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The Economist
| 7 months ago
Pakistan's politics The peace and love tour The Pakistani Taliban: brutal, or simply misunderstood? Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a grouping of Islamist militants also known as the Pakistani Taliban, shot a 14-year-old girl, Malala Yousafzai, in the...
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The Progressive
| 7 months ago
Khan told the media that President Asif Ali Zardari would be responsible for any mishaps in the march. There are main two reasons people took interest in the peace march. First, many people, even in Pakistan, never thought that they would ever visit...
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Indian Express
| 7 months ago
Large quantities of explosives were reportedly recovered from them. The police said that the blasts of August 1 in Pune were a revenge attack plotted by Bhatkal brothers for the killing of IM operative Qateel Siddique inside a Pune prison earlier...
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India Abroad
| 7 months ago
At least 16 militants, including some foreign fighters, were killed when the United States drones targeted the compound of a militant commander believed to have links with the Haqqani network and the Al Qaeda [ Images ] in northwest Pakistan on...
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BBC South Asia
| 7 months ago
A US drone strike on a compound in Pakistan's north-western tribal region has killed 10 suspected militants, Pakistani officials have said. At least six people were injured in the attack, which took place in the Orakzai tribal region, near the Afghan...
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The Courier-Mail
| 7 months ago
Thursday's attack was the second US missile strike reported in as many days in the northwest, considered a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The attack comes as Pakistan is in shock over the Taliban's attempted assassination of a 14-year-old...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Pakistan (AP) U.S. drones fired four missiles at a compound of a Pakistani militant commander in a northwestern tribal region on Thursday, killing 10 militants, while a pair of bombings in another part of the country killed 10 civilians and three...
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DAWN
| 7 months ago
Spokesman for the Foreign Office, Moazzam Khan said on Thursday that Pakistan and India wished to resolve all matters through bilateral discussions and possessed the ability to resolve all mutual problems, DawnNews reported. Speaking to media...
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Arab News
| 8 months ago
A Yemeni official said yesterday that security forces have detained a US citizen suspected of having links to Al-Qaeda. Authorities arrested the suspect Monday in a hotel in the southern city of Shabwa, the official said. The man was carrying two US...
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India Abroad
| 8 months ago
M odels Xillehuma (left) and Mehreen Sayed, wearing creations by designer Zarmina Khan, pose together before taking to the catwalk during Fashion Pakistan Week in Karachi. The four day long event, which was rescheduled twice due to security concerns,...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Islamabad People hold a portrait of Malala Yousafzai during a protest in Peshawar condemning the attack on her by the Taliban. Photograph: Rahat Dar/EPA Pakistan 's powerful military chief has put himself at the centre of a national outrage over the...
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Japan Times
| 8 months ago
Over the weekend, defying death threats from the militants whose writ is law in the region, former cricketer and presently Pakistan's most popular political leader Imran Khan led but had to abort a march into the country's northwestern tribal areas...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Pakistan A 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot by the Taliban had defied threats for years, believing the good work she was doing for her community was her best protection, her father said on Wednesday.
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Five people died Wednesday in a suspected drone strike at a militant hideout in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area, Pakistani officials said. It was the first such incident since a weekend protest, led by Imran Khan , Pakistan's popular...
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Seattle Times
| 8 months ago
Originally published Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 3:55 AM Shooting of Pakistan girl activist sparks outrage Many schools in Pakistan's Swat Valley closed their doors in protest Wednesday and the country's army chief vowed to fight on against...
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Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
The National Peace Award winner, Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked in Swat, is currently under treatment in CMH Peshawar. Later, Malala were taken to Peshawar via helicopter and admitted in CMH Peshawar. It is important to mention that Malala had...
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Zee News
| 8 months ago
Five militants were on Wednesday killed and three others injured when US drones targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan, security officials and tribesmen said.
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Declaring its peace march to South Waziristan a success, the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has announced two more steps to pace up its drive against US drone attacks a rally outside the UN headquarters and a signature campaign . I'll lead a demonstration...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 8 months ago
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound has killed five insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials say. The attack was the first since a massive anti-drone rally last weekend near the lawless...
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The Independent
| 8 months ago
A girl of 14 who gained worldwide acclaim for speaking out against the Pakistani Taliban's ban on education for girls was shot in the head on her way home from school yesterday, Militant leaders said the attack on Malala Yousafzai was a warning to...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
A US citizen suspected of having links to al-Qaeda has been arrested in Yemen, officials have told the BBC. The man was detained in Ataq, in the province of Shabwa, the scene of an ongoing conflict between Islamist militants and Yemen's armed forces.
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The Hindu
| 8 months ago
October 9, 2012 Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old peace activist who became the `voice of girls in Swat' when the Taliban controlled the valley in 2008, was injured in a shooting incident on Tuesday; triggering a nationwide wave of revulsion at...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the United Nations (UN) will be requested to intervene for stopping US drone attacks in tribal areas of Pakistan bordering with Afghanistan, DawnNews reported. Speaking to a press...
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Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
The detractors looking visibly pleased for his not making it to the end conveniently forget the APCs, the containers and other impediments placed in the path of the marchers which delayed them and deprived them of the sun light so badly needed to...
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Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
None of the areas he marched through have been major targets of drone attacks; these areas comprise perhaps less than 10 percent of the area of South Waziristan and, moreover, these areas have been under the control of the army since October 2009. It...
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Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
They cite safety concerns but do not tell from whom from the Pakistan Army, the US drones or the Taliban themselves? It is obvious that neither the Pakistan Army nor US drones were going to attack the procession; the only hostile party left is the...
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Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan claimed on Monday the PTI's peace march was a golden opportunity for the government to convey to all and sundry that drones were producing horrendous results and adding to the militancy instead of...
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Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claimed to have achieved its goals in Waziristan rally and succeeded in raising voice against drone strikes that had reached world over, said a PTI leader and former minister, Malik Abdul Qayyum, on Monday. He said,...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
AFP 48 mins ago In a file picture taken on October 7, 2012, Pakistani politician Imran Khan addresses a peace rally in Tank. Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricket hero turned politician, failed to reach the tribal badlands on a much-hyped march but did...
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India Abroad
| 8 months ago
Pakistan on Monday criticised President Hamid Karzai [ Images ] for calling on Islamabad [ Images ] to stop backing terrorists as a condition for negotiating a strategic partnership pact, saying the Afghan leader's remarks were "misplaced and without...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
ments Code Pink joins Pakistani political party in anti-drone protest Some 30 men and women between the ages of 22 and 80 from the anti-war coalition Code Pink joined forces with Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and his party. By...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday hurled allegation at the government and Maulana Fazlur Rehman that they tried to mount hurdles to disrupt his party's peach march to Waziristan, DawnNews reported. Speaking to a press...
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Pak Tribune
| 8 months ago
L(N), PPP and JUI are Munafiq meaning hypocrites who say they oppose these strikes but secretly support them...The fact of the matter is that no one supports these drone strikes anymore. There was a time some years back when both the Government of...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
If we are given drones, we will use them responsibly as we used the F-16s, said Malik, as the US media reported on Sunday that Pakistan appeared to be changing its position on the strikes. Malik told reporters he had conveyed Pakistan's concerns over...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf's (PTI) peace march came to an abrupt end after the party leadership stopped short of leading the caravan into South Waziristan, allegedly after the Pakistan Army cited serious security threats were Imran Khan to force his...
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The Herald
| 8 months ago
Pakistan Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan emerged as a powerful political force late last year by engineering massive rallies in big cities. On Sunday, he failed in his bid to take his people-power campaign to the unlikeliest of venues South...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
The military's reasoning, Khan later told his supporters, was that the convoy had arrived too late in the afternoon to risk allowing people to gather after sunset. But all along it was doubtful that the army, which keeps a tight grip on domestic...
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The Independent
| 8 months ago
As the sun set last night, Imran Khan claimed his peace march into Pakistan's most dangerous areas had been a success, despite failing to make it into militant-plagued South Waziristan. The cricketer-turned-politician led a convoy of several hundred...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
In Pakistan, Drone Protest Takes Detour for Safety a Majeed/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Imran Khan speaking in the Pakistani town of Tank on Sunday during a rally against American drone strikes. The demonstration was originally intended for the...
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Telegraph India
| 8 months ago
Pakistan's security forces today stopped an anti-US rally led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan from entering a volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Khan and at least 5,000 supporters, who included some American anti-war activists,...
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The Age
| 8 months ago
The decision to turn back disappointed protesters and residents alike. "You can see for yourself there are no problems, no army, no police," said Kalim Ullah Khan, 26, who works in the oil and gas industry, as he gestured at the empty road leading on...
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The Hindu
| 8 months ago
Islamabad, October 7, 2012 AP Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan addresses supporters during a peace march in Mianwali, Pakistan on Saturday. As anticipated, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan had to cut short his peace march to...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday said that the government has a clear stance against the drone attacks and considered them as illegal and counter-productive. Speaking to APP, Kaira said that the government was...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 8 months ago
Dera Ismail Khan Makeshift roadblocks, security threats and warnings from Pakistan 's army forced Imran Khan to abandon his unprecedented attempt to lead a cavalcade of anti-drone protesters deep into the country's restive tribal belt on Sunday.
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The Daily Telegraph
| 8 months ago
Imran Khan has claimed victory at the end of his march against US drone strikes, despite failing to reach his intended destination in Pakistan's tribal areas. Khan defied official warnings to lead thousands of supporters beyond Tank, the last town...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Fazlur Rehman terms Imran Khan a western agent JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday, while terming Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Kahn a western agent, claimed that Khan...
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Al Jazeera English
| 8 months ago
13 Pakistani authorities have stopped a protest over US drone strikes led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan from entering the troubled region of South Waziristan, prompting allegations the government is ambivalent about US actions.
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Chicago Tribune
| 8 months ago
Imran Khan, cricketer-turned-politician and head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), wears a turban while addressing his supporters as he leads a peace march against U.S. drone strikes from Islamabad to South Waziristan, in Musa Khel, located in the...
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India Abroad
| 8 months ago
A march against US drone strikes in Pakistan led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan [ Images ] was stopped by the army on the edge of the nation's lawless tribal belt due to fears of possible militant attacks on the rallyists, which also...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Associated Press 2012-10-07 08:40 PM The Pakistan i military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistan is and a small contingent of U.S. anti-war activists from entering a lawless...
