The Guardian | Muslim cleric arrested in Pakistan for inciting teenager to saw off hand The Guardian A Muslim cleric has been arrested in Pakistan on terror charges after a teenage boy he accused of blasphemy responded by sawing off his own hand. Anwar Ali, 15, performed the act of self-amputation with a scythe after attending a religious gathering in ... Pakistan arrests imam after boy cuts hand off in blasphemy error Pakistan teen chops off own hand for blasphemy Pakistan Cleric Arrested For Inciting 15-Year-Old To Cut Off His Hand: Reports |
Sydney Morning Herald | Push to ban child marriages dubbed 'blasphemy' in Pakistan Sydney Morning Herald Marvi Memon is a sophisticated woman. She is a member of parliament, a former banker and businesswoman, a graduate of the London School of Economics, raised in a prominent political family. She is one of the most high-profile members of the Pakistan ... Pakistan Refuses To Ban Child Marriage Anti-Pedophilia Bill Rejected In Pakistan As 'Anti-Islamic' Bill banning child marriage fails in Pakistan after it's deemed 'un-Islamic' |
ESPNcricinfo.com | Guptill, Williamson smash Pakistan with record stand ESPNcricinfo.com Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill - New Zealand's two form batsmen - combined in a clinical display of poise and timing, to gun down Pakistan's 168 for 7 inside eighteen overs in Hamilton. Their 171-run stand was the highest ever for T20Is, let alone ... World record partnership from Guptill and Williamson in T20 win v Pakistan LIVE T20 CRICKET: Black Caps v Pakistan New Zealand vs Pakistan: Second T20 cricket final scores |
The New Yorker | The Pakistani Dystopia The New Yorker This week, Pakistani officials said they had detained Masood Azhar, the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed, a militant group, for his alleged role in overseeing the attack on an Indian airbase in the city of Pathankot earlier this month. The attack left seven ... Yet another attempt at peace with Pakistan Is goodwill in the air between India and Pakistan? Pakistan and North Korea's Nuclear Extortion |
Reuters | Pakistan PM looks to play peacemaker with Saudi Arabia, Iran visits Reuters Sharif will fly to Saudi Arabia on Monday before visiting Iran's capital Tehran on Tuesday, Pakistan's foreign office said in a statement on Sunday. Army chief General Raheel Sharif will also accompany the prime minister during the visit, government ... Pakistan PM to visit Saudi and Iran 'to ease tension' Pakistan PM Heads to Saudi, Iran in Bid to Mend Rift PM to visit KSA, Iran today to ease tension: FO |
Huffington Post | Pakistan's minorities, majority scared today — mosque-military alliance ... Times of India (blog) Pakistani writer Farahnaz Ispahani is author of 'Purifying the Land of the Pure'. Speaking with Srijana Mitra Das, Ispahani, who's married to former diplomat Husain Haqqani, discussed how Pakistan's minorities were systematically marginalised ... How Pakistan Abandoned Its Minorities |
How would the US government react if Pakistan was their neighbour? Economic Times (blog) I realize that if Pakistan was America's neighbour, their first attack would have been their last. Yet I cannot understand why for decades the US government, knowing that Pakistan proliferated nuclear technology to North Korea and Iran kept looking the ... |
The National | Pakistan Super League 'destined to become second biggest' after IPL The National Najam Sethi, the chairman of the HBL Pakistan Super League, has reiterated his belief that the new tournament will soon be second only to the Indian Premier League in terms of popularity in world cricket. Pakistan's new Twenty20 league, which starts in ... |
The Indian Express | Plane comparison: Pakistan Thunder versus Indian Tejas The Indian Express Plane comparison: Pakistan Thunder versus Indian Tejas. This will be the first appearance of Tejas at a foreign air show, and is bound to be compared with Pakistan's JF-17 Thunder fighter produced with Chinese help. Written by Sushant Singh New Delhi ... |
Khaleej Times | Pakistan all set for historic West-Central zone market Khaleej Times The key element of the region's capital market will be the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) which was founded last week, at Karachi, by merging the Karachi Stock Exchange which is internationally described as the highly valued and big dividend-yielding ... |