CBC.ca | Pakistan Makes Arrests in Taliban School Carnage ABC News Authorities made several arrests in the case of the Taliban school attack that killed 148 in the northwestern city of Peshawar, on Sunday, officials said. "Quite a few suspects who were facilitators in one way or the other have been taken into custody ... Pakistan school attack arrests made, officials say Pakistan school shooting: arrests made, says government Six Militants Killed in US Drone Attacks in Pakistan |
People's Pundit Daily | Mastermind of Pakistan school attack ID'd as militant known by 'Slim' Fox News A 36-year-old father of three and avid volleyball fan is Pakistan's most hated man, after he was named as the mastermind of this week's horrific attack on a school that left more than 130 children dead. Umar Mansoor appeared in a video posted Thursday ... Mastermind Of Pakistan School Attack Justifies Killing Children (Video) Pakistan school massacre 'mastermind' revealed |
Daily Beast | Disco Mullah Blasphemy Row Highlights Pakistans Hypocrisy Daily Beast It also highlights Pakistan's contradictory and puzzling stance on religion in general. On one hand, Pakistan has struggled with curbing growing radical extremism as exhibited by Tuesday's horrific attack on children at a school in Peshawar. On the ... Pakistan fervent about anti-blasphemy law |
The Guardian | Four militants hanged in Pakistan as execution campaign widens Reuters None of those hanged has anything to do with Tuesday's school rampage in Peshawar, and some Pakistani commentators have said the executions are intended to divert attention from the failure to satisfy public demands to find the killers. Four prisoners ... Pakistan executes four convicted militants Pakistan hangs four more prisoners as execution campaign widens Pakistan: Four More Militants Hanged |
New York Times | Pakistan's 9/11? New York Times Days after the 17-year-old received the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating girls' right to education, the Taliban launched the deadliest attack in Pakistan's history, killing at least 148 people, including 132 children, at a school in Peshawar. The ... 77 militants killed in Pakistan after school massacre Pakistan uses ground, air forces to kill 77 militants in wake of school attack Why Pakistan won't hunt down the terrorists within its borders |
New York Times | Pakistan's Old Curse New York Times LONDON — Only a week ago, the Red Mosque seemed a nearly untouchable bastion of Islamist extremism in Pakistan, a notorious seminary in central Islamabad known for producing radicalized, and sometimes heavily armed, graduates. On Friday evening ... |
BBC News | Pakistan Taliban: Military 'kills five militants' BBC News Pakistani security forces have attacked Taliban positions in two operations near Peshawar, killing five fighters, the military says. The operation comes days after the Taliban stormed a Peshawar school, killing 141 people, mostly children. Pakistan is ... |
BBC Sport | Amir Khan to visit Pakistan after Taliban school massacre BBC Sport The WBC Silver welterweight champion's parents were born in Pakistan and he donated boxing shorts worth £30k to help pay for the school to be rebuilt. "I just want to speak the truth and tell people what is happening is wrong," Khan, 28, said. "I think ... |
ABC Online | Pakistan to execute more militant prisoners ABC Online Pakistan says it will execute more militant prisoners in the coming days, having lifted a moratorium in response to a school massacre in Peshawar. More than 140 people were killed in the attack last week, most of them children. Two detainees have ... |
Aljazeera.com | Pakistan steps up campaign against Taliban Aljazeera.com The Pakistani military has stepped up its campaign against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan after the group claimed the attack on a school in Peshawar earlier this week that left 148 people, most of them children, dead. Air strikes and ground operations ... |