Pakistan News

SPEAKING FREELY The Pashtun factor in Pakistan's insurgency By Luqman Saeed The influx of al-Qaeda to the tribal areas of Pakistan from sanctuaries in Afghanistan brought Pashtuns as an ethnic group under the intense scrutiny of political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists.

During nationwide polio campaigns, hundreds of thousands of health workers go door to door, giving children two drops of the polio vaccine.

Security was tight as the faithful crowded mosques for Eid prayers. Karachi is on alert, amid fears of a possible attack by Taliban militants -- angered by the on-going military offensive in their North Waziristan stronghold.

Nawaz dedicated the Eid day to all the valiant soldiers waging a battle to rid Waziristan of terrorism, and the internally displaced persons , who had to leave their homes because of the operation Zarb-e-Azb.

Bonus Read: "U.S. paratroopers in Afghanistan hope to deal a few final blows against the Taliban," Ernesto Londono Hashmat Karzai, a powerful cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was killed by a suicide bomber during a dinner party at his home in Kandahar province on Tuesday .

The largest Eid congregation here was held at the Faisal Mosque, Geo News reported.

Muslims in Asia marked a grim Eid al-Fitr on Monday, overshadowed by several air tragedies, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, and conflicts in Gaza and Pakistan.

A woman and her two minor grand- daughters were killed when an angry mob set alight several houses, shops in Pakistan's Punjab province belonging to the minority Ahmadi sect in riots that followed the alleged posting of blasphemous content on Facebook.

People ride on Bumper cars during an Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Burgess Park, July 28, 2014 in London, England.

Last January Salma Jaffar was shot while she was going door to door in Karachi, giving children drops of the polio vaccine.

Last January Salma Jaffar was shot while she was going door to door in Karachi, giving children drops of the polio vaccine.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's ambassador to the US, Jalil Abbas Jilani, has reiterated that the North Waziristan operation against terrorists was going to be comprehensive and non-discriminatory, and no terrorist group including the notorious Haqqani Network was being given any safe exit as reported in the media.

BANNU/KOHAT Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Monday threatened to file a murder case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif if violence was used against his party workers during the August 14 rally.

Pakistani actor Fawad Khan's experience of working in India was very good and he credits his "Khoobsurat" co-star Sonam Kapoor for it.

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani mob killed a woman member of a religious sect and two of her granddaughters after a sect member was accused of posting blasphemous material on Facebook, police said Monday, the latest instance of growing violence against minorities.

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Islamabad, Jul 28: The communal violence in Indian town of Saharanpur should be halted at once before it spreads and becomes uncontrollable, a Pakistani daily said in an editorial.

KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies conducted targeted raids in different areas of the city and killed four members of banned outfit in the wee hours of Sunday.

HIV activists stage a silent protest on July 20 at the opening ceremony of the International Aids 2014 conference, which commenced with a memorial for six HIV activists who died on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

A leading Pakistani newspaper Sunday moaned the lost opportunities and called for speedy promotion of trade with India.