TIME | Gunmen Kill Prominent Female Activist in Pakistan TIME (KARACHI, Pakistan)—Gunmen on a motorcycle killed a prominent women's rights activist in Pakistan just hours after she held a forum on the country's restive Baluchistan region, home to a long-running insurgency, police said Saturday. Sabeen Mehmud, Pakistani women's rights activist, shot dead 'Bravest woman,' free speech activist Sabeen Mahmud killed in Pakistan Gunmen Kill Arts Advocate in Pakistan After Human Rights Event |
NBCNews.com | Murder of Sabeen Mahmud, Pakistani Human Rights Activist, Prompts Probe NBCNews.com The country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the deaths underscored the risk and unintended consequences of the use of this technology that Pakistan has been highlighting for a long time." "Drones do not differentiate between terrorists and ... Pakistan Helped Weinstein Family Arrange Ransom Warren Weinstein's Devotion to Pakistan Was Part of a Lifetime of Service For Warren Weinstein, Pakistan Offered a Chance to 'Make Lives Better' |
New York Times | 'The Longest August,' About India and Pakistan, by Dilip Hiro New York Times In the summer of 2009, as the clouds of Taliban violence thickened over Pakistan, I bumped into a senior army general at a polo game. We were in Shandur, a spectacular grassy arena in the Hindu Kush mountains, watching local horsemen play a ... |
The Guardian | Pakistan uses hostage killings to underline risk of US drone strikes The Guardian Pakistan has long objected in public to the use of lethal drone strikes in its troubled north-west tribal region, despite strong evidence that it has consented and even cooperated with the CIA-led campaign at times. In the past, Pakistan has most ... Giovanni Lo Porto, Slain Italian Aid Worker, Loved Pakistan And Its People Death of kidnapped US aid worker reminder of CIA's difficult Pakistan presence Pakistan: Hostage deaths show US drone risk |
India Today | China to provide 110 fighter jets to Pakistan Economic Times ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will acquire 110 latest JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from China as the two countries forge closer economic and defence cooperation following President Xi Jinping's visit here earlier this week, a media report said today. Radio ... Pakistan to get 110 fighter jets from China China to deliver 50 JF-17 jets to Pakistan |
NDTVSports.com | Bangladesh Cricketers Receive Money, Flats, Cars After Thrashing Pakistan NDTVSports.com Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday announced that flats and cars along with prize money will be given to the national cricket team for its brilliant performance in the World Cup and home series against Pakistan. Bangladesh's ... |
ESPNcricinfo.com | Great expectations from A tour for Pakistan, Sri Lanka ESPNcricinfo.com Pakistan have been the first country to suffer from the aftermath of the 2015 World Cup following retirements of senior players after suffering a 0-3 ODI series whitewash in Bangladesh. Along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka also had some senior players ... |
Geo News, Pakistan | Pakistan offers help to Nepal, India after 7.9-magnitude quake Economic Times "The Government and people of Pakistan express solidarity with the affected people of Nepal and India and offer all possible help that may be required in their hour of grief," Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement. Sharif, who is visiting Britain ... Strong earthquake strikes Nepal, tremors felt in Pakistan and India Earthquake Jolts India, Nepal And Pakistan PM Nawaz calls Nepal PM, expresses grief over earthquake damages |
New York Times | Warren Weinstein: A Gracious Host, Immersed in Pakistani Life New York Times With Pakistani friends of her father's we drove to Islamabad, Peshawar and Chitral. Warren seemed little concerned about sending his daughter off on a road trip across the country, near some of its least governed areas, confident that his friends would ... |
New York Times | China's Big Plunge in Pakistan New York Times President Xi Jinping of China showed up in Pakistan this week with one of his government's most powerful weapons — money, and lots of it. He signed agreements worth more than $28 billion as part of a total promised investment of some $46 billion in a ... China Loves Pakistan … but Most Chinese Don't The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Is Easier Said Than Done China's $46 billion economic corridor to Gwadar buys Pakistan key spot on ... |