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September 21 – 27, 2015
Date: September 27, 2015
September 26: Girls’ school bombed in Bara Unidentified persons planted an explosive device at a state-run school for girls in the Bara teshil of Khyber Agency, resulting in extensive property...
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Climate Change and Rapid Glacial Melt in Pakistan
Date: September 23, 2015
Mounting evidence suggests that anthropogenic or manmade causes have accelerated the pace at which glaciers retreat all over the world. Pakistan’s mountainous north is covered by as many as 5000...
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September 7 -13, 2015
Date: September 13, 2015
September 9: Two ASWJ activists shot dead in Karachi Armed gunmen on a motorcycle shot at and killed two ASWJ activists in Karachi before fleeing the scene. Daily Times
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August 31 – September 6
Date: September 6, 2015
September 5: Christian arrested for blasphemy in Kasur A Christian labourer in Kasur was arrested and placed on judicial remand for allegedly issuing blasphemous remarks. Daily Times
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August 24 – 30, 2015
Date: August 30, 2015
August 25: Religious scholar shot dead in D.I. Khan Unidentified armed men on a motorcycle shot dead a prominent religious scholar Maulana Sheraman near Abu Samra in Dera Ismail Khan,...
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August 17 – 23
Date: August 23, 2015
August 17: School attacked in Bara A school building in the Waliabad area of Bar Qambarkhel was left badly damaged after miscreants detonated an explosive device atmidnight, before fleeing the...
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‘JI President Sherry Rehman asks if Islamabad can Leverage the China-Iran Opportunity’
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: July 26, 2015
As the big global strategic picture shifts on its axis, Pakistan has opportunity knocking in two broad gradients, if not more. The only worry is that even if the knocks...
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July 20 – 26, 2015
Date: July 26, 2015
July 26: US Embassy worker killed in Islamabad Unidentified gunmen killed a local employee of the United States Embassy in Islamabad. Police identified the dead employee as Iqbal Baig, adding...
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Agriculture in Pakistan 2015
Date: July 16, 2015
Pakistan urgently needs to safeguard its agricultural sector from the risks presented by climate change, which has had a pronounced impact throughout South Asia on food production. Recent news reports...
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June 29 – July 5
Date: July 15, 2015
