The Guardian | Pakistani student kills school head in blasphemy law row The Guardian Insulting Islam's prophet is punishable by death under Pakistani law and blasphemy accusations stir such emotions that they are difficult to defend. Even a rumour of blasphemy can spark mob violence. Police have taken the student, who appeared in ... |
Express.co.uk | India, Pakistan continue trading fire and blame in Kashmir ABC News In Pakistan, two army officials confirmed that skirmishes continued in various parts of Kashmir, causing panic among local villagers, who were moving to safer places. The officials said Pakistan responded to Indian fire only after coming under attack ... World War 3: India and Pakistan NUCLEAR CONFLICT 'could be devastating for whole world' BSF destroys Pakistan firing positions, fuel dump UN chief offers mediation between Pakistan, India |
War on the Rocks | Nuclear Weapons Did Not Embolden Pakistan: Drawing the Right Lessons for North Korea War on the Rocks Editor's Note: This is the seventeenth installment of “Southern (Dis)Comfort,” a new series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center. The series seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition — military, economic, diplomatic — in ... Countries build nuclear bombs for four major reasons. Did Pakistan do it only because of India? |
Quartz | For Islam and against America: What fuelled Pakistan's nuclear black market? Quartz Evidence indicates that it is difficult to make generalisations about the whole nuclear proliferation episode involving Pakistan, as different sets of motivations, circumstances, and players were involved in the three cases under discussion. Even the ... |
Voice of America | Student Kills Pakistan College Principal After Accusing Him of Blasphemy Voice of America Police in northwestern Pakistan say a student shot and killed his college principal on campus on Monday after accusing him of blasphemy. The incident occurred at the private Islamia College in the northwestern town of Charsadda. The shooter was ... 12th Grader Kills Principal in Pakistan Over Alleged Blasphemy Student shoots dead college principal in Charsadda KP student kills college principal over 'blasphemy', short attendance |
2 Sisters In Pakistan Find They Have A Lot In Common With Jane Austen NPR HADID: The sisters grew up in Pakistan's tiny wealthy elite. They studied in English and devoured Austen novels. Here's Laaleen. SUKHERA: We find it easy to relate to her. We find it easy to relate to her era and her characters because Pakistan 200 ... |
The Japan Times | Doctor who helped lead US to bin Laden languishes in Pakistan prison, not helped by Trump vow The Japan Times PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN – Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years — since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to identify Osama bin Laden's home, aiding U.S. Navy Seals who tracked and killed the al-Qaida leader ... |
The Hill | US, Pakistan must move beyond dangerous status quo The Hill I have heard firsthand from Pakistani citizens about this when researching my newly released book, "Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State." As a student whom I interviewed in 2013 in Lahore put it, “We (Pakistanis) are America's ... Pakistani PM says 'committed' to seizing Islamist charities Envoy: Pakistan won't be 'scapegoat' for Afghan woes |
Jakarta Post | Roads less traveled in Pakistan Jakarta Post A group of journalists, including The Jakarta Post was invited by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan to the country's Trade Expo to check on its strategic products as well as to meet some of the importers and suppliers, including cotton trader ... |
The News International | US urges Pakistan to expel 'Taliban leaders' The News International WASHINGTON: Condemning the deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Afghanistan's capital city, The United States urged Pakistan to expel Taliban leaders, the White House said in a statement Monday night. The leaders of the terrorist outfit need to be banned ... 'Arrest, Expel Taliban Leaders': US Tells Pakistan After Kabul Attack Pakistan's suggested Afghan Policy 'Immediately arrest or expel Taliban from your soil,' says US to Pakistan, after weekend attack in Kabul |