‘Azm-e-Istehkam’: Can new Pakistani military operation curb armed attacks?
Amid a surge in violent attacks, Pakistan’s new military campaiogn leads to questions over its timing and whether it can work.
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Pakistani police charge 23 people with being part of a mob that murdered a blasphemy suspect
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have arrested 23 people accused of being part of a mob that killed a man suspected of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book, officials said Monday.
Roadside bomb attack targeting security convoy kills 5 soldiers and wounds 2 in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing five soldiers and wounding two others, officials said, a sign of increasing attacks on security forces in the volatile region.
Local tourist killed in Pakistan’s Swat over blasphemy allegations
Videos circulating on social media show a large crowd chanting religious slogans and surrounding a burning body.
Pakistan police register a case against a mob that killed a man suspected of desecrating the Quran
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in northwestern Pakistan on Friday registered a case against hundreds of people who attacked a police station and killed a man being questioned there on suspicion of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book, officials said.
Push to silence Modi’s critics hits Arundhati Roy
Narendra Modi recently won a third term as Indian prime minister after his BJP was returned to power, albeit as part of a minority government leading the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Having expected to win another majority from which to pursue his Hindu nationalist – or Hindutva – agenda, Modi will have to operate within the constraints of a considerably reduced mandate.
A Muslim mob in Pakistan torches a police station and lynches a man after accusing him of blasphemy
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday broke into a police station, snatched a man who was held there and then lynched him over allegations that he had desecrated Islam’s holy book, the Quran.