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February 2 – 8, 2015
Date: February 8, 2014
February 2: Mentally challenged man accused of blasphemy A mentally challenged person was acquitted in a blasphemy case after the complainant and witnesses appeared retracted their statements in court. In...
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Muslim Family protects sole Hindu temple in Sindhi town
Date: February 7, 2014
Photo Courtesy: Kamran Siddiqui - A Hindu temple in a small Sindhi town has been preserved and taken care of by a local Muslim family for the past five generations....
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Weighing in on the Pak-US Strategic Dialogue
Date: February 3, 2014
After a three-year hiatus, Pakistan and the United States resumed their stalled ministerial-level Strategic Dialogue in Washington this January. Launched in 2010, the Dialogue was left in the cold after...
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January 27 – February 2, 2014
Date: February 2, 2014
January 27: Shia leader gunned down in Khanpur Pakistan’s wave of sectarian violence on its Shia community continued, as a member of a local Shia association was shot down in...
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January 26 – February 1, 2015
Date: February 1, 2014
January 26: Another gunman guarding polio workers killed in Karachi A second attack on policemen guarding polio vaccine workers took place in Karachi within a week after a policeman was...
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3 Transgender Persons Hired By Sindh Government
Date: January 30, 2014
The Sindh government has made history after hiring three transgendered persons to work as full-time employees. The three candidates all hold bachelors degrees, and will be working in the Women...
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January 20 – 26, 2014
Date: January 26, 2014
January 20: Shia scholar shot dead in Peshawar Unknown gunmen shot dead a prominent Shia cleric in the historic Kissa Khwani market of Peshawar. Allama Alim Al-Musvi was a locally...
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January 19 – 25, 2015
Date: January 25, 2014
January 19: Policeman escorting vaccinators gunned down in Karachi A police official escorting polio vaccine workers in Karachi’s Orangi Town was left critically wounded in a gun attack. ASI Tabassum...
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January 13 – 19, 2014
Date: January 19, 2014
January 16: Blast at Peshawar Tablighi seminary At least ten people were killed and more than 60 injured when a bomb exploded at a religious centre in Peshawar. The explosion...
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January 6 – 12, 2014
Date: January 12, 2014
January 6: School bombed in Bannu Unidentified persons blew up a Government Girls Primary School in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province by planting explosives at the site. However, no casualty was reported...
