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 ... |
the Diplomat | 19 Swimmers Drown off Pakistan Beaches ABC News Shoaib Sadiqui, the administrator of Pakistan's largest city Karachi, said the victims ignored safety warnings and drowned Wednesday. He said a large number of people had gathered on the beaches to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of ... Pakistan offensive disrupting militant attacks, US says The Haqqani Threat to the US-Pakistan Détente Afghan militants storm Pakistan check posts, kill 6 |
Peter Oborne's long-awaited opus has finally arrived The Economist The title refers to a team talk given by the then Pakistani cricket captain, Imran Khan, halfway through the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Pakistanis were playing abysmally and on the verge of elimination. To survive, they must fight ... |
Geo News, Pakistan | Nawaz Sharif under pressure in Pakistan Financial Times The unusual decision to deploy the army in the Pakistani capital Islamabad is just the latest step in a two-month-old military campaign against the Taliban. That, at least, is how Nawaz Sharif's government tells it. Senior members of the government say ... Pakistan can progress only through democracy: PM 'Sharif's sweaty hands brought army to the capital' Only democracy can bring revolution in Pakistan: PM |
the Diplomat | Russia's Strategic Pakistan Play the Diplomat Russia's decision to go ahead with the sale of Mi-35 attack helicopters to Pakistan, even in the face of official Indian concerns, is being seen by some quarters as evidence of a “major” regional re-alignment in the wake of the American drawdown in ... |
Times of India | India gave befitting reply to Pakistan after beheading incident: Gen Bikram Singh Times of India NEW DELHI: Outgoing Army chief General Bikram Singh on Thursday said that India has given a befitting reply to Pakistan after the beheading of an Indian soldier by Pakistani troops in 2013 along the Line of Control (LoC) even as he did not rule out the ... India Gave Befitting Reply to Pakistan After Beheading Incident: Outgoing ... India gave befitting reply to Pakistan, claims Gen Bikram Pakistan got 'fitting' LoC response: Outgoing chief |
BBC News | Pakistan Eid: At least 20 bathers drown in Karachi BBC News At least 20 bathers have drowned and three are still missing in rough seas off the Pakistani city of Karachi despite a ban on sea swimming during the monsoon, officials say. The bathers were among thousands who flocked to Clifton Beach to celebrate the ... At least 19 swimmers drown in strong current off Pakistan beaches Rescuers: 19 swimmers drown in strong current off Pakistan beaches |
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 ... The future trajectory of Sino-Pakistan relations Book Review | Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War |
DAWN.com | Pakistan's shrinking minority space The Hindu The murder in Gujranwala of an elderly woman, a seven-year-old girl and an infant in a mob attack on members of the Ahmadi community highlights the continuing deterioration of Pakistan's treatment of its religious minorities. The mob was incited by an ... PAKISTAN: Mob kills 3 – a woman, a young girl, & a baby Amnesty calls for probe into Pakistan Ahmadi attack |
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 Pakistan Pakistan mob kills woman, girls, over 'blasphemous' Facebook post Ahmadi woman and children killed after Pakistani mob torches homes |