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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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Nine year old Pakistani boy creates world record

It was a historic day for the Pakistan scrabble contingent taking part in the 6th Sri Lankan Interna­tional Scrabble Champion­ship when its youngest member, nine-year old Hasham Hadi Khan, created...
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Pakistani Journalist wins 2014 Peter Mackler Award

Pakistan's first female war correspondent and host of various popular TV talk shows Asma Shirazi, was named the 2014 Winner of the prestiigious Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. Shirazi has...
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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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Pakistan to produce FIFA World Cup footballs

When World Cup’s Chinese supplier Adidas failed to keep up with the demand of soccer balls in Rio de Janeiro, a Sialkot ball manufacturing company then stepped in and got...
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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...