Sebastian Abbot

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Supporters of Pakistan's assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto pray during her fifth death anniversary in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has launched his political career at his ancestral place Larkana, with a fiery speech on the fifth anniversary of his mother's assassination. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan: Bhutto’s son launches political career

Munir Ahmed, Sebastian Abbot · December 27, 2012 3:57 pm

Pakistani villagers look at the body of health worker Hilal Khan, who was killed by gunmen, in Wahidgari, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Another victim from attacks on U.N.-backed anti-polio teams in Pakistan died on Thursday, bringing the three-day death toll in the wave of assaults on volunteers vaccinating children across the country to nine, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Pakistani polio workers get police protection

Sebastian Abbot · December 21, 2012 3:01 am

Report: Most Pakistani lawmakers do not file taxes

Sebastian Abbot · December 12, 2012 8:02 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011, file photo, villagers stand near wreckage of a Pakistani air force fighter jet that crashed in Attock near Islamabad, Pakistan. Over a dozen Pakistani air force planes have crashed in roughly the past 18 months, raising concerns about the health of an aging fleet that officials are struggling to upgrade because of a lack of funds. A significant number of the air forceâs combat aircraft are nearly half a century old and have been called on in recent years to help the army fight a domestic Taliban insurgency that has killed thousands of people. This has added to the strain on a force that has historically focused on countering the threat from Pakistanâs neighbor and archenemy, India. (AP Photo/Ghulam Shabbir, File)

Crashes raise concern about Pakistani air force

Sebastian Abbot · December 11, 2012 6:47 am

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 photo, visitors look at Pakistan-made unmanned aircraft at defense exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan is secretly racing to develop its own armed drones, frustrated with U.S. refusals to provide the aircraft, but is struggling in its initial tests with a lack of precision munitions and advanced targeting technology. The development of unmanned combat aircraft is especially sensitive in Pakistan because of the widespread unpopularity of U.S. drone strikes against militants in the rugged tribal region bordering Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Pakistan struggles in race to develop armed drones

Sebastian Abbot · November 17, 2012 5:00 am

Cards are presented on a board by Pakistani students, not pictured, to support 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a tribute at the Pakistani Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Pakistan airlifted a 14-year-old activist who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban to the United Kingdom for treatment Monday, a move that will give her access to the specialized medical care she needs to recover and also protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban now in UK for care

Sebastian Abbot, Martin Benedyk · October 15, 2012 4:00 am

Key Pakistani institutions snub visiting UN team

Sebastian Abbot · September 20, 2012 4:03 pm

New video of US aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan

Sebastian Abbot · September 12, 2012 8:03 pm

A Pakistani woman mourns the death of her family member outside a mortuary in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Pakistani officials say the death toll from devastating factory fires that broke out in two major cities has killed dozens. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan fires kill 283, lax safety laws blamed

adil-jawad, Sebastian Abbot · September 12, 2012 4:00 am

Safe passage for Taliban discussed in Pakistan

Sebastian Abbot · September 5, 2012 4:13 pm

Pakistani officials confirm death of key militant

Sebastian Abbot · August 30, 2012 4:00 am

Pakistani officials confirm death of key militant

Sebastian Abbot · August 30, 2012 12:00 am