Wall Street Journal | Mob Kills Three Ahmadis in Pakistan Wall Street Journal Ahmadis have faced prosecution under Pakistan's blasphemy laws as well, which carry the death penalty for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Pakistan hasn't executed anyone convicted of blasphemy, but the mere accusation of it often results in mob attacks ... Ahmadi woman and children killed after Pakistani mob torches homes Mob in Pakistan kills woman, two girls over 'blasphemous' Facebook post Facebook Post Sparks Deadly Violence Against Ahmadis in Pakistan |
The Guardian | Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan review – 'an encyclopaedic ... The Guardian Pakistani cricket has been through any number of dips and troughs since the violent partition of 1947, and Oborne charts all of them in his exhaustive account. He not only provides records of the vast majority of tests (including the painfully tedious ... Peter Oborne: cricket in Pakistan Wounded Tiger: A thrilling portrait of Pakistan cricket |
Toronto Star | Pakistani mob burns homes, kills 3 over 'blasphemous' Facebook photo Toronto Star LAHORE, PAKISTAN—A Pakistani mob burned down several homes belonging to the minority Ahmadi sect in the country's east, killing a woman and her two granddaughters in riots following rumours about blasphemous postings on Facebook, police said ... |
RT | Pakistani Facebook blasphemy case sparks mob riot, 3 killed RT Two children and their grandmother, who belonged to a religious sect, have been killed in Pakistan by an Islamist mob, after a sect member was accused of posting blasphemous material on Facebook. Four others are in a critical condition. A seven-year ... |
NPR (blog) | Taliban In Pakistan Derail World Polio Eradication NPR (blog) The edict by the Islamic militants to ban immunization was in response to the CIA's setting up a fake hepatitis vaccination campaign in Pakistan. The covert operation was part of an attempt by the U.S. spy agency to verify whether Osama bin Laden was ... |
Times of India | United States could do more to intercept militants, Pakistan says Washington Post U.S. forces in Afghanistan and their Afghan allies, have failed to intercept Taliban and other militants fleeing across the border from an ongoing Pakistani military offensive, a senior Pakistani official said Thursday. “Please do not permit these ... Pakistan army hits back For Pakistan, defeat is that moment when it can no longer resist India Gauging the Success of Pakistan's North Waziristan Operation |
International Business Times | Pakistan Mob Kills Woman, Girls From Ahmadi Sect Over 'Objectionable ... International Business Times Blasphemy cases are on the rise in Pakistan, and human rights workers say that the country's blasphemy law is increasingly being used by the majority population to settle personal vendettas or to grab property from minority communities. While only one ... |
the Diplomat | Will the Islamic State Spread Its Tentacles to Pakistan? the Diplomat The indications so far are that Pakistani jihadists are wary of getting involved in the dispute between al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. Earlier this year, a prominent Pakistani jihadist forum shut down a discussion thread on the Islamic State's clashes ... The Pashtun factor in Pakistan's insurgency |
The Independent | Woman and two children killed by mob in riots over 'blasphemous' Facebook ... The Independent Pedestrians walks past the smoke-charred house of an Ahmadi resident following an attack by an angry mob in the low-income Arafat Colony The sect is defined as non-Muslim in Pakistan and a law in 1984 made it illegal for Ahmadis for identify as Muslims ... |
Breitbart News | Pakistani Mob Kills Woman and Grandchildren over 'Blasphemous' Facebook Post Breitbart News A Pakistani mob has killed a woman and two of her granddaughters after a member of their religious sect was accused of posting "blasphemous" material on Facebook. The dead, who include a seven-year-old girl and her baby sister, were Ahmadis, ... |