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September 8 – 14, 2014

September 8: Girls' school destroyed in Bajaur A recently reconstructed girls primary school in Bajaur Agency was blown up for a second time by militants on the eve of International...
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September 1 – 7, 2014

September 1: Private school attacked in Turbat, Quetta Armed men torched a private school in the Dasht area of Turbat, a western district of Balochistan. The men also set an...
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August 25 – 31, 2014

August 26: Shrine bombed in Mastung The shrine of a revered Sufi saint was left completely destroyed after an explosive planted on the site went off. The shrine, belonging to...
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Sherry Rehman, President Jinnah Institute on Modi’s Greta Garbo Moment on Kashmir

by:  Sherry Rehman

MODI’S GRETA GARBO MOMENT ON KASHMIR By Sherry Rehman There is no crisis between India and Pakistan that has not been tried on for size. The latest one, though, comes...
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August 18 – 24, 2014

August 19: Six killed in Bajaur bombing Six people were killed in a bombing in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency when when a remote-controlled explosive device was set off as a...
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August 11 – 17, 2014

August 12: Two shot dead in Karachi sectarian attacks Two men, including a doctor, were gunned down in separate incidents of sectarian target killings. The first victim, Dr Amir Mehdi,...
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August 4 – 10, 2014

August 5: Two Shias killed in Karachi  Two men were shot dead in a sectarian attack in Liaquatabad on Tuesday night. Ashraf, 50, and Hameed, 30, were sitting at a hair-dresser's...
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July 28 – August 3, 2014

July 28: Woman and two girls killed in Gujranwala blasphemy row A mob torched an Ahmadi neighbourhood in Gujranwala, killing a woman and two girls in a row over blasphemy....
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Winning Our Own War by Sherry Rehman

by:  Sherry Rehman

10 things to do beyond North Waziristan As Pakistan’s military runs through its ground offensive in the federally-administered North Waziristan tribal agency in the punishing July heat of Ramzan, the...
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July 21 – 27, 2014

July 23: Senior Lawyer killed in Karachi sectarian attack A senior lawyer was gunned down in a sectarian attack in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal area. Syed Mubarak Raza Kazmi, 60, was attacked by...