Cherokee Tribune Ledger News | US-Afghan raid rescues abducted son of former Pakistan PM Cherokee Tribune Ledger News In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, People comfort Musa Gilani, right, the brother of Ali Haider Gilani who has been kidnapped in Multan, Pakistan. A joint raid by U.S. and Afghan forces on Tuesday rescued the son of a former Pakistani prime minister ... Ali Haider Gilani, Kidnapped Son of Former Pakistan Prime Minister, Is Freed After Three Years Asia Pacific|US-Afghan Raid Rescues Abducted Son of Former Pakistan PM Pakistan ex-PM's kidnapped son rescued |
KTRK-TV | Pakistan to try 13 for killing, burning teenage girl KTRK-TV The body of 17-year-old Ambreen Riasat was found in a torched van near a tourist resort in northwestern Pakistan on April 29. Police say the tribal council ordered the killing, and that the girl was strangled to death before her body was placed in the ... |
Daily Times | Pakistan Fights Rogue Label Huffington Post All of us who visit Pakistan are accustomed to the dichotomy: on an individual basis from the market merchant to the prime minister, I've met with kind, warm, exceptional people who make me want to overlook the weirdness of modern military rule over a ... Afghan envoy stresses on more efforts to strengthen ties with Pakistan After F-16 Fiasco, US-Pakistan Ties Are Due to Head South Again Why Won't Pakistan Act against the Haqqani Network? |
Huffington Post | Meet The Woman Who Got People Talking About Pakistan's Sex Culture Huffington Post A 22-year-old Pakistani woman who now lives in Canada has become the center of a heated online debate about sex culture in her home country. In a Vice article published last month, Zahra Haider described the deep sexual repression she experienced as ... |
The Diplomat | Should Pakistan Celebrate Sadiq Khan's Big Win in London? The Diplomat In Pakistan, Khan's win has drawn great interest, only because he happens to be a Muslim and that too of Pakistani origin. Khan's Pakistani background could very well be described as a coincidence: With the same faith, he could have born in India or ... No Sadiq Khans in Pakistan Secularism for Pakistan's survival |
NBCNews.com | Eleven Tons of Ammonium Nitrate Seized at Afghan-Pakistan Border NBCNews.com KABUL, Afghanistan — A truck carrying nearly 11 tons of a bomb-making chemical has been intercepted at the border with Pakistan, Afghanistan's government announced Tuesday. The 10.7 tons of ammonium nitrate was hidden under fruit crates in a truck ... |
CBC.ca | Canadian doctor Asim Hussain detained in Pakistan for 'political reasons,' supporters say CBC.ca A former high-ranking Pakistani politician with Canadian citizenship is being held in Karachi on trumped-up political charges, supporters say. Dr. Asim Hussain, a 62-year-old orthopedic surgeon with family and property ties in London, Ont., was ... |
The Guardian | Pakistan criticised for censoring article about Muslim women and sex The Guardian A feminist writer has criticised Pakistan for censoring an article on Muslim women and sex, saying the ban exposed the extent of the country's discrimination against women. Mona Eltahawy, an award-winning Egyptian-American journalist and campaigner for ... |
Voice of America | Suicide Bombing Kills 10 in Afghan Region Near Pakistan Voice of America A suicide car bombing in an eastern Afghan region bordering Pakistan killed at least 10 people Tuesday evening, officials said. The attack happened in Nazyan district of Nangarhar province and there are children among the dead, provincial police said, ... |
Baltimore Sun | Mass wedding ceremony in Pakistan Baltimore Sun Some 135 couples participated in the mass wedding in Karachi, Pakistan. The ceremony was organized by a local charity welfare trust. Pakistani brides attend a mass-wedding ceremony in Karachi late May 9, 2016. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images). |