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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometres (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Thus, it occupies a crossroads position between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. The region forming modern Pakistan was at the heart of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then later was the recipient of Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek, Turco-Mongol, Islamic and Sikh cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and/or settlements by the Indo-Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols and the British.

Articles About Pakistan

Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan

By Reuters UK

PepsiCo <PEP.N> will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country after 13 years of war. (7:58 pm)

MORE TOPICS: AFGHANISTAN, DUBAI, PEPSICO

India and China
India and China Envisage Economic Corridor to Boost Bilateral Trade

By IBTimes UK

India and China have signed eight agreements on the second day of Premier Li Keqiang's visit. (4:44 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GERMANY, SOUTH KOREA, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, BANK OF ENGLAND

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang laughs during a photo opportunity with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi May 20, 2013.
Chinese Premier Seeks Trust in India, Border Issue Irks

By Reuters

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is seeking to build trust with India on his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just a few weeks after a military standoff between the Asian giants on their ill-defined border in the Himalayan mountains. (1:42 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GERMANY, TELECOMS, INDIA, INVESTMENT

Imran Khan
Imran Khan's Party Wins Revote in Karachi, Protests Expected

By Reuters

Cricket hero Imran Khan's PakistanTehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi on Sunday, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a party leader, setting the stage for protests and counter-protests. (12:39 pm)

MORE TOPICS: ELECTIONS, CRICKET

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) waves upon his arrival as India's Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmed watches upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi May 19, 2013.
India Gripes Over Border, Trade Woes on Li's First Foreign Trip

By Reuters

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting Chinese President Li Keqiang on Sunday a recent military standoff in the Himalayas could affect relations between the two countries as they looked to boost bilateral trade. (9:43 am)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GERMANY, TELECOMS, INDIA, INVESTMENT

Pakistan election violence
Pakistan's Imran Khan Blames UK Government for Zahra Shahid Hussain Murder

By IBTimes UK

Senior female politician in Khan's party shot dead by gunmen outside her house in Karachi. (May 19)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, ELECTIONS, LONDON

The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage, May 18, 2013.
Pakistan's Senior PTI Leader Zara Shahid Hussain Killed

By Reuters

Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties. (May 19)

MORE TOPICS: ELECTIONS, CRICKET

Lord Feldman
Downing Street at War with Press over 'Swivel-Eyed Loons' Jibe

By IBTimes UK

The hunt for the politician who called Tory activists 'swivel-eyed loons' continues after Lord Feldman issues categorical denial. (May 18)

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Sreesanth
IPL Spot-Fixing: Arrest of 3 Cricketers Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

By IBTimes IN

The arrested of three Rajasthan Royals players and a dozen of bookies in connection with spot-fixing scam in the Indian Premier League (IPL) have shaken up cricketing extravaganza but it could be just the tip of the iceberg, as more names are expected to pop up through the investigation. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, IPAD, INDIA

Koran
Pakistan Police Arrest Chinese Man Mobbed for Insulting Koran

By IBTimes UK

Lee Ping reportedly threw the Koran to the ground while in an argument with a local doctor. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, MANAGEMENT, ADDICTION