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June 17, 2019

Pakistani politician dons Facebook 'cat' filter during press conference

An official livestream in Pakistan was cut short on Friday after a paw-lition was spotted donning kitty ears as part of Facebook's "cat filter."

June 16, 2019

India vs Pakistan: More than just cricket at the World Cup

It's the contest for continental supremacy played on a global stage.

May 24, 2019

Thousands mourn Al Qaeda-linked terrorist - dubbed 'India's most wanted' militant - killed in Kashmir

Thousands of people on Friday came out to mourn the leaders of an Al Qaeda-linked militant group killed by Indian troops a day earlier in Kashmir. 

May 17, 2019

Pakistan doctor accused of infecting more than 400 babies and children with HIV

A destitute village in Pakistan’s south has been forced into a mode of panic and fear after more than 500 people – overwhelmingly children – tested positive for HIV, in an epidemic officials are attributing to a single pediatrician.

May 16, 2019

Pakistani 'hero' doctor Afridi 'skeletal,' deprived of legal rights, attorney claims

It has been more than eight years since U.S. Navy SEALS ceremoniously raided the compound and killed the most wanted man in the world – September 11 mastermind, Usama bin Laden. And while the world’s eyes are now set on eliminating other terrorist targets from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi to new Al Qaeda chief, Ayman al Zawahiri – the Pakistani doctor who played a pivotal role in that 2011 operation is still languishing behind bars with little hope of seeing the daylight in the future.

May 13, 2019

Hunting Ayman Al Zawahiri: Where has the Al Qaeda leader been hiding for 18 years?

Nestled alongside ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in the deepest ranks of the depraved, Al Qaeda’s chief Ayman Al Zawahiri is one of the two most wanted men in the world – both have a $25 million U.S. bounty on their heads.

May 11, 2019

Gunmen storm luxury 5-star hotel in Pakistan, battle security forces

At least three gunmen on Saturday stormed a five-star hotel in Pakistan, with the attack still ongoing, officials say.

May 9, 2019

Second Christian woman and her disabled husband fighting death row conviction for committing 'blasphemy' in Pakistan

While the news this week that Christian woman Asia Bibi has safely exited Pakistan after years on death row – having been falsely held on blasphemy charges has been lauded by officials and activists globally – the fight for justice is far from over. Bibi’s very prison cell is now home to another impoverished Christian woman, and the same Lahore-based attorney, Saif-ul Malook, is representing both the woman and her Christian husband. The pair have been sentenced to death under a questionable conviction of insulting Islam.

May 6, 2019

Inside the secret lives of transgender refugee sex workers in Pakistan

It’s a dark underworld rarely brought to light in discussions of human rights and refugees. But there is a growing pool of refugees in Pakistan – those who have fled oppression in neighboring Afghanistan and Bangladesh – who identify as transgender, and have nowhere to go but hide by day and take up sex work by night.

April 18, 2019

14 lined up and killed in southwestern Pakistan in 'act of terror'

At least 14 people were lined up and executed in southwestern Pakistan after gunmen ambushed a bus and forced the passengers onto a highway early Thursday, officials said.