NBCNews.com | Pakistani forces kill alleged organizer of school massacre Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Security forces on Friday killed an alleged organizer of last week's school massacre, the latest sign that the government and military are stepping up their assault on the Pakistani Taliban and other Islamist militant groups. The ... 2 Drone Strikes in Pakistan Are Said to Kill 9 Militant Suspects Taliban Commander Who Helped Plan Pakistan School Attack Killed Pakistan kills school massacre 'facilitator' |
BBC News | Pakistan judge issues arrest warrant for Abdul Aziz BBC News A judge in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for a cleric at a radical mosque in Islamabad who has refused to condemn the massacre of children at an army-run school. Imam Abdul Aziz has been accused of threatening protesters outside the Red Mosque. |
The Guardian | Pakistan's last self-declared Jew campaigns to save cemetery The Guardian There are few clues as to the identity of the last Pakistani Jew to be buried in Karachi. A heart-shaped piece of marble set into a slab of rough concrete in the city's Jewish cemetery in February 1983 has none of the detail or Hebrew script of the ... |
Yahoo News | 'Facilitator' of Taliban school attack killed in Pakistan Yahoo News Pakistani security forces have killed a Taliban commander who allegedly facilitated the Peshawar school massacre, which left 150 people dead in the country's worst ever terror attack, officials said Friday. |
Pakistan officials: US missile strikes kill 7 militants USA TODAY DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles at two compounds in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region Friday, killing at least seven alleged militants, while security forces killed the alleged planner of the deadly ... |
BBC News | Pakistani Premier Announces Military Courts for Terrorism Cases New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan announced plans early Thursday to set up military courts to deal with terrorism cases as he vowed to crush militancy in his first address to the nation since a Taliban attack on a school in ... Justice at risk as Pakistan rushes convicts to the gallows Pakistan to use army courts for terror cases Pakistan school attack: Military courts to try terror suspects |
The Atlantic | Two Drone Strikes in Pakistan Kill Militants The Atlantic Two separate drone strikes killed at least seven suspected militants—including four foreign extremists—in northwest Pakistan on Friday, Pakistani officials said. The strikes, which are believed to have been carried out by U.S. drones, took place in ... |
Suspected US drone strikes hit militants in Pakistan CNN (CNN) -- A pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes on militant targets in Pakistan killed at least seven people, Pakistani intelligence sources said Friday. The strikes were carried out in North Waziristan, a mountainous region near the border with ... |
The Nation | Pakistan and Iran reach agreement on unmet gas deal Financial Times Pakistan has in the past said the Iranian gas is the cheapest option available as its own reserves in the country's south and southwest dry up. However, officials have complained of continuing US pressure on Islamabad to keep the arrangement with Iran ... Pakistan, Iran reach agreement on gas deal |
TMZ.com | Boxer Amir Khan -- Heavily Armed Security In Pakistan ... To Take On Taliban TMZ.com Boxer Amir Khan has landed in Pakistan -- where he's got a heavily armed security escort -- and plans to help rebuild the school that was terrorized by the Taliban. Khan -- who has family in Pakistan -- was deeply affected by the massacre ... in which ... Pakistan is Still Not Ready to Root Out Terrorism Could the Taliban's school attack finally force Pakistan to confront extremism? Amir Khan sticks to promise by landing in Pakistan to show support for victims ... |