Voice of America press release, 29 Nov 2011: "Beyond the Headlines, Voice of America’s Urdu language TV news magazine, will be aired on Pakistan’s Express News cable channel starting December 1st. The program, called Khabron Se Aage in Urdu, had aired on Pakistan’s Geo Network until this week. The Director of VOA’s South Asia Division, Spozhmai Maiwandi, said 'Geo News has been a helpful partner and I look forward to new opportunities to work together in the future.' A spokesman for Express News calls the VOA show a 'good addition to its programming lineup.' Spokesman Sumaira Latif says the cable network’s partnership with VOA 'will provide a great opportunity to utilize resources and talents through our co-production.' Beyond the Headlines is the flagship television news program from VOA’s Urdu Service, broadcasting in-depth reports about issues in the news and features about life in the United States. The half-hour show, which is broadcast Monday through Friday from Washington, has been entertaining viewers since 2005 with popular segments such as How America Works, Melting Pot, and Campus, a look at issues affecting university students."

Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov 2011, Alex Rodriguez, via STLtoday: "Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S. stepped down Tuesday after accusations that he engineered a memo to the United States urging Washington to help rein in his country's powerful armed forces, becoming the first casualty in a scandal that has exposed the growing chasm between the Asian nation's civilian and military leadership. ... [Husain] Haqqani, 55, was an analyst at a Boston University think tank in 2008 when he was appointed as ambassador to the U.S. His work in government was preceded by an eight-year career in journalism in the 1980s, covering the war in Afghanistan for Voice of America radio and writing about Pakistan and Afghanistan for the Far Eastern Economic Review."