PAKISTAN

Listen, follow along, and to learn to say Pakistan in standard Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua, Guoyu, Hanyu, Huayu).

Thousands take part in rallies across Pakistan to oppose any change in the country's blasphemy laws.

The governor of Pakistan's central Punjab Province is assassinated amid deepening political turmoil

CNN is reporting Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Pakistan should put economic reforms into place to ensure financial support for victims of the recent floods.Clinton also called on Pakistan's wealthy to do their part.Clinton said at a meeting with EU and NATO officials in Brussels: "The international community can only do so much. Pakistan itself must take immediate and substantial action to mobilize its own resources and in particular to reform its economy. The most important step that Pakistan can take is to pass meaningful reforms that will expand its tax base.Clinton continued: "The government must require that the economically affluent and elite in Pakistan support the government and people of Pakistan. It is absolutely unacceptable for those with means in Pakistan not to be doing their fair share to help their own people while the taxpayers in Europe, the United States and other contributing countries are all chipping in to do our part."

In a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan, a cargo plane crashed into two buildings under construction-- sending huge flames shooting through the air. Jon Decker reports.

As the urban environment in Pakistan continues to deteriorate, there is growing recognition of the need for a sanitation policy and sound operational strategies for dealing with the problem.

An attack in Pakistan destroys NATO tankers carrying supplies for troops in Afghanistan.

World leaders discuss Pakistan recovery in New York, with Pakistan's FM saying the country faces a 'calamity of biblical proportions'.

The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Three bombs explode in Lahore, Pakistan; killing at least 18 people and piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

In Chapter 1 of 17, filmmaker Tricia Regan finds purpose in aspiring to change the world through good storytelling. Traveling internationally across cultures, including Columbia and Pakistan, has reinforced her belief and further fueled her ambition.

In Chapter 14 of 17, filmmaker Tricia Regan aspires to change the world one person at a time and does so by simplifying story to elements - family, obstacles, respect - shared across cultures. On trips to Pakistan and Colombia to show her film the ideals remain constant: parents and their autistic children face obstacles, say no to limitations, and showcase love as a unifying human theme knowing no boundaries.

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, talks about how the Pakistani government will address the issue of extremists in the tribal areas in Pakistan.

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, talks about the Kerry-Lugar bill and the current relationship with the United States.

Pakistan on Thursday offered a cash reward of five million rupees (62,250 dollars) for the arrest of radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, the architect of a Taliban uprising in the Swat valley. File of Fazlullah's last press conference, and Taliban insurgents in the Swat valley.

5-13 (AP) The Pakistani military on Wednesday released video which purportedly shows ongoing operations against Taliban forces. The video is from the Pakistan Army and as such The Associated Press cannot verify its authenticity.

Tens of thousands are fleeing Pakistan's northwest as the government pursues its offensive to flush out Taliban militants.

Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani talks about what steps are being taken in Pakistan to fight terrorism.

A string of deadly attacks in Pakistan has made the country the focus of Washington's campaign to contain violence in Afghanistan, which many suspect is spreading from the tribal lands of its nuclear-armed neighbor.

A suicide bomber has killed at least 48 people in a crowded Pakistani mosque near the Afghan border. The attack came hours before U.S. President Barack Obama was scheduled to announce a new strategy for the Afghan war, an approach U.S. officials said would also recognise Pakistan as a key part of the conflict. Police, paramilitary forces and government officials were among the congregation in the mosque near Jamrud town, about 30 km (20 miles) from the Afghan border.

Many in Pakistan hope the reinstatement of chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is a positive step towards a proper independent judiciary. He takes up office on March 22, 2009.

Eight Pakistani police and soldiers are killed in a booby-trapped car bomb attack on a police van on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar in Pakistan. Violence in Pakistan has surged in recent months amid a wave of attacks blamed on Islamist militants.

Pakistani military commander says militants have been defeated in an strategically important tribal area near the Afghan border. Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous ethnic Pashtun regions, known as agencies, are sanctuaries for al Qaeda and the Taliban and a victory against them would provide relief for U.S. and NATO forces hard-pressed by insurgents in Afghanistan.

The Pakistani government says for the first time that the attacks on Mumbai were launched and partly planned from Pakistan. A government advisor said they were holding in custody the ringleader and five other suspects. The attacks in India's financial capital killed 179 people. Pakistani officials have shared their findings with the Indian government, which has heralded Pakistan's work as a 'positive development'.

State Rep. Jack Franks spoke to Zoriada Sambolinthis morning and said he is ready to testify about a scheme that involved Blago sending expired flu vaccine to Pakistan.

An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire in a slum area of Karachi in Pakistan which left at least 38 people dead.

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Scores killed as quake rocks southwestern Pakistan

Scores killed as quake rocks southwestern Pakistan

Pakistan is holding talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amid fears of an economic meltdown.