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February 29 – March 6, 2016

March 1: Ahmadi man killed near Sheikhupura A 35-year-old member of the Ahmadi community was stabbed to death outside his home near Sheikhupura district. Express Tribune March 3: Man sentenced to prison...
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February 15 – 21, 2016

February 17: Polio worker shot in Lahore Unidentified gunmen shot at and injured a polio worker before fleeing from the scene. The News  February 19: Government school attacked in Dera Ismail...
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February 8 – 14, 2016

February 8: Religious scholar, son, killed in PeshawarShia scholar Malik Iftikhar Ali, along with his son Hasnain, was gunned down by armed motorcyclists near Kohati Gate area in Peshawar. The News...
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January 11 – 17, 2016

January 11: Three members of polio team held hostage in Layyah Three members of a polio team were held hostage when they tried to administer polio drops to the children...
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January 4 – 10, 2016

January 8: Schoolteachers injured in Charsadda attack Three schoolteachers sustained injuries when unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire on them. The News
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JI President Sherry Rehman’s short byte on what 2016 could bring for India-Pakistan peace process

Will Delhi and Islamabad be able to agree on the various components of the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue in 2016 and resume talks, or will they spend most of the year talking...
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Asia’s Fragile Heart by JI President Sherry Rehman

by:  Sherry Rehman

The Heart of Asia conference brought the only good news in months to a Pakistan hunkering down to critical fights, yet still faced with a soft power deficit at home...
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December 7 – 13, 2015

December 13: 25 killed in Parachinar market bombing At least 25 people were killed and 62 injured when a device containing 35 kilograms of explosives ripped through a makeshift market...
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November 23 – 29, 2015

November 23: Man jailed for Facebook hate speech in Lahore An anti-terrorism court jailed a man for 13 years after he posted what was deemed to be sectarian hate speech...
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Keynote Address by the Prime Minister at JI’s Flood Conference

The following is the text from the Prime Minister's keynote address to participants at the Jinnah Institute's conference, "Pakistan at Risk" held on September 23rd 2010. Bismillah i Rahman i...