Hartford Courant | Pakistan Plans to Finally Stop Letting 'Honor Killings' Go Unpunished VICE A loophole allowing perpetrators of "honor killings" in Pakistan to escape prosecution will be closed within weeks, according to a prominent member of Pakistan Muslim League, the state's ruling party. Honor killings have been illegal in Pakistan since ... After Qandeel Baloch's death, Pakistan takes small step to discourage 'honor killings' At Last, It Looks Like Pakistan Will Pass a Law Actually Banning Honor Killings A Pakistani Social Media Star Was Killed For Owning Her Sexuality |
Economic Times | Pakistan observes 'Black Day' over Kashmir gulfnews.com Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged India to grant self-determination right to Kashmiris, as Pakistan observed a protest day on Wednesday over alleged “repression” in the Indian-administered part of the disputed Himalayan region. In a message ... India-Pakistan tensions flare in disputed Kashmir Pakistan on suicidal path on Kashmir: MJ Akbar Pakistani militant leader pledges support to Kashmir rebels |
The New Yorker | The Outrageous “Honor Killing” of a Pakistani Social-Media Star The New Yorker Last August, a twenty-two-second video posted on Facebook went viral in Pakistan. A young woman, her face obscured by large sunglasses, had recorded herself standing in front of a middle-aged man. “How I'm looking? Tell me how I'm looking,” she says to ... 'This girl fought': How a slain online sensation subverted Pakistan's male-dominated media Brother of Pakistan's Qandeel Baloch charged with crime against state In Death, Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani Social Media Star, Is Celebrated as a Feminist Hero |
CNN | Pakistani man dismembered, killed for having affair, police say CNN So-called honor killings in Pakistan have gained notoriety worldwide, but cases of men killed in such attacks are rare. Many of these killings involve relatives slaying young women accused of dishonoring the family. Even high-profile women are not immune. |
Quartz | Move over, India. Pakistan is the hottest equity market in South Asia Quartz The BRICS grouping is passe and the top emerging markets are losing sheen. Brexit has battered stocks world over and currencies across economies are weakening. In times like these, guess what's working for the global equity markets? Pakistan. The south ... |
ESPNcricinfo.com | England need calm response to Pakistan pressure ESPNcricinfo.com The reaction to defeat at Lord's speaks volumes for the febrile atmosphere in English cricket at present. With a couple of newspapers calling for the selectors to be sacked, you would think defeat at Lord's, or defeat against Pakistan, was an ... England v Pakistan: How to follow the action with Sky Sports England must show discipline or they will be bowled over by Pakistan's Yasir Shah and Co in the second Test at Old ... Second Test: Ben Stokes ready to fire up England against Pakistan |
Top Pakistan judge's son narrates abduction ordeal The Indian Express Sindh High Court chief justice's son Awais Ali Shah, who was rescued from the clutches of Pakistani Taliban by the army in the restive northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Wednesday narrated his terrifying ordeal to police and said he was kept ... |
Daily Beast | Murdered Pakistani Icon Qandeel Baloch Had Zero F***s Left to Give Daily Beast It is only by having zero fucks left to give that a woman in today's Pakistan could promise to strip online if her country's national cricket team won against India. It is only by having zero fucks left to give can a woman in today's Pakistan pluck up ... Brother of Pakistan's Qandeel Baloch: I'm 'proud' of strangling my sister Brother confesses to killing Pakistani model over racy photos Pakistani Social Media Celebrity Dead in Apparent Honor Killing |
CBS News | Dozens killed as tensions flare between nuclear neighbors CBS News Pakistan is observing a "Black Day" Wednesday to honor those killed in the violence, and its leaders have accused India of "atrocities, human rights violations and a killing spree of innocent people in Kashmir." Indian officials, on the other hand, say ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Pakistan Has Lost Its 'Angel of Mercy' Foreign Policy (blog) In May 2002, police discovered the mutilated body of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, Pakistan. When it was time for Pearl's remains to be collected and prepared for the long trip back to the United States, the police who found the ... |