Washington, Aug 27: Pakistan can no longer hide its poor governance under the cover of accusations that its eastern and western neighbours were behind the internal strife it was passing through. And, in order to alter its foreign policy fortunes, Islamabad needs much more than former president Pervez Musharraf’s departure from its political scene, says an analysis published in the Yale Global online on the prevailing politics in Pakistan.

According to it, Islamabad will finally have to recognise that cross-border belligerence, on its east (read Afghanistan) and west (read India), “cannot overcome its own inequality and poor governance”.

Srinagar, Kashmir - Four people, including two civilians and an army officer, were killed Wednesday in India-administered Kashmir by suspected Islamic militants who had infiltrated across the border from Pakistan, police said.

At least six people, including four children, had been taken hostage by a group of three to four militants who were holed up in a house on the outskirts of Jammu city, the winter capital of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, said Mohinder Singh, senior superintendent of the Jammu police.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday discussed some points related to public health and medical facilities during a function. He laid the foundation stone of Jorhat Medical College at Jorhat in Assam. He also flagged off a Mobile Medical Unit in the first day of his two-day visit to Assam. He appreciated the efforts of the state government. He congratulated the state Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for his valuable efforts to set up a medical college in Assam. He hoped that the vision of CM to open three medical colleges will materialize soon.

Sydney - An Indian woman was lucky enough Wednesday to have not one but three doctors to help her deliver a baby boy on a flight between Hong Kong and Adelaide.