Posts Tagged: Pakistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan Claims Powerful ‘Israel Lobby’ Controls American Middle East Policy
The prime minister of Pakistan claimed in an interview over the weekend that “Israel’s lobby” in the United States controls Middle East policy and is...
The Pakistan-Saudi Spat: Hitting the Kingdom Where It Hurts
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureishi has stirred a regional hornet’s nest by challenging Saudi leadership of the Muslim world. Complaining about lack of support...
Terrorists Convicted for Antisemitic Murder of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan Could Go Free This Year
Four men sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan for the antisemitic murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 could go free later...
Petition Against Freeing Murderers of Jewish-American Journalist Daniel Pearl Gets Over 10,000 Signatures
A petition being circulated urging Pakistani leaders not to free the killers of Jewish-American journalist Daniel Pearl has over 10,000 signatures and was praised by...
US Journalist Daniel Pearl’s Parents Challenge Freeing of His Convicted Killers
Slain US journalist Daniel Pearl's parents have petitioned to the Pakistani Supreme Court seeking to overturn a ruling that freed four men who had been...
Pakistani Court Commutes Death Sentence of Main Suspect in Daniel Pearl Killing, Acquits Three
A Pakistani court has commuted the death sentence of the main person accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl,...
Pakistan’s Khan Says He Will Try to Facilitate Iran-Saudi Talks
Pakistan will do its utmost to enable talks between arch regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday in...
Nikki Haley Blasts UN Council for Condemning Israel’s Record on Women’s Rights
Former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley blasted a UN council on Thursday for singling out Israel for alleged violations of women’s rights. The UN...
Arab, Russian, and Pakistani Protesters Learn the Lessons of 2011
The recent crackdown in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, in which some 100 people were reportedly killed and hundreds wounded, bears all the hallmarks of the...
Gunmen Storm Five-Star Hotel in Pakistan, Killing at Least One
Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan's southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside, officials...
India Strike Used Israeli-Made Weapons, Report Says
CTech - On Tuesday, the Indian Air Force had crossed the de facto border between the Indian and Pakistani-held areas of Kashmir for the first...
Why Prospects for Israeli-Pakistani Relations Remain Dim
On October 25, an Israeli journalist tweeted that an Israeli jet had flown from Tel Aviv to Islamabad, where it spent 10 hours before flying...
Pakistan and Its Militants: Who Is Mainstreaming Whom?
Pakistani militants of various stripes collectively won just under 10 percent of the vote in the July 2018 parliamentary elections. Some represented longstanding legal Islamist...
Dutch Help Victim of Pakistan’s Radical Islamic Blasphemy Law
When courts overturned Asia Bibi's blasphemy conviction in her native Pakistan last week, rioters swarmed the streets calling for her to be hung. Pakistani law demands the...
