

PAKISTAN: Nearly Osama’s Neighbour

It was far from home for an eight-year old, about 400 km from the eastern city of Lahore, to be exact. But Abbottabad was home. My father lived there; he was born there, in that house which my grandfather built. Now that the dust and uncertainty about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden there seem to be settling, I think back on what was, and what might have been.

PAKISTAN: Bomb Survivors Vow to Pursue Taliban Attackers

Survivors of the twin suicide attacks on Shabqadar Fort in Charsadda town in north-west Pakistan said they were eager to take on their assignments as new members of the Frontier Constabulary (FC), even as some are still recuperating from wounds inflicted by the attacks.

Obama Faces Mounting Arab Disillusionment

On the eve of a much-anticipated address by President Barack Obama on U.S. policy in the Middle East, a new survey suggests that disillusionment with both Obama and Washington's approaches to the region are once again on the rise throughout the Muslim world.

PAKISTAN: Rape Victims Left Feeling Hopeless

A recent verdict by Pakistan’s Supreme Court has left rape victims feeling dejected and helpless, as lawyers warned it could set a bad precedent for other such cases in the future.

PAKISTAN: Parliament Backs Army and Intel Service

Pakistan’s Senate and National Assembly closed ranks behind the country’s prime spy agency, the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), which the U.S. government suspects of having harboured Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

Pakistanis Indifferent to Anti-U.S Rallies

Two of the country’s main religious-political groups have been calling on Pakistanis to come out and protest the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, but the public response has been lukewarm.

PAKISTAN: Osama’s Women: Who Are They, What Do They Know?

Pakistan authorities announced they would let the United States interrogate the widows of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, provided their countries of origin grant permission to do so.

Pakistan PM Ducks the Osama Question

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani defended Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) amid scathing criticism from the world community that the spy agency had aided and abetted Osama bin Laden, who was hunted down and killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan May 1.

U.N. Experts Push for Details on Bin Laden Operation

Was last week's killing of an unarmed Osama bin Laden in his hideout in Pakistan legitimate self-defence, justified homicide or extra-judicial execution?

After Bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace

Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations with the Taliban for peace in Afghanistan.

Pakistan in Deep Turmoil

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani faces the nation Monday, amid opposition demands for the resignation of the country’s top political and military leaders in the wake of the secret U.S. operation that killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil.

Bin Laden Coup Could Mark New Beginning for Obama

Five days after U.S. Navy Seals shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, U.S. President Barack Obama is enjoying a significant boost in public approval, as well as a transformation in his public image.

OP-ED: Gunfight at Abbottabad: Dismantling the Myth of an American Hero

In Hollywood Westerns, the sheriff engages in a shootout with bad guys and wins. Such was the story of Wyatt Earp, who killed rustlers in the "Gunfight at OK Corral". Then there is the American cowboy, represented by John Wayne - tall, handsome, Anglo-Saxon – who rides into town whistling before he dispatches the "bad guys" sometimes represented by "Indians" like Geronimo, the Apache, who supposedly terrorised innocent settlers.

After Osama, China Fears the Next Target

The United States' most vilified terrorist foe has been dead only a week but China is already haunted by the phantom of the next big U.S. enemy. Almost simultaneously with the spread of the news of Osama Bin Laden's death in a covert U.S. operation in Pakistan, Chinese analysts had begun the guessing game of where Washington will focus its attention next.

PAKISTAN: Tourists Flee Osama Shadow

This is the time of year when picturesque Chitral Valley in the northwestern corner of Pakistan sees a huge influx of tourists. But local residents fear a backlash from the events in Abbottabad, some 300 miles southeast, as authorities put up an extraordinary security cordon throughout this tourist haven.

Afghans Rejoice Over Osama Death

The assassination of Al-Qaeda founder and chief Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces has gladdened Afghans, who see him as the person who consigned millions of them to hell.

PAKISTAN: Watching Where the Drones Now Go

"They should wrap up and leave!" says cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, who has been waging a campaign to put an end to the U.S. and NATO presence in the region.

CIA Feared Pakistan Would Alert Bin Laden

U.S. officials were concerned that Pakistan could jeopardise the Osama bin Laden operation and "might alert the targets", if Islamabad took part in the mission, Leon Panetta, the CIA director, has said.

PAKISTAN: Osama Killing Largely Unmourned

Three days since the death of Al-Qaeda chief and U.S. public enemy No. 1 Osama bin Laden, there are no public demonstrations to protest his killing, nor are there any other displays of anger or grief in this country of 170 million where he once enjoyed tremendous support.