pakistan issues

Pakistan: teenage girls shot dead by relatives over online footage https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/17/female-teenagers-in-pakistan-shot-dead-by-relatives-over-video?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard Two female teenagers in Pakistan have been murdered by family members after a...

It appears Reddit is angry at Nestle. And, if the reports are accurate, with good reason. https://stayhipp.com/internet/memes/reddit-cancels-nestle-in-a-series-of-scathing-memes-and-calls-for-boycott/ Searching Google news for anything Nestle related only really brings up a bunch of...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/16/asia/pakistan-qandeel-baloch-murder/index.html I've no idea if the Wikipedia article quoted below is accurate. But I wonder if the killer will be prosecuted and if his sentence will be the same or less as the "common" murderer...

Bina Shah had a piece in yesterday's New York times about the fate of feminism in Pakistan. Her main argument is that, to be successful, Pakistani feminism needs to merge the two main strands of feminism that exist in the world: Islamic feminism, and secular feminism (some of Margot Badran's...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/15/us-pakistan-cleric-protests-idUSBRE90E04920130115 That last sentence is rather depressing, isn't it? There's more at the link above. I'm also kind of surprised that Qadri came back from Canada to lead these protests, though I'm not surprised at his...

I'm tired of these countries oppressing non-believers for merely expressing an opinion, which does not violate anyone else's rights. These four countries are the ones I immediately thought of, but it's not an exhaustive. Please feel free to add other countries to the list if you have examples...

A seemingly unprovoked attack by NATO (unknown at this time if it was just US forces) on two Pakistan miltary posts has led to the death of at least 24 Pakistani military personnel. I know the borders are not the best defined but his is pretty shocking and even worse I haven't seen it mentioned...

I think we may be seeing the end of "friendly" relations with our "ally" Pakistan. In case you spent the last 36 hours testing a new diving bell, Pakistan has arrested several people who helped the USA locate Osama. If finding and killing Osama is a crime in Pakistan, then I think we know who...

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/26-11-isi-helped-let-carry-out-mumbai-attacks-says-headley-107805 That would make Pakistan a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Inconvenient.

I was reading an article discussing the possibilities of bin Laden's compound becoming a tourist shrine when I came across the following quote by Dr. Muhammad Azfar Nisar, the deputy civil chief of the city. His quote leads me to believe that the Pakistani military holds a firm grip in the...

I mean he was living in a house 3 times the average size for a house where he stayed, and he and his followers built a 3 story wall. If I built a 3 story wall where I live, I'm almost sure to get police attention (or at the very least the Home Owners Association). Something tells me Pakastan...

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Pakistan-Issues-Arrest-Warrant-for-Musharraf---116077289.html

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/pakistan.blasphemy/index.html?hpt=T2 See what happens when you let Church and State mix?

I listen to NPR's The World daily on the way home from work. Yesterday, they had a segment on a situation I'd not heard of before. There is an Islamic sect called the Ahmadi. They are in all ways Muslim except for one, they don't think Mohammed was the last prophet. They think this guy...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_politics;_ylt=AmJhWb5RBXx8TCybwVY_Fu6s0NUE

Benazir Bhutto is "threatening" that the PPP will boycott the election in Pakistan. In the 40's the Edvard Benes and the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party boycotted elections, thus allowing the Soviet-puppet communist party a sweeping victory. Recently, opposition parties in Venezuela...

So, I'm listening to NPR's Fresh Air on the way home from work today and catch the second half of the following story Aside from just being fascinating, this also struck me as a specific issue that everyone that partakes in this sub-forum can contribute to discussing (perhaps even work...