Voice of America | Pakistan Launches Afghan Airstrikes After Attack ABC News Taliban fighters attacked several Pakistani military posts along the Afghan border Saturday, sparking an hourslong gun battle that included Pakistan launching airstrikes into Afghanistan, authorities said. Pakistan said soldiers killed 16 militants ... Pakistan Makes Deadly Air Strikes in Afghanistan in Fight With Taliban Taliban Attack Military Posts in Pakistan Pakistan-Taliban Clash Spills into Afghanistan |
NPR (blog) | Husband Of Woman Beaten, Shot To Death In Pakistan Killed First Wife NPR (blog) A man whose pregnant wife was stoned to death by angry relatives in Pakistan earlier this week has admitted that he killed his first wife so he could remarry. It's a disturbing twist to the already disturbing story that we reported on Tuesday of 25 ... Pakistani police accused of inaction in woman's stoning death Pakistan 'honour killing' inquiry exonerates police One Man, Two Wives and Many Accepted Forms of Violence in Pakistan |
Economic Times | Eyeing Pakistan and China, India's Modi bolsters security team Reuters The two top-level appointments, reporting directly to Modi, point to a desire to address what are arguably India's two most pressing external security concerns - Pakistan and China, both of which, like India, have nuclear arms. Doval, a highly ... Pakistan Signals Possible Opening In Relations With India Eyeing Pakistan and China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi bolsters security team Modi tells Pakistan's PM to prevent terrorism against India |
I killed my first wife, stoned Pakistani woman's husband says CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The husband of Farzana Parveen, the Pakistani woman stoned to death for refusing to participate in an arranged marriage, told CNN he killed his first wife so he could marry Parveen. Authorities said the first wife was ... |
Bizarre new twist in Pakistan "honor killing" case CBS News LAHORE, Pakistan -- The husband of a woman stoned to death in Pakistan killed his first wife four years ago, police and relatives said Thursday, a shocking twist both showing how complicated justice can be and how dangerous life is for women in the ... |
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif orders action on stoning BBC News Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has described the stoning to death of a woman by her family in front of a Lahore court as "totally unacceptable". Farzana Parveen, who was three months pregnant, was pelted with bricks and bludgeoned by relatives ... |
Columbus Dispatch | Gunmen on motorbikes kill American doctor in Pakistan CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- An American doctor was killed when gunmen on motorcycles riddled his body with bullets while he was visiting a graveyard in Pakistan, authorities said. Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was a cardiologist and resident of Fairfield, Ohio. Pickerington doctor killed by gunmen in Pakistan US Doctor Is Killed by Gunman in Pakistan US doctor killed in Pakistan in front of family |
Pakistan PM: honor killing of pregnant woman was 'unacceptable' Reuters In parts of Pakistan, a largely Muslim nation of 180 million people, women are expected to agree to arranged marriages and refusal can mean an "honor killing". Many Pakistani families think it dishonorable for a woman to fall in love and choose her own ... |
The Guardian | India, Pakistan leaders meet, signal steps to rebuild trust CNN (CNN) -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hailed his first one-on-one meeting Tuesday with India's newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "historic opportunity" for the two nations. A firm but simple handshake had sent a message to the ... Leaders of India and Pakistan Hold Rare Meeting India's New PM Meets With Leader of Rival Pakistan Pakistan prime minister to attend inauguration of India's Modi |
Is India following in Pakistan's footsteps? Washington Post (blog) The 2013 National Assembly elections in Pakistan bore remarkably similar results to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in India. By viewing the recent Indian polls through the lens of the Pakistani experience, trends emerge that place the democratic process ... |