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Americans in Pakistan Face More Questions

Sukhmani — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:37:00 +0000

A court Friday gave police 10 more days to interrogate five detained Americans on suspicion they were planning attacks on military installations in Pakistan. Police officials said the men — all from the Washington, D.C., area — might...

Pakistani Cleric Gets Death Sentence For Sodomising And Killing Young Boy

Incognito — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:04:42 +0000

There is something truly sick about a religious man raping a young child, and even more repugnant when the rape takes place in a house of God. In this case it was a Mosque. Back on November 29, 2008 a Muslim cleric in Korowal village, Pakistan...

4 Killed in Suicide Attack in Northwest Pakistan

Erfan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:10:01 +0000

Four people were killed and 24 wounded on Thursday in the latest suicide attack in the northwest city of Peshawar, police and hospital officials said. The lone bomber arrived on foot and ran when he was asked to stop on the main road in...

Pakistani Justice- 2 Men To Have Ears And Noses Chopped Off For Doing The Same To Their Cousin

Incognito — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:08:53 +0000

Young Pakistani Fazeelat Bibi refused to marry one of her cousins- her parents supported that decision, so she was kidnapped at gunpoint, a noose was placed around her neck and then her ears and nose were chopped off. The horrific practice of...

A Pandora’s Box - May Be?

Shaima Sumaya — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:24:20 +0000

Amongst other issues facing Pakistan today is the aftermath of the December 16th decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The decision given by the 17-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad...

Pakistan to chop off men's ears and noses for brutalizing a woman

Erfan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:15:18 +0000

The court in Pakistan’s most liberal city ordered two men to have their nose and ears chopped off as punishment for inflicting similar injuries on a woman they abducted, an official said Tuesday. An anti-terrorism court headed by judge...

Hard reality, as US pushes Pakistan

Maqsood — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:59:13 +0000

Pakistan will not go as far as Washington wants, and there’s nothing the U.S. can do about it: That’s the sobering reality as the U.S. tries to persuade a hesitant Pakistan to finish off the fight against terrorists. Expand the current...

Brother Auctions Off Sister To Highest Bidder

Incognito — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:55:57 +0000

Like a farm animal 20-year-old Azizan, divorced mother-of-2, was auctioned off by her brother (with whom she was living) to a 50-year-old man, Bilawal Bhutto. He wasn’t the only one interested in buying a young woman, as if she were a cow or...

Interior Secretary suspended Over Mukhtar Episode

Karim Khan — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:32:10 +0000

Interior Secretary Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry and three officials of the FIA have been suspended for stopping Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar from proceeding to China on an official visit on...

Chaos in Pakistan, EU’s concerns, and signing of a declaration over Pak proxy rule in Gilgit-Baltistan

Vinod — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:29:48 +0000

The EU Parliament has taken serious concerns over the way Gilgit and Baltistan are administered by Pakistan. Ever since Pakistan annexed these two parts of Indian Kashmir, situation is going from bad to worse and Pakistan has even blocked the...