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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

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Suicide attack in Pakistan kills 11

The court complex of flimsy lawyers’ offices sits in a market at the heart of one of Islamabad’s most affluent neighbourhoods  
Militant commando team attacks court complex in first major attack on Pakistani capital in more than five years
03 Mar 2014

Polio vaccination teams attacked in Pakistan

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers takea last glimpse of their colleagues  
Militants ambush convoy of health workers with roadside bomb, killing 12 of their security team and wounding dozens more
01 Mar 2014
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Pakistan army launches strikes near Afghan border

Pakistani fighter jets have been in the region since the government's efforts to engage Taliban insurgents in peace negotiations broke down this month  
At least 30 dead in the Shawal valley and Dattakhel areas of North Waziristan where militant training facilities and compounds are said to be located
25 Feb 2014
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General Musharraf leaves court without being charged at treason hearing

 
Pakistan’s former dictator finally appeared before judges amid speculation that he may soon be allowed to leave the country
18 Feb 2014
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Pakistan's former leader Pervez Musharraf in court

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf  
Pervez Musharraf makes court appearance at high treason trial
18 Feb 2014

Peace talks collapse as Taliban execute 23 Pakistani soldiers

Government negotiators pull out of negotiations due on Monday as politicians condemn latest killings
17 Feb 2014

Briton convicted of killing Daniel Pearl attempts suicide in Pakistan prison

Omar Saeed Sheikh, a former public school boy, has been held in a Pakistani prison since 2002 for the murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter
16 Feb 2014

Bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least 11 policemen

Bus carrying more than 50 police officers struck by a targeted explosion in Karachi, leaving at least 11 policemen dead and more than 30 injured, a number of whom remain critical
13 Feb 2014

Bombers attack Pakistani cinema for playing porn films

Peshawar was the last haven of sexual indecency in a corner of Pakistan bombed almost into submission by dour extremists
11 Feb 2014
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Inside Peshawar's last porn cinema

The Shama Cinema did roaring trade, shrugging off constant threats from religious extremists of the Pakistan Taliban, until a grenade attack ripped through its auditorium
11 Feb 2014

Blasts kill 10 at Pakistani porn cinema

Dozens more wounded as grenades rip through audience in troubled north-western city of Peshawar as extremists continue their campaign against movie houses
11 Feb 2014

Bhutto siblings open up about years in exile from Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto’s three children describe growing up in Pakistan’s grandest political dynasty, their years overseas and a tearful return
09 Feb 2014

First formal talks between Taliban and Pakistani government 'under way'

Critics warn that negotiations will fail, delaying military action against militants, as government team demands end to violence as precondition for further meetings
06 Feb 2014

US 'sharply curtails drone use in Pakistan'

The Obama administration indicated it would continue carrying out strikes on senior al Qaeda officials if they were to become available
05 Feb 2014

Hamid Karzai 'in secret talks with the Taliban'

Reports suggest Afghan president has reached out to militants in order to find peace deal without involving his American allies
04 Feb 2014
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Pakistan Taliban begins peace talks with government in Islamabad

Two teams of negotiators will meet on Tuesday, despite string of bloody attacks that killed more than 100 people last month
04 Feb 2014
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Imran Khan says no to Taliban invite

Taliban request that Imran Khan lead peace effort is rebuffed by the cricket star
03 Feb 2014
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Bilawal Bhutto's plea for Pakistan

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says he wants to lead his political party to victory in 2018 as he launches himself into public life with a festival of traditional music and dance
02 Feb 2014

Lawyers to lodge appeal for Briton sentenced to hang for blasphemy in Pakistan

Petition will demand that the court hears evidence that Mohammad Asghar has a history of mental illness and should never have faced trial
30 Jan 2014

David Cameron backs efforts to bring home Briton convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan

Lawyers say Mohammad Asghar, who has a history of mental illness, is in a fragile state in high security prison after being sentenced to death last week
29 Jan 2014

Sharif 'more Chamberlain than Churchill'

Pakistan’s prime minister backs down from military offensive
29 Jan 2014
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'My school is full of Malalas' says proud headmistress

The example of Malala Yousafzai inspires former classmates to make the best of their schooling, says former headteacher
29 Jan 2014

Malala book launch halted amid 'political and police pressure' in Pakistan

Organisers abandon event in reminder that the young education campaigner is loved more abroad than in her home country
28 Jan 2014

British schizophrenic sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan

A 71 year man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia faces execution after claiming he was the Prophet Mohammed
24 Jan 2014

British man sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan

A Pakistani court has passed the death sentence on a British national with mental health problems
24 Jan 2014
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