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Splintering of Taliban Fuels Spate of Kidnapping in Pakistan - Wall Street Journal Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:34:41 GMT

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 ...

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19 Swimmers Drown off Pakistan Beaches - ABC News Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:56:38 GMT

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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 saysLos Angeles Times
The Haqqani Threat to the US-Pakistan Détentethe Diplomat
Afghan militants storm Pakistan check posts, kill 6The Daily Star
Voice of America
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Peter Oborne's long-awaited opus has finally arrived - The Economist Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:41:11 GMT

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 ...


Nawaz Sharif under pressure in Pakistan - Financial Times Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:50:08 GMT

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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: PMGeo News, Pakistan
'Sharif's sweaty hands brought army to the capital'Pakistan Today
Only democracy can bring revolution in Pakistan: PMDAWN.com
Pakistan Tribune
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Russia's Strategic Pakistan Play - the Diplomat Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:30:00 GMT

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Russia's Strategic Pakistan Play
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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 ...

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India gave befitting reply to Pakistan after beheading incident: Gen Bikram Singh - Times of India Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:32:25 GMT

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 ...NDTV
India gave befitting reply to Pakistan, claims Gen BikramDaily Times
Pakistan got 'fitting' LoC response: Outgoing chiefThe Asian Age
Zee News -Oneindia
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Pakistan Eid: At least 20 bathers drown in Karachi - BBC News Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:49:26 GMT

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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 beachesGlobalnews.ca
Rescuers: 19 swimmers drown in strong current off Pakistan beachesU.S. News & World Report

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India-Pakistan through the Israel-Palestine Mirror - War on the Rocks Wed, 30 Jul 2014 09:26:39 GMT

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 relationsThe Express Tribune
Book Review | Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of WarLivemint

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Pakistan's shrinking minority space - The Hindu Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:46:13 GMT

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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 babyScoop.co.nz (press release)
Amnesty calls for probe into Pakistan Ahmadi attackucanews

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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
Pakistan mob kills woman, girls, over 'blasphemous' Facebook postReuters
Ahmadi woman and children killed after Pakistani mob torches homesThe Guardian
ABC Online -Telegraph.co.uk
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