TIME | Why Pakistan Is Replacing English With Urdu TIME Pakistan is dropping English as its official language and switching to Urdu, a popular language in the Indian subcontinent. The long-rumored change was confirmed by Pakistani Minister of Planning, National Reforms, and Development Ahsan Iqbal in an ... |
The Guardian | UK court convicts man of revenge killing in Pakistan The Guardian Tariq Rana, 31, shot Ghulam Asia at her house in Pakistan in retaliation after 28-year-old Ayesha Riaz split up with him. Rana travelled from his Wolverhampton home to track down and murder her relatives. He went to Asia's home in Lahore with an ... Tariq Rana travelled from Wolverhampton to Pakistan to kill his mother-in-law Husband found guilty of murdering mother-in-law in Pakistan after his wife ... Jealous husband gunned down Pakistan mother-in-law after wife fled arranged ... |
Catholic News Agency | Pakistan Must Release Asia Bibi to Demonstrate Protection for Its Religious ... Heritage.org Pakistan's Supreme Court took an encouraging step forward last week when it decided to reconsider blasphemy charges against Pakistani Christian woman, Asia Bibi, who is facing a death sentence. This decision provides an opportunity for Pakistan to ... Asia Bibi's case shows need for interreligious dialogue in Pakistan, priest says Church leaders welcome Pakistan blasphemy acquittal 'Glimmer of hope' for Christian woman on Pakistan's death row |
Geo News, Pakistan | Pakistan to host second round of Kabul-Taliban talks U.S. News & World Report ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is finalizing preparations to host the second round of landmark peace talks between Afghan government officials and the Taliban later this week, two Pakistani officials said Tuesday. The talks are meant to find a way to end ... Pakistan gets $336m to support forces in Afghanistan Pakistan gets USD 336m to support forces in Afghanistan |
NBCNews.com | Talks set to go ahead, but Pakistan terror on India hitlist Hindustan Times India has embarked on a two-pronged Pakistan policy aimed at engaging the Nawaz Sharif government through dialogue while retaining the option of retaliation against those resorting to cross-border firing (Pakistan Army) and terrorism (jihadi groups). Nuclear-Armed India, Pakistan on Edge After 12-Hour Gunbattle Punjab terror attack: GPS points to Pakistan angle Nine killed in day-long Indian gun battle near Pakistani border |
Geo News, Pakistan | Pakistan turns up heat against powerful party in bid to secure Karachi Washington Post KARACHI, PAKISTAN — A two-year-old government effort to restore order in this Pakistani port city has halved the notoriously high murder rate, but security officials' tactics have intensified confrontation with a powerful political movement that vows ... Rangers' actions in Karachi are legitimate, Nisar tells MQM |
UPI.com | Pakistan activists: More interactions among religions would aid tolerance UPI.com LAHORE, Pakistan July 28 (News Lens Pakistan) -- Pakistani human rights activists say a lack of interaction among members of different religions has contributed to increasing threats to minorities in the last decade. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called ... |
Which has been Pakistan's most significant political schism | Illustration ... DAWN.com Change is mostly haphazard in societies passing through a transition, central to which are political parties, often subject to surprise divisions and messy splits. Sliced into multiple factions and shaken by ceaseless internal differences, many parties ... |
Wall Street Journal | Pakistan Says Data From Downed Drone Prove Spying by India Wall Street Journal ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's military said on Monday that images and other data retrieved from a drone shot down earlier this month prove its assertions that the small aircraft was being used by India to spy in the disputed region of Kashmir. Islamabad's ... Pakistan's Drone Allegation 'Pure Fabricated' and 'Disinformation Campaign': Army Pakistan's drone allegation "pure fabricated" and "disinformation campaign ... Pakistan releases 'drone video grabs', repeats claim |
Wall Street Journal (blog) | Why did Pakistan choose to strike in Punjab? DailyO The tranquil day break of July 27, was shattered in the wee hours of the morning, when three Pakistan-based terrorists, attacked Dinanagar police station in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab. This is not the first terrorist strike in the vicinity of the ... See What Pakistan Says 'Indian Drone' Saw Another Attack, Another Blow to India-Pakistan Diplomacy VHP chief Togadia attacks PM Modi over 'saree, shawl' diplomacy with Pakistan |