Pakistan
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Foreign defense officials see Kashmir situation firsthand as Pakistan-India tensions soar
Defense attaches from the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey and Indonesia visited the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot sector of Jammu and Kashmir after days Indian shelling into Pakistan-controlled part of the disputed territory....February 23, 2018 1159 0 -
Pakistan’s ruling party faces uncertain future as Court rules Sharif cannot lead it
Photo: DFID – UK Department for International Development/Wikimedia Commons Pakistan’s highest court has banned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from leading his party, PML-N, ruling that a convicted individual cannot hold the leadership of a political...February 21, 2018 1599 0 -
Zainab’s killer gets death sentence
A court in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore has handed death sentence to a man, Imran Ali Naqashbandi, who was found guilty of raping and murdering Zainab, a seven-year old girl, whose gruesome death last month outraged...February 17, 2018 1015 0 -
Jingoism over Kashmir: Pakistan, India must heed voices of peace
Kashmir region 2004 Photo: CIA/Wikimedia Commons Amid exchange of fire across Kashmir’s Line of Control, uprising against Indian repression of the Kashmiris and the latest attacks on an Indian military base in the disputed region, Indian...February 15, 2018 1582 0 -
U.S. says Asma Jahangir’s untimely death is great loss to the world
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras The United States is paying tribute to the memory of Pakistani human rights champion Asma Jahangir, calling her untimely death of the global icon as a “great loss to the world.” “We join...February 13, 2018 1342 0 -
Trump proposes $351 million in assistance for Pakistan in the 2019 budget
Photo: HiraV/Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump has proposed $ 351 million in economic and security assistance for Pakistan in the fiscal 2019 budget, indicating the continued importance of U.S.-Pakistan cooperation to America’s South Asia policy. The...February 13, 2018 903 0 -
As South Asian tensions soar, Pakistan seeks expansion in UN monitoring of Kashmir
With Pakistan-India tensions soaring over Kashmir, Islamabad has urged the United Nations to expand its military observer group to enhancing monitoring of the situation in the disputed territory. The UN Military Observer Mission in India and...February 13, 2018 1412 0 -
Championing human rights against a multitude of pressures
Photo: Asma_Jahangir_Four_Freedoms_Awards/Wikimedia Commons Views and News Editorial She stood like a rock against two military regimes, entrenched societal injustices and the militant mindset – and on all these fronts she achieved remarkable success as a champion...February 11, 2018 1109 0 -
‘Cooperation, not blame game, will help resolve Afghan troubles’
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speaks to the media in Washington D.C. Photo Credit: VOA Fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and the region requires effective cooperation among allies, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari argued here...February 10, 2018 1345 0 -
Pakistan court sentences killers of Mashal Khan in forceful condemnation of militant mindset
In a loud pronouncement against militant mindset, an anti-terrorist court in northwestern Pakistani district of Haripur Wednesday sentenced killers and instigators of lynching of a student Mashal Khan after he was wrongfully accused of blasphemy. The...February 7, 2018 1245 0
