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Video purports to show kidnapped Chinese tourist in Pakistan

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ishtiaq Mahsud Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A militant video released Sunday purported to show a Chinese tourist kidnapped by Taliban-allied fighters in Pakistan a year ago asking for his government to help him be released. A militant known to belong to a Taliban splinter group called Jaish al-Hadeed, or the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Abdullah Bahar, Associated Press, Chinese, Chinese Embassy, Dera Ismail Khan, Following Hong, Hong Xudong, India, Islamabad, Pakistan, Shehryar Mehsud, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

Nobel: two rival nations, one message of peace

October 19, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — One is Muslim, the other Hindu. One a Pakistani, the other Indian. One a school girl just starting out in life, the other a man with decades of experience.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Alfred Nobel, Ashis Nandy, Associated Press, East Timor, Independent Pakistani, India, Islamabad, Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Oeivind Stenersen, Oslo-based Nobel, Salil Tripathi, South Asia, Thorbjoern Jagland, Vol 33 No 43 | October 18 - October 24, Yitzhak Rabin, poverty

Pakistani Hindus protest temple destruction

December 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Adil Jawad The Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Hindus Sunday Dec. 2 protested the destruction of a Hindu temple in the southern port city of Karachi. The temple was razed, along with some nearby homes, by a builder.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, AP, Associated Press, India, Islamabad, KARACHI, Minority Hindus, Muslim-dominated Pakistan, Pakistani Hindus, Parvez Iqbal, Sri Rama Peer Naval, Vol 31 No 50 | December 8 - December 14, Zeenat Ahmad

32 years after attack, Pakistani woman gets nose

June 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Asif Shahzad The Associated Press THATHA PIRA, Pakistan (AP) — After six years of abuse, Allah Rakhi was walking out of her marriage when her husband struck again. Snatching a knife, he sliced off her nose. “You’re no longer beautiful!” he shouted. He then slashed at her foot — brutal punishment for leaving the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Afghanistan, Allah Rakhi, Hamid Hasan, Islamabad, JUI, Jamiat Ulema Islam, Maulana Ghafoor Haideri, Michelle Obama, Shad Begum, South Asia, Vol 31 No 24 | June 9 - June 15, Westernize Pakistan, poverty

Pakistani president visits India in effort to thaw relations

April 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The leaders of India and Pakistan said they agreed in talks that strained relations between their rival South Asian nations should be normalized. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said their meeting was friendly and constructive.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, Ajmer Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Islamabad, Moinudin Chishti, Mumbai, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, President Zardari, South Asian, Sufi Muslim, United States, Vol 31 No 16 | April 14 - April 20

Pakistan’s ‘third gender’ seek greater rights

February 11, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Taunted at home, Sanhya ran away at age 12, searching for acceptance — neither male nor female, but a member of a third gender.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, AP, Almas Bobby, India, Islamabad, Mohammad Aslam Khaki, Muneeza Naqvi, Pakistani Islamic, RAWALPINDI, Supreme Court, Vol 29 No 7 | February 13 - February 19

Police: Pakistani militants behind Mumbai attacks

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The only gunman captured by police after a string of attacks on Mumbai told authorities he belonged to a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed region of Kashmir, a senior police officer said Sunday, Nov. 30.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Abdullah Muntazir, Ajmal Qasab, Dash Westin, Deccan Mujahideen, Farhatullah Babar, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, India, Islamabad, Jamat-ud Dawa, Joint Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria, Karin Dutta, Mumbai, Police Pakistani, President Asif Ali Zardari, Taj Mahal, United States, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

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