ABC News | Pakistani Police Detain 1500 in Crackdown on Opposition ABC News A supporter of Imran Khan tries to remove a police barrier set up to stop supporters who are attempting to reach Khan's residence in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. Pakistani police used tear gas and batons to confront stone throwing ... Pakistani Police Clash With Backers of Opposition Leader Imran Khan Pakistani politician Imran Khan's supporters arrested Clashes as Pakistani anti-government protesters bear down on capital |
BBC News | 'Hands off our children' – fighting abuse in Pakistan BBC News In the Pakistani town of Husain Khan Wala, hundreds of children were victims of abuse that was filmed on mobile phones. The BBC's Shumaila Jaffery found one young man, now 19 years old, willing to tell his story. This story is part of the BBC's Shame ... |
Economic Times | S&P raises Pakistan rating, says outlook stable DAWN.com ISLAMABAD: Standard and Poor's revised Pakistan long-term credit rating from B- to B Monday, saying better policymaking had improved the economy's performance and raised the country's growth prospects. The agency said Pakistan continued to benefit ... S&P raises Pakistan ratings to B from B- S&P improves Pakistan's ratings on better economic outlook |
The Indian Express | Pakistan: Indian Fire Kills 4, Wounds 6 Civilians in Kashmir ABC News The Pakistani army says Indian troops have opened fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing four civilians and wounding six others. A military statement Monday blamed Indian troops for targeting civilians in ... Jawan, woman killed in Pakistan shelling Soldier martyred in Pakistan ceasefire violation; Army retaliates with massive fire assault Pakistan's SSG commandoes targetting Indian soldiers along LoC |
Pakistan: End crackdown on opposition protests Amnesty International Pakistan's authorities must immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of opposition activists, lift restrictions on their movement and take all appropriate measures to ensure that people are allowed to exercise their right to peaceful assembly ... |
San Francisco Chronicle | Serving Pakistan The News International A story that should have served as an example of the maturity of Pakistan's political system and its seriousness in addressing major policy lapses has been converted into evidence for Pakistan's enemy to use as Exhibit A in the case against Pakistan as ... 1500 detained in Pakistan security crackdown Govt trying to sever KP from Pakistan: Imran |
Times of India | India to approach Pakistan foreign ministry for release of soldier Times of India This is significant because until now only the Indian army DGMO (Director General of Military Operations), Ranbir Singh, had sought Chavan's release from his Pakistan counterpart. Official sources said since the Pakistan army had not responded to the ... |
ReliefWeb | Pakistan - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #4, Fiscal Year 2016 ReliefWeb As of September 30, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that nearly 190,000 families had returned to Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as part of a Government of Pakistan (GoP) repatriation ... |
Deutsche Welle | Upset at Being Sidelined in Talks, Pakistan Warns Taliban ABC News Two senior Taliban figures said that Pakistan issued a stark warning to the militant group, apparently surprised and angered over being excluded from the insurgents' secret talks with the Afghan government. They said the Pakistani government warned the ... What is Pakistan's militancy issue all about? 'All top leaders will be forced to leave': Upset at being sidelined in talks, Pakistan warns Taliban How Afghanistan and Taliban have turned against Pakistan |
Newsweek | Pakistan Supreme Court Blocks Execution of Schizophrenic Murder Convict Newsweek Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday blocked the execution of a paranoid schizophrenic murder convict pending a review of an earlier ruling that his condition was not a permanent mental disorder and therefore not legally relevant, his lawyers said. Pakistan stays hanging of mentally ill man Pakistan's top court stays hanging of mentally ill prisoner |