Tag: Pakistan

PAKISTAN – Gunmen kill many Hazara Shia coal miners in southwest Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen have opened fire on a group of minority Hazara Shia Muslim coal miners after abducting them, killing 11 in the southwestern Balochistan province,...

PAKISTAN/ZAKI-UR-REHMAN LAKHVI – Pakistan arrests Mumbai attacks ‘plotter’ for terrorism financing (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan has arrested Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a leader of armed group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) – blamed by the United States and India for the 2008 Mumbai...

PAKISTAN – Pakistan regional gov’t to fund construction of destroyed temple (Al Jazeera)

A Hindu temple in the northwest Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that was destroyed by a Muslim mob earlier this week will be rebuilt...

PAKISTAN – A forgettable year for Pakistan’s economy (S Akbar Zaidi, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/01/a-forgettable-year-for-pakistans-economy/

PAKISTAN – Pakistan Struggles to Regain Its Footing in a Changing Muslim World (James M. Dorsey, BESA Center)

Increasing strains between Pakistan and its traditional Arab allies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are about more than the Gulf States’ opportunistic targeting of...

PAKISTAN – Pakistan arrests more than a dozen over Hindu temple attack (Al Jazeera)

Police in Pakistan have arrested more than a dozen people in overnight raids a day after Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi, a Hindu temple,...

PAKISTAN – Several soldiers killed by gunmen in southwestern Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

At least seven soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan, the military said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/27/several-soldiers-killed-by-gunmen-in-south-western-pakistan

PAKISTAN – Daniel Pearl’s family condemns release of accused in Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

The family of American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002, has expressed hope that the men involved in...

PAKISTAN – To survive Pakistan’s COVID pandemic, grocery stores go online (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Aamer Khattak started his grocery store 20 years ago when he was just 17, with a small amount of capital, a small location and...

PAKISTAN – Pakistan court orders release of accused in Daniel Pearl killing (Al Jazeera)

A provincial court in Pakistan has ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged over the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/court-orders-release-of-man-charged-in-daniel-pearl-killing

PAKISTAN/KASHMIR – Pakistan army says soldier killed by Indian shelling in Kashmir (Al Jazeera)

A Pakistani soldier was killed in border clashes with Indian forces in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Thursday, Pakistan’s military has said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/pakistans-army-says-soldier-killed-in-disputed-kashmir-region

ISRAEL/PAKISTAN – Israel says Pakistan not among states it may have ties with (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan is not among the Muslim countries Israel is aiming to normalise relations with, an Israeli cabinet minister said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/israel-says-pakistan-not-among-countries-to-normalise-ties-with

PAKISTAN/KASHMIR – Pakistan says Indian shelling kills civilian in disputed Kashmir (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

A civilian has been killed and three others wounded by Indian shelling in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Pakistan’s military has said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/23/indian-shelling-kills-civilian-in-disputed-kashmir-pakistan-says

UAE/PAKISTAN – UAE assured visa ban ‘temporary’ to check COVID, says Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan says it has been assured by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that the abrupt visa ban imposed last month is “temporary in nature”...

PAKISTAN/INDIA – Pakistan alleges India preparing for ‘surgical strike’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s government has alleged that India is preparing to launch a “surgical strike” on Pakistani soil and has called for the international community...

PAKISTAN/UAE – Pakistan FM says expects UAE visa ban issue to be ‘resolved soon’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s foreign minister says he expects the issues being faced by members of the Pakistani diaspora following an abrupt visa ban imposed by the...