CNN | Boy's Response to Blasphemy Charge Unnerves Many in Pakistan New York Times LAHORE, Pakistan — Late one night, the imam Shabir Ahmad looked up from prayers at his mosque to see a 15-year-old boy approaching with a plate in his outstretched left hand. On it was the boy's freshly severed right hand. Pakistani teen cuts off hand after cleric accuses him of blasphemy Pakistani boy chops off his own hand in twisted blasphemy case Muslim cleric arrested in Pakistan for inciting teenager to saw off hand |
NBCNews.com | Top Pakistani Officials in Saudi Arabia to Calm Tensions With Iran NBCNews.com Pakistan is in a unique position to mediate between the two countries, according a senior military official aboard the plane carrying Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif to the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday. Prime ... Pakistan urges for a Saudi-Iran line of communication Pakistan launches efforts to end Riyadh-Tehran standoff Pakistan's Game |
CNET | YouTube's years-long banishment in Pakistan ends -- sort of CNET The Google-owned video-sharing site returned to the country on Monday after a Pakistan-specific version was created that allows the government to filter content it considers offensive, Pakistan said Monday. The site was blocked in 2012 after refusing ... Pakistan lifts YouTube ban after three years Pakistan Gets New YouTube After Muslim Protests Pakistan unblocks access to YouTube |
The Guardian | Video game based on Pakistan school massacre is withdrawn The Guardian A gory video game set inside the Pakistani school where more than 130 children were massacred by Taliban gunmen has been withdrawn, weeks after it was released as part of an army-backed campaign to promote peace and tolerance in the country. Pakistan removes Taliban school massacre video game after social media uproar Pakistan School Massacre Video Game Removed Video game based on 2014 Pakistan massacre withdrawn |
BBC News | 'Laser fences' for India-Pakistan border BBC News India will put up laser fences at more than 40 "vulnerable" stretches along the border with Pakistan, reports say. A home ministry official said riverine stretches of the border would be laser fenced to prevent Pakistan-based infiltrators from entering ... India plans laser walls along border with Pakistan |
The Hindu | 26/11 Mumbai terror attack trial makes India wary of Pakistan demands Economic Times NEW DELHI: India may have welcomed the visit of Pakistan's joint investigation team (JIT), set up after the attack on Pathankot air base, but the experience of 2008 Mumbai carnage has made North Block sceptical. During the 26/11 probe, the Pakistan's ... Pakistan yet to detain Azhar Masood, no action against Jaish: Indian intelligence Info on Pathankot attack after JIT probe: Pakistan |
The Guardian | Pakistan by bus: all aboard Lahore's sightseeing double-decker The Guardian Creeping through Lahore's notoriously bad traffic on Pakistan's first-ever sightseeing bus, the air was as thick with pride as it was with pollution. “They say a year isn't enough to explore Lahore,” ran the commentary – in English for my benefit but ... |
ABC News | Pakistan's Ex-President Musharraf Acquitted in Murder Case ABC News FILE - In this Saturday, April 20, 2013 file photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan. A court on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 has acquitted Musharraf from murder case ... Pakistan's Musharraf acquitted over Baloch rebel killing Former Pakistan coup leader Musharraf acquitted of murder, but other charges ... |
The Express Tribune | Bomb Kills 5 Paramilitary Soldiers in Southwestern Pakistan ABC News A bomb blast targeted Pakistani paramilitary troops on Monday, killing five soldiers and wounding three in the southwestern city of Quetta, officials said. The bombing occurred on the city's outskirts, said a local police official, Bangul Khan, adding ... Bomb kills five soldiers in western Pakistan |
Livemint | Talks about talks with Pakistan Livemint Merely a year later, signs of a thaw appeared to emerge with prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Pakistan (where he gifted cassettes of Jafri's ghazal to his hosts) and the signing of the Lahore Declaration between Vajpayee and his ... The Pakistani Dystopia Ajai Shukla: Mr Modi's Pakistan plan India to give Pakistan Masood Azhar's terror dossier |