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1 hr ago | CPJ Press Freedom Online

Roots of Impunity

On the evening of January 17, 2012, a year and four days after Geo TV reporter Wali Khan Babar was gunned down on a busy street in Karachi, Mukarram Khan Aatif , a senior journalist in the tribal region of Pakistan, was offering evening prayers at a mosque near his home in Shabqadar.

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Wed May 22, 2013

CNN

Khan home after campaign fall

Imran Khan, head of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, leaves the hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, May 22.

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PakTribune

PTI seeks Sami's help in Taliban peace talks

PESHAWAR: Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has sought the help of an elderly pro-Taliban cleric to initiate peace talks with the militants, party officials said Tuesday.

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Asia Times

Speaking Freely : The sea rises in age of drone terror

SPEAKING FREELY The sea rises in age of drone terror By Dallas Darling Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The Nation

Should ban on YouTube stay?

The YouTube was banned in Pakistan in September 2012 after a blasphemous video titled "Innocence of Muslims" was uploaded on it, and Muslims all over the world protested against it.

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Weekday Magazine

Study: Drone Strikes Unlikely To Destroy Islamist Networks

Drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas are unlikely to eliminate Islamist extremist networks, according to a new study.

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Chambersburg Public Opinion

Promoting U.S.-friendly 'Ahmadi' Islam certain to backfire

Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party headed by Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, pray during a gathering to celebrate Sharif's victory, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, May 17, 2013.

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Mon May 20, 2013

AlertNet

Don't wear socks, hot Pakistanis told amid power crisis

Election workers use covers of ballot boxes and polling booths to shield themselves from the sun before transporting them to polling stations, at a sports complex used as a storage area for election material in Peshawar, Pakistan, on May 10, 2013.

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Arutz Sheva Israel News

Courageous Women Can Change the World: Malala Yousafzai

In order to fully understand why Malala Yousafzai, now fifteen years old, made an outstanding contribution to changing the world - and we hope she will continue to do so - it is important to take a look at the background of the following story.

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Sun May 19, 2013

CNN

Pakistani voters cast ballots a day after political leader's slaying

Pakistanis cast ballots in Karachi on Sunday, a day after the slaying of a well-known political leader who had accused rivals of vote rigging.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Seattle Times

Hobbled, once-grand railways reflect Pakistan’s decline

Railway workers attempt to fix tracks in Lahore. In its heyday, train travel in Pakistan was an elegant, popular mode of travel for the wealthy and working classes alike.

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PakTribune

Leader of Ali Haider Gilani kidnappers' gang arrested

NOWSHERA: The chief of the gang that kidnapped Ali Haider Gilani, a son of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, was arrested during an operation by police against the abductors on Friday.

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The Guardian

UK funds poll in Pakistan on US drone attacks

A US Predator drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport.

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The Cyprus Weekly

Mosque bombs kill 10 PESHAWAR - Police say bombings at two mosques in northwest Pakistan have...

Police say bombings at two mosques in northwest Pakistan have killed at least 10 people.

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PakTribune

Taliban kill two soldiers in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Taliban militants ambushed a military convoy late Thursday in Pakistan's troubled northwestern city of Peshawar, killing two soldiers, security officials said.

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Fri May 17, 2013

BBC News

Why Afghans are wary of Sharif

Nawaz Sharif's victory in Pakistan's general elections is being seen with some alarm in Afghanistan, where some fear it may mean more instability.

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Pakistan Christian Post

PCC nominates Jan Masih as President of Peshawar city

Karachi: May 16, 2013. The Central Executive Cuncil of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC have approved nomination of Jan Masih as President of PCC-Peshawar in a meeting here today.

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BBC News

Deadly bombs at Pakistan mosques

He told the BBC that 15 of the injured were in a critical condition and being taken to hospitals in Mardan and Peshawar.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Nation

Two Nato drivers shot dead in KPK

A driver was killed when unidentified militants opened fire at a NATO supply tanker in Gariza area of Jamrud tehsil, sub-division of Khyber tribal region, on Thursday, official sources said.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Khan's party to lead govt in Pakistan's terror-hit NW

The party of Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan on Thursday said it would lead a coalition government in the terror-hit northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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