et €8 billion (bid-to-covers come in weaker) • Bulgaria's former ruling party (Gerb) falls short of a parliamentary majority in early elections • Nawaz Sharif looks set for third term as prime minister of Pakistan according to unofficial results Leading European Sectors: Food/Bev +0.37%, Tech +0.18%, Media

's closest ties remain with Pakistan. The Pakistani press has reported that Riyadh provided a $1.5 billion loan to Islamabad to help Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's effort to get Pakistan's economy out of its slump. The Saudis have a close relationship with Sharif, who lived in the kingdom in exile during the

iscussion remains the nature of a post-2014 US military presence and the terms that will guide it. Pakistan: Elections on Saturday May 11th brought Nawaz Sharif back to the prime ministership for a third time. His previous two tenures were in the '90s. The election drew 60 percent of Pakistani voters to the

he US for the Taliban's acting like a government, and changed its mind about holding talks with the group. Pakistan: Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, met Chinese President Li on July 4th in Beijing. It was Sharif's first trip abroad, and Pakistan's economic, energy, and infrastructure needs were

th Western democracies. On October 23rd came another measure of the country's growing confidence: official equanimity as Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, met Barack Obama in the White House. With less fanfare, but no less important, Mr Singh's second term has brought closer ties to Asian democracies

ks. Pakistan: The much-anticipated talks between the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban) and the Pakistani government announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 29th have stalled due to attacks by the Taliban against police in Karachi on February 13th and a Taliban faction's "execution" on Februar

General Nadeem Taj exemplifies the story. Taj was former dictator Pervez Musharrafs right-hand man. They were together in 1999 when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fired Musharraf as chief of army staff while he was returning by plane from a visit to Sri Lanka. Taj orchestrated the coup that put Musharraf in

ecial Representative of B&M Gates Foundation" delivered a letter from BG promising technical & financial support etc, to the new Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif! As far as our project is concerned, this is perfectly harmless as the reported letter does not refer to the Taliban. FYI. n. EFTA_R1_00452766 EF

General Nadeem Taj exemplifies the story. Taj was former dictator Pervez Musharrafs right-hand man. They were together in 1999 when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fired Musharraf as chief of army staff while he was returning by plane from a visit to Sri Lanka. Taj orchestrated the coup that put Musharraf in

General Nadeem Taj exemplifies the story. Taj was former dictator Pervez Musharrafs right-hand man. They were together in 1999 when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fired Musharraf as chief of army staff while he was returning by plane from a visit to Sri Lanka. Taj orchestrated the coup that put Musharraf in

General Nadeem Taj exemplifies the story. Taj was former dictator Pervez Musharrafs right-hand man. They were together in 1999 when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fired Musharraf as chief of army staff while he was returning by plane from a visit to Sri Lanka. Taj orchestrated the coup that put Musharraf in