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Video: Pakistani man in dispute with police over 40-foot shark

February 09, 2012

KARACHI, Pakistan - Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors 20 rupees (22 cents) each to see a roughly 40-foot (12-meter) whale shark he bought from a fisherman.

Crosbie apologizes for Pakistan suicide bomber joke

November 03, 2011

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Lt.-Gov. John Crosbie says he's sorry if a joke he made about Pakistan and suicide bombers offended anyone.

Canadians donating far less to Pakistan floods than past disasters

September 01, 2010

In some ways, the flood in Pakistan can be measured as a greater disaster than the Haiti earthquake and South Asian tsunami combined, but Canadians are offering a pittance of relief compared to those and other disasters.

Suicide bomber kills 20 people at Pakistan checkpoint

April 18, 2009

Explosion demolished the checkpoint and damaged building housing troops and police in Peshawar

Pakistan's president tells US it is not welcome to join fight against al-Qaida

January 11, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Despite the growing threat from Islamic extremists, President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops are not welcome to join the fight against al-Qaida on Pakistani soil.