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Pakistan is sliding toward extremism - CNN (blog) Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:59:47 GMT

CNN (blog)

Pakistan is sliding toward extremism
CNN (blog)
Editor's note: Farahnaz Ispahani is a former member of the Pakistani parliament and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center 2013-2014. Her forthcoming book is 'Waiting to Die: Pakistan's religious minorities'. Nina Shea is a senior fellow ...


Pakistan Upholds Bibi Death Sentence; India Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile ... - Foreign Policy Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:43:41 GMT

Foreign Policy

Pakistan Upholds Bibi Death Sentence; India Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile ...
Foreign Policy
Her lawyer, Sardar Mushtaq, stated: "We have the right to appeal in 30 days, and we will continue this legal battle by approaching the Supreme Court of Pakistan." Mushtaq told the Associated Press: ""We have a strong case, and we will try our best to ...
Blasphemy, Pakistan and IrelandThe Economist (blog)
Pakistan Court Upholds Blasphemy Death SentenceABC News
In expansive Pakistan, Christians struggle to find space for to create cemeteriesWashington Post
New York Times -The Independent -Christian Science Monitor
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Doolan ton props up Australians - ESPNcricinfo.com Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:59:23 GMT

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Doolan ton props up Australians
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If there was any doubt that Alex Doolan would bat at No.3 in the first Test in Dubai, there is not any more. Doolan scored a confident century on the second day against Pakistan A in Sharjah, where he showed his adeptness against both pace and spin to ...
Alex Doolan hits hundred as Australia coach Darren Lehman questions Pakistan ...ABC Online
Lyon's two wickets for Aust v Pakistan Aninemsn
No Aust breakthrough on day 3 v Pakistan AThe West Australian
Sydney Morning Herald -Emirates 24/7 -SBS
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Malala and the Malaise in Pakistan - Wall Street Journal Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:31:30 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Malala and the Malaise in Pakistan
Wall Street Journal
When the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year's Peace Prize jointly to an Indian and a Pakistani, the symbolism was impossible to miss. The Committee praised 60-year-old Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi for fighting “the grave exploitation of ...
Pakistan Should Embrace MalalaTIME
How Pakistan Fails Its ChildrenNew York Times
No peace in Pakistan for Nobel laureateAsia Times Online
Sun News Network -Pakistan Today -Toronto Sun
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Pakistan's ambassador to U.N. speaks at Princeton about terrorism - The Times, Trenton - NJ.com Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:50:10 GMT

Pakistan's ambassador to U.N. speaks at Princeton about terrorism
The Times, Trenton - NJ.com
Pakistan is nervous about United States' drastic, dramatic and radical pullout from Afghanistan, because if there is a power vacuum, it will be exploited by the Taliban,” Khan said. “And if Afghanistan descends into a civil war, Pakistan would be its ...
Is the Pakistan army a learning organisation?Daily Times

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Pakistan judge recommends ex-city comptroller be extradited - Chicago Sun-Times Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:52:39 GMT

Chicago Sun-Times

Pakistan judge recommends ex-city comptroller be extradited
Chicago Sun-Times
A judge in Pakistan has recommended that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's convicted former city comptroller be extradited to the United States, a source with close ties to the overseas case said. Ultimately, it's up to the Pakistani government whether Amer Ahmad ...
Pakistan Judge Supports Extradition Of Former Chicago ComptrollerProgress Illinois

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Iranian guards kill Pakistani soldier near border - DAWN.com Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:18:30 GMT

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Iranian guards kill Pakistani soldier near border
DAWN.com
QUETTA: Iranian border guards attacked a vehicle of Frontier Corps, a para-military force, inside Pakistani territory killing one personnel and injured another three on Friday morning. Khan Wasey, the Spokesman FC told Dawn.com that Iranian border ...
Pakistani Guard Killed Near Iranian BorderVoice of America
Pakistan asks Iran to provide evidence of cross-border activityThe Express Tribune
Iran border guards kill 1 from Pakistani patrolThe State
Daily Times
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Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC in Poonch - Economic Times Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:59:11 GMT

Daily News & Analysis

Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC in Poonch
Economic Times
Before these two ceasefire violations, Pakistan had violated the ceasefire by resorting to firing and mortar shelling along the LoC in Saujian-Kirni-Shahpur belts of Poonch on October 15 in which seven-year-old Riyaz of Kuiyian Gotirian village was ...
Ceasefire violations likely to affect cross border trade between India, PakistanDaily News & Analysis
On Pakistan, Good Start By PM ModiNDTV
J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire again, fires at Indian Army posts in HamirpurIBNLive

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#BBCtrending: Pakistan's 'drunk mullah' - BBC News Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:16:12 GMT

#BBCtrending: Pakistan's 'drunk mullah'
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A leading Islamic scholar in Pakistan who appeared to slur his words on live TV has become the subject of ridicule on social media. When it comes to Islamic clerics in Pakistan, few are more senior than Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi. His opinion on Islamic ...

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Pakistani Taliban Leaders Defect to Islamic State - Wall Street Journal Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:37:58 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Pakistani Taliban Leaders Defect to Islamic State
Wall Street Journal
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Six senior members of the Pakistani Taliban, including prominent regional leaders, vowed allegiance to the Islamic State and its head, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a potentially explosive rift within militant circles here that could lead ...