The Guardian | Pakistan executes four militants over massacre of 134 children The Guardian Four militants involved in the massacre of 134 schoolchildren in Pakistan last year have been executed, weeks before the anniversary of one of country's worst ever terrorist attacks. The men were hanged in a prison in the city of Kohat early on ... Pakistan Executes Four Involved in School Terrorist Attack Four Hanged in Pakistan for Peshawar School Attack Pakistan hangs four convicted of Taliban massacre at school |
Forbes | The On-Again And Off-Again US- Pakistan Alliance Forbes Pakistan's ostensible sheriff, Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, was stateside recently. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was welcomed in October. In these meetings the United States extols the “resilient” U.S.- Pakistan partnership and reaffirms its ... US official: American held in Afghanistan-Pakistan region |
NBCNews.com | Mullah Akhtar Mansour, Taliban Leader, Injured in Pakistan: Official NBCNews.com The recently-installed leader of the Taliban was injured in a shootout between senior members of the militant group in Pakistan, an official told NBC News. Sultan Faizi, a spokesman for the Afghan first vice president, said Mullah Akhtar Mohammad ... Taliban Dismiss Kabul Claim That Leader Wounded in Pakistan Afghan Taliban leader Mansour wounded in gunfight |
Voice of America | IS Group Targets Media Outlets in Pakistan Voice of America Several Pakistani media outlets were attacked recently by assailants who left pamphlets on the scene containing threats from the Islamic State group. The latest came this week when a television station in Lahore was targeted in a hand grenade attack by ... |
Jamaica Observer | Brother kills sister for voting in Pakistan Jamaica Observer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — An angry brother shot his elder sister dead because she voted in Pakistani local elections after he had forbidden her to do so, police said Wednesday. The murder occurred in the town of Taxila 25 kilometres (15 miles) west ... Pakistani woman shot by brother for voting |
In Defense of Marxism | Pakistan: support the conference of Progressive Youth Alliance In Defense of Marxism This will be an immense step forward towards the revival of left youth and student politics in Pakistan. Student unions have been banned in the country since 1983 and none of the so called civilian or "democratic" regimes have dared to reverse this ... |
NDTV | Sushma Swaraj To Visit Pakistan After Modi-Sharif Handshake: Sources NDTV New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is likely to visit Pakistan next week, top government sources told NDTV. She is likely to attend a 27-nation meeting on Afghanistan, which will be held in Islamabad, days after Prime Minister Narendra ... Sushma Swaraj to travel to Pakistan next week Pakistan visit not final yet: Sushma Swaraj Sushma Swaraj may attend Afghanistan meet in Pakistan |
Daily News & Analysis | 'Pakistan was to deploy nukes against India during Kargil war' Economic Times WASHINGTON: At the height of the 1999 Kargil war when its army was suffering heavy casualties at the hands of India, Pakistan was preparing its nuclear weapons for deployment and possible use, the CIA had warned then President Bill Clinton, a former ... India says open to invoking ICJ jurisdiction to punish Pakistan |
Whither Pakistan? IBNLive (blog) Not long ago—Pakistan was branded as epicentre of global terrorism. Quite a large number of terrorists arrested outside Pakistan in different countries—were either of Pakistani origin foreign nationals or their links some how could be traced to Pakistan. |
Times of India | Russia offers to build pipeline for gas exports to Pakistan: Report Times of India ISLAMABAD: Russia has offered to lay a pipeline for gas exports to energy-starved Pakistan that will run parallel to the TAPI pipeline, a proposal that stems from fears that Moscow may lose the European Union market due to political tensions, according ... |