Times of India | FBI Is Investigating Retired US Diplomat, a Pakistan Expert, Officials Say New York Times The diplomat, Robin L. Raphel, is a retired ambassador and an expert on Pakistan who until recently was an adviser to the State Department's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The officials said that after the F.B.I. searches, Ms ... Pakistan lobbyist Robin Raphel under lens for alleged spying State Department official and senior adviser on Pakistan caught up in spy ... US diplomat and longtime Pakistan expert is under federal investigation |
The Economist | Pakistan and India The Economist IT IS a measure of how inured Pakistanis have become to violence that it takes an especially cruel attack to provoke much debate. This week saw two. In the first, on November 2nd, a suicide bomber killed at least 60 people, mostly Pakistani tourists ... Pakistan's Sharif Seeks Energy Deals During China Visit Into the Abyss: The Escalating Violence Against Pakistan's Polio Workers Pakistan a big impediment to global polio eradication |
NBCNews.com | Pakistani Christians Burned Alive Were Attacked by 1200 People: Kin NBCNews.com ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A mob accused of burning alive a Christian couple in an industrial kiln in Pakistan allegedly wrapped a pregnant mother in cotton so she would catch fire more easily, according to family members who witnessed the attack. Anger and fear in Pakistan 'blasphemy' murder village Dozens arrested in slaying of Pakistani couple accused of desecrating Quran Christian Couple Killed By Mob In Latest Pakistan 'Blasphemy' Case |
Gulf Times | Pakistan unchanged for first New Zealand Test ESPNcricinfo.com Pakistan have gone in with an unchanged 16-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand, following their hugely successful series against Australia. Chief selector Moin Khan said this was done with a view to promote stability within the team and ... Pakistan want to whitewash Kiwis Captain Misbah eyes record win against New Zealand Pakistan want whitewash momentum against Kiwis |
BBC News | Pakistan police officer kills 'blasphemer' with axe BBC News A Pakistani policeman has been arrested after allegedly killing a man with an axe because he suspected him of committing blasphemy. Police say Faraz Naveed struck the victim, Tufail Naqvi, on the neck and head after the latter was arrested during a ... Pakistan policeman hacks man to death for alleged blasphemy Opinion: The West must demand changes to Pakistan's blasphemy laws Pakistan: Police Officer Axes Prisoner to Death Over Blasphemy |
ABC News | Pakistan Rejects US Charges It Supports Militants ABC News Pakistan on Thursday rejected allegations in a Pentagon report that it supports militant proxies in neighboring India and Afghanistan, emphasizing its own battles against militants. The report, "Progress Towards Security and Stability in Afghanistan ... Pentagon: Pakistan Uses 'Proxy Forces' in India and Afghanistan Pakistan hauls in US envoy for gripe session Pakistan rejects allegations of using militants as proxies in Afghanistan, India |
A high-profile sexual harassment case in Pakistan is exposing the hypocrisy of ... Quartz If you cry harassment in a crowded Pakistani university, you might just end up with a fairly insightful lens through which to view the gender politics of Pakistani society, particularly the elite. On Oct. 31, news broke that the Federal Ombudsman ... |
Aljazeera.com | Several dead in Pakistan roadside bombing Aljazeera.com "Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar accepts the responsibility of this attack, this attack was carried out to avenge the tyranny and humiliation that have been enforced upon oppressed Muslims by these apostate thugs," spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan ... |
BBC News | Pakistan's ISI chief Rizwan Akhtar faces daunting challenges BBC News When he takes over the intelligence service ISI, Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar will become one of the two most powerful men in Pakistan, answerable only to the army chief. While most intelligence agencies concern themselves with threats to national security ... Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar Appointed Pakistan's New ISI Chief New Pakistan spy chief takes charge Lt General Rizwan Akhtar takes over as Pakistan's new ISI chief |
DAWN.com | Bombings in Northwestern Pakistan Kill 6 People ABC News A government administrator in Pakistan says two roadside bombs, minutes apart, struck a minibus and a motorcycle in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least six people. The administrator, Meraj Khan, says five passengers in ... Roadside bomb kills six in Pakistan |