GenevaLunch » Pakistan http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no US Senate cuts Pakistan aid following Bin Laden doctor sentencinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/us-senate-cuts-pakistan-aid-following-bin-laden-doctor-sentencing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/us-senate-cuts-pakistan-aid-following-bin-laden-doctor-sentencing/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 16:20:26 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=70545 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A United States Senate panel voted Thursday 24 May to suspend $33 million of aid to Pakistan following the sentencing for treason of a surgeon recruited by the US to find Osama Bin Laden. Shakeel Afridi, a physician hired by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to collect DNA samples from residents in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/us-senate-cuts-pakistan-aid-following-bin-laden-doctor-sentencing/feed/ 0 Major Afghan refugee conference in Geneva seeks long-term solutionshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/major-afghan-refugee-conference-in-geneva-seeks-long-term-solutions/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/major-afghan-refugee-conference-in-geneva-seeks-long-term-solutions/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:31:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69818 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama’s surprise visit to Afghanistan 1 May has focused world attention on the country itself, but a two-day conference 2-3 May in Geneva is looking at the ramifications of 30 years of war in Afghanistan for refugees in two neighbouring countries. Some 40 international organizations and representatives from 60 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/major-afghan-refugee-conference-in-geneva-seeks-long-term-solutions/feed/ 0 ICRC worker murdered in Pakistan (Update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/icrc-worker-murdered-in-pakistan-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/icrc-worker-murdered-in-pakistan-update/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:28:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69697 GenevaLunch.com Updated 23:00  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Khalil Rasjed Dale, a British national who worked for the British Red Cross and Geneva-based ICRC (International Red Cross) was murdered in Pakistan, the ICRC says, without providing further details about his death. Dale was the health-programme manager in Quetta/Balochistan. He had previously carried out assignments for the ICRC in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/icrc-worker-murdered-in-pakistan-update/feed/ 0 Islamabad airliner crash investigation underwayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/21/islamabad-airliner-crash-investigation-underway/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/21/islamabad-airliner-crash-investigation-underway/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:55:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69288 GenevaLunch.com 127 died on airliner’s maiden flight GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There were no survivors among the 127 passengers and crew on a Bhoja Air 737 that crashed not far from Islamabad in Pakistan Friday 20 April, officials have confirmed. The plane was on its maiden voyage, according to Indian and Pakistani news sources. Investigations into the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/21/islamabad-airliner-crash-investigation-underway/feed/ 0 Bern confirms 2 Taliban hostages free and unharmedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/bern-confirms-2-taliban-hostages-free-and-unharmed/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/bern-confirms-2-taliban-hostages-free-and-unharmed/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:48:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67763 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Olivier and Daniela, whose last names are not given by Bern to protect their privacy, are indeed free and the Swiss ambassador has spoken with them: the travelers from Bern were reported by the Pakistan army earlier in the day to have been picked up at a checkpoint and taken to safety. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/bern-confirms-2-taliban-hostages-free-and-unharmed/feed/ 0 Swiss hostages captured by Taliban escaped, safe in Pakistanhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/swiss-hostages-captured-by-taliban-escaped-safe-in-pakistan/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/swiss-hostages-captured-by-taliban-escaped-safe-in-pakistan/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:51:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67710 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – A Swiss couple captured by the Taliban 1 July 2011 as they were traveling in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region escaped and presented themselves to a Pakistan army post, a Pakistan general says. Olivier Och, 31, who is a police officer in canton Bern and Daniela Widmer, 28, a former police officer, have [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/swiss-hostages-captured-by-taliban-escaped-safe-in-pakistan/feed/ 0 Sports, cricket: England humiliated by Pakistanhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-cricket-england-humiliated-by-pakistan/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-cricket-england-humiliated-by-pakistan/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:39:14 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=66083 GenevaLunch.com ABU DHABI, UAE – The England cricket team again snatched defeat from the brink of victory when the batting collapsed to 72 all out in the second test against Pakistan, 28 January. It looked like England had a good chance of leveling the series when Monty Panesar celebrated his return to the team by taking [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-cricket-england-humiliated-by-pakistan/feed/ 0 Pakistan’s leader in hospital for heart conditionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:31:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64532 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan is being treated in a hospital in Dubai for a heart condition, but his condition is not serious. The BBC reports that “his departure has fuelled speculation in the Pakistani media that he may be on the verge of resigning”, reports that the government denies. Reuters [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/pakistans-leader-in-hospital-for-heart-condition/feed/ 0 Pakistan-US relations taut after Nato airstrike kills 24 soldiershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/pakistan-us-relations-taut-after-nato-airstrike-kills-24-soldiers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/pakistan-us-relations-taut-after-nato-airstrike-kills-24-soldiers/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:11:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64140 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Pakistan’s foreign minister reportedly had harsh words for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a phone call early Sunday 27 November, in the wake of a Nato airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The soldiers were buried Sunday. The deaths were the result of a “tragic unintended incident”  Saturday, said Nato [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/pakistan-us-relations-taut-after-nato-airstrike-kills-24-soldiers/feed/ 0 World headlines: US judge beats daughter, 45 Chinese miners pulled out alive, time shiftshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/world-headlines-us-judge-beats-daughter-45-chinese-miners-pulled-out-alive-time-shifts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/world-headlines-us-judge-beats-daughter-45-chinese-miners-pulled-out-alive-time-shifts/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:20:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63272 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – World headlines include the following, over the weekend: Clocks go back in the US, a week after Europe moves from summer to winter time – NPR Chinese mine workers, some 200-strong, pulled out 45 miners Saturday who had been trapped for more than 48 hours after an explosion – CBS, Xinhua Pakistan [...]

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