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3 Killed in a Facebook Blasphemy Rampage in Pakistan - New York Times Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:03:00 GMT

New York Times

3 Killed in a Facebook Blasphemy Rampage in Pakistan New York Times LAHORE, Pakistan — A woman and two of her young granddaughters were burned to death Sunday night in the eastern city of Gujranwala after a member of their Ahmadi minority sect was accused of posting a blasphemous picture to Facebook, the police ... Mob Kills Three Ahmadis in PakistanWall Street Journal Pakistani mob burns homes of minority Muslims, kills 3 after allegations of ...Fox News Ahmadi woman and children killed after Pakistani mob torches homesThe Guardian Reuters all 208 news articles »

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The Battle to Eradicate Polio in Pakistan - TIME Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:13:04 GMT

NPR (blog)

The Battle to Eradicate Polio in Pakistan TIME If you live in the U.S., where polio was eradicated in 1979, the specter of the disease has faded almost entirely, though pockets of infections can occur among the unvaccinated. In Pakistan, however, things are moving in precisely the opposite ... The Hidden Costs Of Fighting Polio In PakistanNPR (blog) Taliban In Pakistan Derail World Polio EradicationWBUR all 36 news articles »

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Pakistan grabs three medals in Commonwealth Games - DAWN.com Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:28:07 GMT

Pakistan grabs three medals in Commonwealth Games DAWN.com GLASSGOW: Pakistan clinched two medals in the Commonwealth Games as Pakistani wrestler Qamar Abbas on Tuesday grabbed a silver medal in a free-style, 74 kilogram category wrestling match. This brought the Pakistani tally to three medals in the ... and more »

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Social Media Is Deadly in Pakistan - Daily Beast Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:11:32 GMT

Daily Beast

Social Media Is Deadly in Pakistan Daily Beast 140729-resnick-pakistan-embed The interior of a torched house belonging to an Ahmadi Muslim resident is pictured following an attack by an angry mob in the low-income Arafat Colony of the eastern city of Gujranwala, some 112 kilometres north of Lahore, ... Fiyaz Mughal :Persecution of Ahmaddiya Muslims in Pakistan Is a Continuing ...Huffington Post UK Statement of Ahmadiyya Khalifa following Attacks on Ahmadis in Gujranwala ...Lankaweb PAKISTAN: Mob kills 3 Ahmadis – a woman, a young girl, & a babyAsian Human Rights Commission News (press release) Pakistan Christian Post all 8 news articles »

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Commonwealth Games: Susil Kumar beats Pakistan's Abbas to win gold - Times of India Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:59:34 GMT

The Hindu

Commonwealth Games: Susil Kumar beats Pakistan's Abbas to win gold Times of India GLASGOW: Wrestler Sushil Kumar beat Pakistan' Qamar Abbas in the men's 74kg final to win gold at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Amit Kumar won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57kg category while Vinesh bagged the ... Pakistani wrestler Qamar Abbas advances to final in Commonwealth GamesNews Pakistan all 86 news articles »

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Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan review – 'an encyclopaedic ... - The Guardian Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:33:35 GMT

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 ... and more »

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Pakistan's complicated media freedom threats - Index On Censorship Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:38:21 GMT

Index On Censorship

Pakistan's complicated media freedom threats Index On Censorship In March, Pakistani columnist Raza Rumi was injured in a gun attack that killed his driver. Weeks later, Hamid Mir, star journalist of Geo TV, Pakistan's biggest TV station, was shot six times. Luckily, both survived, and managed to avoid becoming part ...

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United States could do more to intercept militants, Pakistan says - Washington Post Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:07:17 GMT

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 backThe Daily Star For Pakistan, defeat is that moment when it can no longer resist IndiaTimes of India Gauging the Success of Pakistan's North Waziristan OperationCritical Threats Project gulfnews.com -The Nation -Daily Times all 82 news articles »

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Pakistani Mob Kills Woman and Grandchildren over 'Blasphemous' Facebook Post - Breitbart News Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:55:19 GMT

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, ...

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Pakistani mob kills two children including a baby and their grandmother after ... - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:13:00 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Pakistani mob kills two children including a baby and their grandmother after ... Telegraph.co.uk The police officer said they had tried to stop the mob. Accusations of blasphemy are rocketing in Pakistan, from one in 2011 to at least 68 last year, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. About 100 people have been accused of blasphemy ...