Washington Post | Pakistan army launches first nationwide anti-terrorism operation Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — When the Pakistan army announced that it was launching a nationwide military operation to “indiscriminately” eliminate the threat of terrorism from the land, the adverb had a precise and politically loaded meaning. For the first ... Pakistan's Hafiz factor |
Forbes | Sanction Pakistan As State Sponsor Of Terror Forbes In the past two weeks, Pakistan has closed border crossings with Afghanistan, and attacked Afghan soil with airstrikes and heavy artillery, causing 200 families to flee. Pakistan claims that these measures counter cross-border terrorists. But in so ... With explosion in upscale mall, terror attacks continue in Pakistan Pakistan blames Afghanistan for a spate of terrorist attacks Pakistan OKs Military Cross-border Operations Against Terrorists |
CBC.ca | Blast at Pakistan shopping centre kills 8 CBC.ca Explosives in a building under construction ignited Thursday, ripping through a market in an upscale neighbourhood in the eastern city of Lahore, killing eight people, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the explosives were meant to be ... Pakistan Official: Explosion Kills 8 in Lahore Eleven bloody days in Pakistan: a timeline Pakistan to send paramilitaries to fight Punjab militants |
Reuters | Bomb kills at least 10 in shopping district in Pakistan's Lahore Reuters LAHORE, Pakistan A bomb blast in an upscale shopping center in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore killed at least 10 people on Thursday, a provincial government spokesman said, the latest attack in a surge of violence that has shaken the country. "It ... |
Yahoo News | Pakistan on edge as eight killed in fresh Lahore bomb blast Yahoo News At least eight people were killed and 28 injured after a bomb ripped through Pakistan's Lahore Thursday, officials said, the tenth attack in just under a fortnight pointing to a resurgence in Islamist violence. The blast, the second to hit the ... Pakistan city hit by fresh bomb blast A Second Explosion Has Been Heard in Another Upscale Neighborhood of the Pakistani City of Lahore Pakistan blast: At least eight dead in Lahore |
Aljazeera.com | Does the China-Pakistan economic corridor worry India? - Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com The $46bn CPEC project connecting Xinjiang in China to Gwadar in Pakistan has raised concerns in India. Land rush around Pakistan's Gwadar port triggered by Chinese investment CPEC to boost Pakistan's economy: Moody's Pakistani banks poised to benefit from economic growth, CPEC: Moody's |
Omaha World-Herald | ISIS Hates Our Saint Because He Belongs to Everyone New York Times LONDON — Last Thursday a suicide bomber affiliated with the so-called Islamic State attacked Sehwan Sharif, one of the most revered Sufi shrines, in the southern Sindh Province of Pakistan, killing more than 80 people, including 24 children, and ... Qaiser Mehmood: Pakistan needs help to fight terror Rising religious intolerance in Pakistan In 10 days, Pakistan has seen 7 terror attacks, death toll at 126 |
Geo News, Pakistan | Thousands Protest In Kabul Against Pakistan's Cross-Border Shelling RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty KABUL -- Thousands of activists rallied in downtown Kabul on February 23, protesting Pakistan's cross-border rocket shelling last week. The protesters gathered around the Eidgah Mosque in the Afghan capital, chanting slogans condemning Pakistan as "an ... Pakistan Customs adopts go-slow policy for Afghan transit trade |
Amnesty International | Pakistan: Wave of violence shows a horrific disregard for human life ... Amnesty International A bomb attack in Lahore that killed eight people is the latest in a wave of violence that shows a horrific disregard for human life, Amnesty International said today. |
Bloomberg | Imran Khan Attacks Sharif Before Pakistan Panama Leak Ruling Bloomberg Khan -- a former cricket star who won adulation for leading Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup -- said Sharif was guilty in the “court of public opinion" as social media ensured updates from the trial swept across the nation. The court took up ... Govt to respect SC's Panama Leaks decision Live from the courtroom: Fiery judges question Attorney General's loyalties |