Pakistan
Hardliners rally against Pope across Pakistan’s Punjab
Hardliners rally against Pope across Pakistan’s Punjab
Police: Two clerics in Pakistan allegedly inspired governor’s killing
The Taliban killed four policemen in IED attacks in Bannu and Khyber. Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Seventeen people, including a journalist, were killed in Karachi. Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed wants the government to defend him in a US court.
Taseer assassin also guarded Zardari, Gilani
A Taliban suicide bomber killed six policemen and 14 civilians in an attack on a police station in Bannu. The Taliban killed two women in an IED attack in Peshawar. US Predators killed four “foreigners” in North Waziristan.
Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq said the attacks would continue until US Predator strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas are halted.
British men believed to be kidnapped in Pakistan
Pakistan elite silent after Taseer assassination
Father of Taliban dies
Pakistani govt playing in hands of extremists, mullahs: Burney
Pakistan: Islamists criticise Pope’s anti-blasphemy law comments
Pakistan: Minorities minister urges reform of blasphemy law
Pakistan faces a divide of age on Muslim law
Pope urges Pakistan to scrap blasphemy law
Mumtaz Qadri admits killing Governor Salman Taseer
Sermons motivated killer of Pakistani politician
‘The killer of my father, Salman Taseer, was showered with rose petals by fanatics. How could they do this?’
Last week our sources confirmed a report that Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI, or the Movement of Islamic Holy War), was released from Pakistani custody in early December 2010 (you can read the report and all the information about Akhtar’s connections to al Qaeda and Pakistan’s military and intelligence service here.) […]
Pakistan – More than 40,000 protest blasphemy law change: police
Pakistan – Bearded cops to be banned from VVIP security detail
Pakistan – Death to those who disagree
Two Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Khyber. The Taliban bombed a health clinic in Mohmand. Security forces arrested four “religious extremists” in Quetta.
US to offer more support to Pakistan
Pakistan – US ambassador’s blunt talk: we pay so we intrude
Taseer killer turns hero on Facebook
Taseer assassination raises spectre of nuclear heist in Pakistan
A tribal lashkar killed three Taliban fighters; three more Taliban fighters were found killed in Arakzai. An Awami National Party leader was killed in Mardan. The US will donate $190 million in flood aid.
Chaos over Mumtaz Qadri’s court appearance
Former boss feared Pakistan suspect’s “extremism”
After assassination, Pakistan’s Christians fear for their lives