News & Blogs from Pakistan
Posts tagged Drug
Yearly review: Lahore police claim high success in tracing kidnappings for ransom
Jan 3rd
Investigators claim 89% success rate in kidnapping for ransom cases; 78% in murder cases.
Pakistan among world’s 10 most dangerous places for media
Dec 22nd
For second year running, Pakistan was the single deadliest country with a total of 10 journalists killed, report says.
Land of confusion: Why we’ve lost the war on drugs
Jul 1st
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6644/land-of-confusion-why-we%e2%80%99ve-lost-the-war-on-drugs/
Strauss-Kahn case in jeopardy: New York Times
Jul 1st
NEW YORK: The sexual assault case against ex-IMF chief and French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn is collapsing due to doubts over the victim”s credibility, a report said Thursday.
The New York Times story, citing two law enforcement sour…
The Capital Vulture: The merits of being out of love in Islamabad
Jul 1st
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6640/the-capital-vulture-the-merits-of-being-out-of-love-in-islamabad/
Ahmadinejad blames West for drug problem in region
Jun 27th
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has blamed the West for the region”s growing narcotics problems.
Iranian state media, Press TV, also reported earlier in June that the Islamic state “blames the drug trafficking from Afghanistan to other …
Pak, Iran, Afghan to jointly combat terrorism
Jun 25th
TEHRAN: Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan have agreed to jointly combat terrorism and foreign influence. According to the Iranian news agency, after the two-day counter-terrorism conference, a joint statement was issued which stated that the presidents of…
Blight hits Afghan opium production: UN
Jun 25th
UNITED NATIONS: A plant disease devastated Afghan opium production last year but Myanmar is seeing a worrying drug boom, the UN anti-narcotics agency warned Thursday.
With the cocaine market in decline, Peru is now on a par with Colombia as the world’…
Trial of deposed Tunisian president begins
Jun 20th
TUNIS: Tunisia”s deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader toppled in a wave of Arab uprisings, went on trial in his absence on Monday, accused of plundering the country among other charges.
The former strongman who denies any wrong…
