Wall Street Journal | Pakistan Vows to Target All Militants in Tribal Area Wall Street Journal ISLAMABAD—Pakistan will go after all militant groups in its unfolding operation in the North Waziristan tribal area, including insurgents who target neighboring Afghanistan, in what would be a major shift in policy, the defense minister said. The ... Taliban fighters cut hair and beards to flee Pakistan army assault in North ... Militants, soldier killed in Pakistan Taliban cut hair, beards to flee Pakistan army assault |
BBC News | Pakistan stoning death: Father of slain pregnant woman among 5 charged CBC.ca The father of a pregnant Pakistani woman who was stoned to death has been charged with four other men with killing her after she married against the family's wishes and their trial was set to begin on Monday, police said. Farzana Parveen, 25, was ... Pakistan Lahore court indicts five over honour killing Five indicted in Pakistan over pregnant woman's stoning death Pakistan indicts five people in stoning death of 25-year-old pregnant woman |
Slice of paradise after life in Pakistan New Zealand Herald SETTLED: Nina Riaz and her husband Riza Ur Raheem with their two boys Zeerak, now 7, and Zeroun, now 5, have been living in the Bay for the past few months. PHOTO/SUPPLIED. A PAKISTANI family has traded in a city known for weapons and ... |
Pakistan Approves Sweeping Antiterror Bill, Prompting Warnings From Rights ... New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's Parliament on Wednesday approved sweeping new powers for the country's security forces, with an antiterrorism measure that the government says is needed to combat the Taliban, but that rights activists warned could ... |
DAWN.com | Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk takes oath as new chief justice of Pakistan DAWN.com Judges of the supreme court, federal shariat court and Islamabad High Court, as well as the president of the SC Bar Association, attorney general for Pakistan, vice-chairman Pakistan Bar Council, senior advocates, federal ministers attended the ceremony. Pakistan gets news chief justice Pakistan's New Chief Justice Sworn In Pakistan's new chief justice takes oath |
Guardian Liberty Voice | Pakistan Woman Stoned More Arrests Made Guardian Liberty Voice More arrests have been made in the case of a Pakistani woman who was stoned to death in May. Five individuals, including the young woman's father, have been charged with publicly killing her in front of a courthouse in Lahore. Farzana Parveen, 25, was ... |
Pakistan Fighting Reverses Flow Of Refugees, Stirs Unease In Afghanistan International Business Times KHOST Afghanistan (Reuters) - Thousands of refugees fleeing an offensive by Pakistan's army have poured across the lawless border into ramshackle camps on rugged hills in Afghanistan, stirring unease that Taliban militants may be hiding among them. |
Reading the tea leaves in Pakistan Business Standard Fighting to the End, C Christine Fair's new book on the Pakistan Army turns out to be an informative primer on the strategic and political evolution of Pakistan, but it falls short in its stated aim of establishing the strategic culture of the ... |
NDTV | Fresh Airstrikes in Pakistan Kill Scores of Militants NDTV Islamabad: Pakistani Air Force jets today pounded the restive North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border, killing scores of militants, mostly Uzbeks, as part of the massive military offensive against the Taliban. The early morning ... |
A young journalist in Pakistan seeks a career and love in 'Karachi, You're ... MiamiHerald.com What Imtiaz is able to do with her novel is capture the absurdity of reporting and living in a city often billed as Pakistan's most dangerous. Her heroine flits easily from interviewing gangsters in the gang-ridden neighborhood of Lyari to party ... |