Wall Street Journal | Pakistan Says Court Has Freed 8 of 10 Accused in Attack on Malala Yousafzai New York Times LONDON — Pakistani officials said Friday that a court had released eight of the 10 men accused of conspiring in the shooting of the schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, in an admission that brought new scrutiny of Pakistan's faltering efforts to try ... Malala's attackers quietly freed by Pakistan Eight Pakistani Taliban Acquitted in Attack on Teenage Activist Malala Yousafzai Pakistan says only two convicted for attempted murder of Malala Yousafzai |
Voice of America | Afghanistan's Karzai Blasts Pakistan Voice of America Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai sat down Thursday with VOA Afghan service reporter Rahim Gul Sarwan in Kabul to talk about incursions of the Islamic State, as well as relations with the U.S., China and, most vociferously, Pakistan. The current ... “Pakistan has created enough mischief” – Former Afghan President tells VOA |
Justice in Pakistan: 'The government is hanging people left, right and centre' The Guardian Since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December 2014 in response to the murder of 132 children in the Peshawar school massacre, Pakistan has executed prisoners at a rate of more than one every two days, with more than 100 deaths so far. |
Reuters | Pakistan Boosts Defense Budget DefenseNews.com ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has once again increased its defense spending as revealed in the fiscal year 2015-16 budget revealed Friday. The double-digit increase is in line with successive increases in recent years, but analysts predict the increase will ... Pakistan hikes defence budget by 11% Pakistan Increases Defense Budget by 11 Percent to $ 7.6B. Pakistan budget targets more tax payers to bring down deficit |
Times of India | Can't force either India or Pakistan to revive ties: ICC Times of India "We realise just how important it is for world cricket to have regular matches between Pakistan and India but unfortunately the ICC cannot interfere in this matter as it is a bilateral matter purely between two boards," Richardson told the "Express ... ICC receives Abbas presidency nomination from Pakistan |
UN News Centre | Pakistan: UN experts urge halt to execution of child offender, reinstatement ... UN News Centre 5 June 2015 – The Government of Pakistan must halt the execution of a man convicted of a crime committed as a child and reinstate the country's moratorium on the death penalty, three United Nations human rights experts have urged. In a press release ... Pakistan's death penalty debacle Pakistan reaches 150 hangings amid plans for juvenile execution |
ValueWalk | The State Of Play Between Pakistan, India And China ValueWalk Relations between China and Pakistan appear to be increasingly warm, as India and Pakistan continue to suffer a difficult relationship. The interplay between the three regional powers is becoming increasingly complicated given the varying interests of ... We know how to respond to India's aggression: Pakistan army chief Defence Minister Parrikar's 'Terrorist-for-Terrorist' Remark Gave Pakistan a ... Pakistan Army Chief: Kashmir and Pakistan 'Inseparable' |
ChristianToday | Pakistan rules out sharing nukes with Saudis, anyone else Yahoo News WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan ruled out sharing its nuclear weapons with Saudi Arabia, insisting Thursday that the atomic arsenal would continue serving solely for Pakistan's national defense even as world powers and Iran near a possible nuclear ... ISIS can arm itself with nuclear weapons bought from Pakistan, India claims Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan envoy, denies any nuclear aid for Saudis Pakistan denies Saudi Arabia nuclear sale |
Scroll.in | Exclusive: RAW releases photos of Pakistan spy pigeon in action Scroll.in Last week, Indian authorities announced the capture of a Pakistani spy pigeon. The Indian intelligence agency, RAW, claimed that the pigeon was specially trained by the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI, to fly into Indian territory on a spying mission. |
Deutsche Welle | Polio ebbs in Pakistan, but will the trend continue? Deutsche Welle It is true that Pakistan's ubiquitous military has not been able to eradicate terrorism or crush the Taliban insurgents, but it has at least managed, albeit inadvertently, to bring down the number of polio cases in the country in the first half of the ... Pakistan sees huge drop in polio cases Polio in Pakistan: Drop of 70% recorded this year Success against polio in Pakistan with 70 percent drop in cases |