BBC News | Pakistani woman: My relatives shot me, threw me in canal for marrying neighbor CNN (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 marriage Pakistan survivor of honor killing attempt fears for her life Pakistan woman survives shooting after marriage dispute |
BBC News | Brazucas made in Pakistan 'ready to be kicked' BBC News 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" Is Brazil ready for 'Made in Pakistan' 'Brazuca' balls? Pak pips India in supplying footballs to Europe |
BBC News | Teen Shot, Thrown in Canal Over Marriage ABC News 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 Channel Leading Pakistani Geo TV channel is ordered off air Pakistan pulls top news station off air amid spat |
The News International | 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 Pakistan Blocked FB page of rock band now accessible in Pakistan Pakistan bans Shiite News Faceboook Page after website |
New Yorker (blog) | 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 ... |
More arrests made in stoning death of pregnant Pakistani woman CNN (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 ... |
Fox News | London police free divisive Pakistan politician Altaf Hussain, continue money ... Fox News 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 Politician Pakistan's MQM leader bailed in London |
CNN | Pakistan Taliban 'master bomber' gunned down amid deadly infighting CNN (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 clashes Key Pakistan Taliban Commander Killed |
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 ... |
BBC News | Pakistan MQM leader Altaf Hussain released BBC News 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 politics Altaf Hussain: Pakistan's admired and detested 'leader of the nation' Parts of Karachi shut down following party leader's arrest in UK |