New York Times | Facing Military Pressure, Pakistan's Prime Minister Ousts 2 Top Aides New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Under pressure from Pakistan's military, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ousted two of his top officials on Saturday in a continuing standoff over leaks to the news media of a meeting at which civilian leaders confronted the military ... Pakistan PM fires advisor over newspaper leak, army rejects actions Pakistan PM sacks adviser over leaked report against army Pakistan's prime minister, having survived Supreme Court corruption ruling, now faces pressure to step down |
Aljazeera.com | Pakistan army 'rejects' PM's actions on security leak Aljazeera.com Karachi, Pakistan - Pakistan's military has rejected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's decision to fire a top foreign policy advisor over his alleged connections to an article published last year that suggested there was a rift between civilian and ... Pakistan PM Fires Key Officials Over Media Leaks Pakistan's army rejects PM Sharif's call to sack adviser Pakistan: Sharif housecleaning fails to quell army |
NBCNews.com | Senior Afghan Taliban Official Killed in Pakistan, ISIS Claims Responsibility NBCNews.com Senior Taliban officials told NBC News that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack which took place on Thursday, constituting a rare clash between the rival Islamist groups and the first time ISIS has targeted the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan. Senior taliban leader killed in Pakistan Islamic State kills senior Afghan Taliban official in Pakistan: militants Afghan defense chief quits over attack; U.S. warns of 'another tough year' | Reuters |
U.S. News & World Report | Pakistan: Thousands of Activists Rally Against PM Sharif U.S. News & World Report Pakistan's opposition leader Imran Khan, second from right, attends anti-government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, April 28, 2017. Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's popular opposition leader Imran Khan have rallied in the capital, Islamabad ... Shehbaz to quit politics if Imrans Rs10bn allegations proven true |
Hindustan Times | Pakistani man who said he was ISI spy made up story to settle in India: Sources Hindustan Times Government officials said on Saturday they are almost certain that a man who turned up at the Delhi airport a day earlier and identified himself as a hit man of Pakistan's ISI is not a spy but had cooked up the story to gain asylum in India. Ahmed ... Want to quit ISI and stay in India: Pakistan man baffles Delhi airport helpdesk |
NDTV | Border Security Force Returns 15-Year-Old Who Crossed Over From Pakistan NDTV Chandigarh: The Border Security Force on Saturday handed over a 15-year-old boy to Pakistani authorities. The intruder had crossed over to Indian territory by mistake in Punjab's Abohar sector, an official said. Razak Mai, a resident of Kasur district ... BSF sends back Pakistan boy who inadvertently crossed into India India hands over Pakistani teen who inadvertently crossed border BSF lets Pakistan national, who unintentionally crossed over into Indian territory, return home |
USA TODAY | Facebook posts in Pakistan can be deadly — especially fake ones USA TODAY Insulting Islam or the prophet Mohammed in this majority-Muslim country is a crime of blasphemy punishable by death. Some are changing their Facebook IDs to ... Police Arrest 22 After Lynching Of Pakistani Student Falsely Accused Of Blasphemy |
Our man in Pakistan? Times of India (blog) Pakistan and Iran do not enjoy the best of relations, with the Shiite Persians blaming the Sunni Pakistanis for supporting a Sunni allegedly-terrorist group, Jundallah to carry out mischief in Iran. It therefore is not as if Pakistani troops can just ... |
The News International | US urges Pakistan to support government in Kabul The News International WASHINGTON: United States has urged Pakistan to support government in Kabul for an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process to end conflict in war-torn country. After meeting of senior officials of the two countries in Washington, the Trump ... 'US military support to Pakistan must be conditional on terror crackdown', says International Crisis Group Pakistani Parliamentarians to Meet Afghan Counterparts in Kabul |
The Hindu | Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan The Hindu A Pakistani Hindu devotee wearing a religious headband and her child are seen inside a bus before leaving for homage to Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan, outside the Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi in this April 28, 2017 photo. Pakistani Hindus ... Hindu temple desecrated in Sindh's Gharo |