Suicide bomber avenges Mosque crackdown in Pakistan ; 15 policemen killed

On the anniversary of Lal Masjid siege in Pakistan two suicide bomb killed more than 15 policemen. It was also celebrated with several fiery speeches against the officials responsible for the act. "At least 15 policemen and two other people were killed and more than 40...

Pakistan likely to reinstate sacked Supreme Court judges

There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...

Australian newspaper publisher deported from Fiji

An Australian newspaper publisher has been deported by the interim government of Fiji for allegedly breaching the conditions of his work visa. Fiji Sun publisher Russell Hunter, who arrived in Sydney yesterday...

Pakistan May Lift Bollywood Ban

I had no idea, until this morning, that Bollywood movies were banned from being screened in Pakistan. Having only allowed three Indian films to be shown in Pakistan, back in 2006, today's announcement proposes...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Pakistan Removes 37 Judges Who Don't Back Musharraf

Last week Musharraf stepped down as military leader in Pakistan to take over as president. Now 37 judges who refused to take an oath of allegiance to Musharraf have been removed from their positions."Pakistan's...

Troops Attack Protesters in Pakistan

See all of NowPublic's Pakistan coverage here.(Note to our Pakistani members: Feel free to add comments, photos, videos and anything else to this story. And tell your friends!)Riot troops swept through Pakistan...

What it means to be Musharraf now?

On 6 October 2007 and after a ruling by Pakistani Supreme Court allowed polls to take place but restrained the official announcement of the results until it dealt with challenges to the candidacy of President...

Explosive Suspects South Carolina Naval Weapons Station

"Tipster Bill Warner has been investigating the Pampas Place home for years and writes that one of the names tied to the address is FBI Most Wanted terrorist Ramadan Shallah. I noted the arrest of Yousef Megahed,...

Emergency Looms on the Horizon Pakistan

"Emergency looms on the horizon Absar Alam ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure smooth re-election of the president, the government is expected to slap emergency on the country, apparently to ward off the rising...

Court Reinstates Pakistan Judge in Blow to Musharraf

"ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in an historic ruling on Friday, that dealt a blow to President Pervez Musharraf who suspended the country's top judge four months...

Three more persons killed today in fresh voilence, Karachi violence death tol...

Three more persons were killed, several injured and many shops were set on fire in the Karachi violence, which continued on second consecutive day today (Sunday).While at least 36 people were killed, over 150...

Desperate plight of Nepal 'slave girls'

This is a sad article about the near-slavery or, more appropriately, indentured servitude, that many Nepali girls find themselves sucked in to. The regions of remote Western Nepal - which I had the opportunity to...

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