Helplessness Torments Pakistan Never in the history of Pakistan have the people of Pakistan felt as disillusioned, let down and cheated as they do today, by all institutions of Pakistan, whichever face, race, ethnicity, even the ruling PTI...
New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has urged that Unicef stop using Indian- American actress Priyanka Chopra as its UN Goodwill Ambassador because she continues to support the Indian government despite it issuing...
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VOA correspondent Ayaz Gul contributed to this report from Islamabad. The death toll from a suicide bomb attack at a wedding in the Afghan capital, Kabul, last week has risen to 80, officials said. The initial death toll from Saturday's blast was...
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Thirty-some years ago, polio used to cripple hundreds of thousands of children a year. So far this year, about 60 children have gotten polio. The focus now is largely on only two countries: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Yet, there are reports that the...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): The United Kingdom did not back either China or Pakistan during the closed-door UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Kashmir last Friday, according to a media report.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): With tensions running high between India and Pakistan over developments in the Kashmir region, about 200 Twitter accounts have been suspended by the micro-blogging site after objections by the Indian Government, a media report...
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Tensions have been escalating between the two states in recent months, with several exchanges of fire taking place along the Line of Control in Kashmir. Both countries blame each other for violating the ceasefire, which was reached after a previous...
“Pakistan’s commitment to the Kartarpur Corridor shows how much it respects Sikhs,” Andrew Korybko, the Moscow based American analyst, wrote on the Eurasia Future web site that styles itself as the Global Policy & Analysis...
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The president of Pakistani-administered Kashmir has welcomed efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to lower tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed Himalayan region and warned of a humanitarian crisis and food shortages in the...
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Accusing India of waging "fifth-generation warfare," Pakistan said on Monday New Delhi had failed to inform it about the release of water from a dam that could cause flooding across the border.Relations between the neighbors, already hostile, have...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): A day after the Pakistani military claimed two civilians were killed in ceasefire violations by India along the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan summoned an Indian diplomat in Islamabad on Monday.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan’s envoy to the United States Asad Majeed Khan has made a statement that the ongoing tensions in Kashmir could potentially affect the peace process in Afghanistan.
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Kyle Mizokami
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Pakistan currently has a nuclear “triad” of nuclear delivery systems based on land, in the air and at sea. Islamabad is believed to have modified American-built F-16A fighters and possibly French-made...
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Updated at 10:28 p.m. Aug. 17.ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Authorities in Afghanistan say a massive suicide bomb blast late Saturday inside a packed wedding hall in Kabul "killed and injured dozens of civilians." There were no immediate claims of...
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Updated at 5:52 p.m. Aug. 17.ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Authorities in Afghanistan said a massive bomb blast late Saturday inside a packed wedding hall in Kabul "killed and injured dozens of civilians." There were no immediate claims of responsibility...
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ON Friday, the United Nations Security Council held a closed door meeting to discuss India's controversial decision to revoke the Kashmir region's special status.
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Amid the escalating row between India and Pakistan over the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region, which has seen armed clashes along the so-called Line of Control, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has become a meme thanks to the algorithms of the...
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Tensions have recently escalated leading to several exchanges of fire along the Line of Control separating the two states. India’s defence minister has said that the country's nuclear policy of "no first use" may be altered. In the wake of this...
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Michael Rubin
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Less than a month later, Iranian security forces suffered another devastating attack at the Mirjaveh border post, the main border crossing between Iran and Pakistan. In that attack, insurgents or...
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Last month, three men have been arrested for indecent exposureImage by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images.
On paper, the Pakistani law that criminalizes sexual harassment is a step towards protecting women’s rights; however, the extent...