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Pakistani woman: My relatives shot me, threw me in canal for marrying neighbor - CNN Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:39:11 GMT

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Pakistani woman: My relatives shot me, threw me in canal for marrying neighbor
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(CNN) -- Shot twice. Tied up in a sack. Thrown into a canal. Yet somehow, 18-year-old Saba Maqsood lived to tell her story. Had she not, Pakistani police say, it could very well have been another honor murder. Those responsible for her horror, Maqsood ...
Pakistan teen shot, thrown in canal over marriageUSA TODAY
Pakistan survivor of honor killing attempt fears for her lifeReuters
Pakistan woman survives shooting after marriage disputeBBC News

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Brazucas made in Pakistan 'ready to be kicked' - BBC News Sun, 08 Jun 2014 02:25:52 GMT

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Brazucas made in Pakistan 'ready to be kicked'
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With less than a week to go until the football world cup in Brazil, all eyes are on the national teams taking part. Pakistan may not be one of them, but the country is getting in on the action, by making the footballs due to be used in the matches ...
World Cup ball: Pakistan launches the "Brazuca"CCTV
Is Brazil ready for 'Made in Pakistan' 'Brazuca' balls?Emirates 24/7
Pak pips India in supplying footballs to EuropeEconomic Times

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Teen Shot, Thrown in Canal Over Marriage - ABC News Sat, 07 Jun 2014 11:26:54 GMT

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Teen Shot, Thrown in Canal Over Marriage
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An 18-year-old Pakistani woman "miraculously survived" after being shot and thrown into a canal by her father for marrying against the family's wishes, police said Saturday, describing the latest in a series of such attacks on women in the Muslim ...
Pakistan Suspends License of Leading News ChannelNew York Times
Leading Pakistani Geo TV channel is ordered off airBBC News
Pakistan pulls top news station off air amid spatWashington Post
DAWN.com (blog) -NDTV
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Facebook Under Fire for Temporarily Blocking Pages in Pakistan - New York Times Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:00:35 GMT

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Facebook Under Fire for Temporarily Blocking Pages in Pakistan
New York Times
LONDON — Facebook said on Friday that it had blocked users in Pakistan from access to the pages of a popular Pakistani rock band and several left-wing political pages, drawing sharp criticism from free-speech activists who accused the American company ...
Laal's Facebook page restored in PakistanThe News International
Blocked FB page of rock band now accessible in PakistanThe Hindu
Pakistan bans Shiite News Faceboook Page after websiteAhlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir

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What Did Pakistan Do for Bowe Bergdahl? - New Yorker (blog) Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:35:07 GMT

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What Did Pakistan Do for Bowe Bergdahl?
New Yorker (blog)
The official, whom I met in Islamabad, Pakistan, was a leader of the Haqqani network, a branch of the Taliban waging a long war to expel Americans from Afghanistan. The group had captured Bergdahl, an American soldier who had disappeared from a base ...

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More arrests made in stoning death of pregnant Pakistani woman - CNN Sat, 07 Jun 2014 06:29:06 GMT

More arrests made in stoning death of pregnant Pakistani woman
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(CNN) -- After a series of raids, police made new arrests in the public stoning death of a pregnant Pakistani woman, bringing the total of people in custody to 12. Farzana Parveen, 25, was killed in Lahore last month because she married a man against ...


London police free divisive Pakistan politician Altaf Hussain, continue money ... - Fox News Sat, 07 Jun 2014 11:08:09 GMT

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London police free divisive Pakistan politician Altaf Hussain, continue money ...
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Supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, or MQM, one of Pakistan's major political parties, attend a sit in protest condemning the arrest in London of its leader, Altaf Hussain, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. British police ...
London Police Release Top Pakistan PoliticianTIME
Pakistan's MQM leader bailed in LondonAljazeera.com

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Pakistan Taliban 'master bomber' gunned down amid deadly infighting - CNN Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:20:39 GMT

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Pakistan Taliban 'master bomber' gunned down amid deadly infighting
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(CNN) -- A suicide bombing "mastermind" in the Pakistan Taliban has been gunned down and killed in the country's northeastern tribal region, just days after a major faction in the militant group announced it was breaking away over ideological differences.
Eight militants killed in Pakistan clashesIndependent Online
Key Pakistan Taliban Commander KilledNDTV

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Cultures clash over forced child marriages in Pakistan - USA TODAY Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:11:33 GMT

Cultures clash over forced child marriages in Pakistan
USA TODAY
SWAT VALLEY, Pakistan — Tabassum Adnan married at 14. Such was the norm in the small village in Swat Valley, a conservative region in Pakistan near the Afghan border. What's unusual is that she escaped. "I was forced into marrying a man who was 20 ...

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Pakistan MQM leader Altaf Hussain released - BBC News Sat, 07 Jun 2014 04:22:07 GMT

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Pakistan MQM leader Altaf Hussain released
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Altaf Hussain, the exiled leader of Pakistan's powerful MQM party, has been released on bail by police in London after being arrested on suspicion of money laundering. The 60-year-old was questioned for seven hours on Friday evening. He had been ...
Pakistani politicsThe Economist
Altaf Hussain: Pakistan's admired and detested 'leader of the nation'The Guardian
Parts of Karachi shut down following party leader's arrest in UKCNN
NPR (blog) -DAWN.com -dunyanews.tv
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