Channel News Asia | Pakistan girl burned alive for suitor snub Sydney Morning Herald It was the second brutal killing in Pakistan's Punjab province within days, after a 17-year-old girl and her husband were murdered by a group of relatives for marrying against their wishes. The latest incident took place on Saturday in a village which ... Pakistan girl burned alive for rejecting marriage proposal Pakistan family slits throats of young couple over love marriage Pakistan woman and husband killed by family over unapproved marriage |
BBC News | Pakistan 'charity head' lambasts US sanctions move BBC News The head of a Pakistani charity group whom the US and India accuse of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks has dismissed new US sanctions. Hafiz Saeed told the BBC the US was only targeting Jamaat-ud Dawa to win India's backing in Afghanistan. Why Hafiz Saeed will continue to be safe in Pakistan LeT, JuD trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction, new book reveals |
New York Daily News | Pakistani family slits throats of young couple who married for love New York Daily News A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with scythes after they married for love, police said Saturday. The 17-year-old girl and 31-year-old man married on June 18 without the consent of their families in eastern Pakistan's ... |
The Nation | One year after shocking terrorist attack, Pakistan's peaks bereft of foreign ... Washington Post FAIRY MEADOWS, Pakistan — For more than five decades, locals have called it “Killer Mountain,” a reminder of the risks of trying to scale beautiful, snow-topped Nanga Parbat. More than 100 climbers and porters have died on the steep, rocky ascent up ... Chinese-American was target of Pakistan mountain massacre |
CNN | Pakistan at war The Economist FOR almost a decade American officials have moaned about the presence on Pakistani soil of an important safe haven for global terrorists, and the government's stubborn refusal to do anything about it. A succession of American generals and diplomats ... At least 19 militants killed in Pakistan offensive As Pakistan wages an offensive against militants, tensions with Afghanistan rise Pakistan 'unprepared' for refugees fleeing operation against Taliban |
CTV News | Pakistani couple killed over marriage, girl burned alive after refusing proposal CTV News ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A 17-year-old girl and her husband were killed by her family for marrying without its consent, and another young woman was burned alive by a man for refusing his proposal in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, police said Sunday. |
Times of India | Sri Lanka shuts terror door on Pakistan Times of India NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka has banned visas on arrival for Pakistanis after investigations showed that jihadist groups targeting India were using Sri Lanka as a transit point. Lanka is also one of the few countries that extended such a facility to Pakistani ... Pakistan Halts Christian Exodus; Sri Lanka Detains Refugees Please let them live! By Farrukh H. Saif Pakistan High Commission Ready To Provide Assistance |
Financial Express | Badal calls for more trade routes with Pakistan Indian Express As India's relations with Pakistan are improving after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to counterpart Nawaz Sharif for his swearing-in ceremony, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has written to commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman to ... Parkash Singh Badal calls for more trade routes with Pakistan |
Times of India | Pakistan couple beheaded publicly for eloping Times of India LAHORE: A newly-wed couple was beheaded in full public view by the family members of the girl for marrying a 'man of her choice' in Pakistan's Punjab province. According to an FIR, Muafia Bibi (23) of Satrah village of Daska tehsil, some 100km from ... |
Indian guru still hopes for peaceful way in Pakistan Daily Times The globe-trotting yogi, known for his flowing hair and beard and perpetually sunny disposition, had brought his Art of Living Foundation to Pakistan in 2004 in hopes of encouraging stress relief through breathing exercises and non-denominational ... |