The New Yorker | Pakistan's Troll Problem The New Yorker Last June, an eighteen-year-old student at Edwardes College, in Peshawar, Pakistan, opened an e-mail to see a picture of her face digitally superimposed on the naked body of another woman. As the student read the attached message, her dismay curdled ... |
Voice of America | Pakistan Builds Checkpoints, Plans Fence on Afghan Border Voice of America Pakistan has been constructing checkpoints at several locations on the 2,600-kilometer border, known as the Durand Line. Activity at the main Torkham crossing this month triggered deadly clashes between border forces of the two countries. The fighting ... Congress Shouldn't Be Giving Pakistan a Pay Raise Pakistan has no plan to sign MTCR: Tariq Fatemi Pakistan's civil and military establishment is on the same page over regional and global issues: Analysts |
SkySports | Pakistan hope England tour controversies are thing of the past SkySports A touring Pakistan team holds such interest for a variety of reasons. Take for instance the sheer raw talent and technical wizardry of some Pakistan greats to have dazzled in England over the years, from Imran Khan's majestic run-up and delivery stride ... |
Economic Times | Pakistan cannot 'conquer' Kashmir through war: Hina Rabbani Khar Economic Times ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cannot "conquer" Kashmir through war, former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said while asserting that bilateral issues cannot be resolved in a "hostile environment". "I believe that Pakistan cannot conquer Kashmir through ... Pakistan can't conquer Kashmir through war: Hina Rabbani Khar Why do Afghans detest Pakistan? Pakistan cannot 'conquer' Kashmir through war: Khar |
Deutsche Welle | Pakistan clerics issue fatwa on third-gender rights Deutsche Welle There are an estimated 200,000 hijras in Pakistan, a deeply conservative society where hijra often end up as prostitutes, beggars and street dancers. Gay marriage is illegal and sodomy can be punished, but the Pakistan Supreme Court has previously ... Pakistan's transgender community cautiously welcomes marriage fatwa Pakistani Muslim clerics approve transgender people's right to marry, call them 'one of Allah's creations' Pakistani Clerics Declare Transgender Marriages Legal Under Islamic Law |
The Diplomat | Teaching Tolerance in Pakistan The Diplomat Another one shot dead. This time it is a Qawwali singer named Amjad Sabri, who was brutally killed on June 22 in Karachi, Pakistan. Many condemned it in outbursts on timelines, hues and cries dominating social media. Many swore to defeat terrorists and ... Pakistan: Hindu journalist forced to drink from separate glass at office |
Scroll.in | View from Pakistan: How Islamabad should revive active nuclear diplomacy Scroll.in Given the growing conventional arms imbalance with India, Pakistan's security is now critically dependent on nuclear deterrence. In the long, difficult struggle to develop this capability, in the face of determined Western opposition, Pakistan's ... What about Pakistan's bid for NSG, Sartaz Aziz Saheb? Who foiled it? |
New York Times | Making Art From Pakistan's Chaos New York Times LAHORE, Pakistan — A drain, clogged with pink plastic bags and filled with black water, separates Bahar Colony, a Christian neighborhood, from the rest of this city. On one side is the Arfa Software Technology Park, a soaring modern complex of steel ... |
Financial Times | Mystical union that transcends divisions in India and Pakistan Financial Times A faction of Pakistan's Taliban militants, who consider qawwali songs blasphemous, claimed responsibility. Hours earlier, Sabri, 45, whose father and uncle had taken qawwalis global, had sung live on Pakistani television. His assassination shocked his ... |
News18 | Shackled Reality: Pakistan's Doublespeak on PoK Exposed News18 It's a clear evidence of Pakistan's doublespeak on "freedom" for Kashmir. A nominee for elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been disqualified because he refused to swear loyalty to Pakistan, documents accessed by CNN-News18 on Tuesday ... |