The Daily Star | Pakistan offensive disrupting militant attacks, US says Los Angeles Times A six-week Pakistani army offensive has succeeded in disrupting the militant groups that have long enjoyed free rein in the rugged North Waziristan tribal region along the border with Afghanistan, Obama administration officials say. But proof of the ... Afghan militants storm Pakistan check posts, kill 6 Pakistan Says it 'Foiled' Cross-Border Militant Attack Pakistani Troops Kill 6 Militants at Afghan Border |
War on the Rocks | India-Pakistan through the Israel-Palestine Mirror War on the Rocks If you think reconciling the Israelis and Palestinians is hard, try the Indians and Pakistanis. The latest war in Gaza has laid bare India's and Pakistan's different views about the Middle East, revealing a great deal about how these countries view ... Pakistan or Israel: what's the difference? |
Wall Street Journal | Splintering of Taliban Fuels Spate of Kidnapping in Pakistan Wall Street Journal An officer from the Federal Investigation Agency who works specifically on kidnapping cases said the splintering of the Pakistani Taliban, formally known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, has led to more such crime in the past two years. "The ... |
Fox News | Pakistani mob burns homes of minority Muslims, kills 3 after allegations of ... Fox News 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 rumors about blasphemous postings on Facebook, police said ... 3 Killed in a Facebook Blasphemy Rampage in Pakistan Mob Kills Three Ahmadis in Pakistan Pakistan mob kills woman, girls, over 'blasphemous' Facebook post |
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 Pakistan Polio's Surge In Pakistan: Are Parents Part Of The Problem? |
The Express Tribune | Kick gets all time biggest opening in Pakistan The Express Tribune KARACHI: Eidul Fitr is the most lucrative season for cinema in Pakistan, as producers, distributors and exhibitors all try to recover from the Ramazan hiatus. They do that by complementing the best possible exhibition option with the most feasible ... Kick to strike gold in Pakistan box-office Kick to take Pakistan Box Office by storm? Kick Expected To Strike Gold at Pakistan Box Office |
State Dept. should act on Pakistan's religious freedom violations, watchdog ... Religion News Service In April, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that the list be doubled to include Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and Egypt. Turkmenistan was the only new addition to this year's CPC list ... |
The Nation | 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's timely action in Waziristan Pakistan rejects claim that 100000 IDPs moved to Afghanistan US, Afghanistan failed to stop militants: Pakistan |
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 ... |
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 ... Wounded Tiger: a History of Cricket in Pakistan by Peter Oborne, review: |