Tag: Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hand with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif before the start of their meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Analysts say Sharif's visit could signal an easing of tensions between the often-hostile, nuclear-armed neighbors. No details were given about what the two men would discuss, but Modi is likely to ask Pakistan to hasten investigations into the Mumbai attack and put its perpetrators on trial. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

India’s new PM meets with leader of rival Pakistan

Muneeza Naqvi · May 27, 2014 6:44 pm

A family member of a pregnant woman who was stoned to death by here own family wails over her dead body in an ambulance at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Nearly 20 members of the woman's family, including her father and brothers, attacked her and her husband with batons and bricks in broad daylight before a crowd of onlookers in front of the high court of Lahore, police investigator Rana Mujahid said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by family

Chaudhryzaheer Babar · May 27, 2014 6:44 pm

Pakistani women walk near the the outskirts of Peshawar, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Beltway Confidential

‘Honor killing’: Pakistani woman stoned to death by family for marrying man she loved

Ashe Schow · May 27, 2014 4:11 pm

Gunmen kill US doctor from minority in Pakistan

Gunmen kill US doctor from minority in Pakistan

Zaheer Babar · May 26, 2014 8:04 pm

India's new prime minister Narendra Modi, center, greets President Pranab Mukherjee, left, after taking oath of office at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. Modi's inauguration is the first to which India invited leaders from across South Asia. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)

Modi becomes Indian PM as Pakistani leader watches

Nirmala George · May 26, 2014 4:03 pm

Noor Hussain's attorney, Julie Clark, admitted in her opening statement Wednesday that Hussain, 75, beat his 66-year-old wife, Nazar, but said he should only be charged with manslaughter because he did not intend to kill her. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Lawyer cites ‘culture’ to defend man charged with beating his wife to death

Ashe Schow · May 26, 2014 3:29 pm

A Pakistani police officer checks the documents of an Indian fishermen waiting for their release from a prison in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Pakistan released over 150 Indian fishermen who were arrested on the charges of illegally entering Pakistan's territorial waters, ahead of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's trip to Delhi to attend the inauguration ceremony of India's newly elected prime minister, Narendra Modi. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Gunmen kill 6 tribal police officers in Pakistan

Abdul Sattar · May 25, 2014 2:13 pm

Motorists ride past a banner of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hanging on an electricity pole in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sharif will attend the inauguration of India's Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, a first for the nuclear-armed rivals, officials said Saturday. Pakistan and India have a history of uneasy relations and they have fought three wars over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir since their independence from Britain in 1947. Saturday's decision by Sharif could signal a further easing of tensions. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan PM to attend Indian inauguration, a first

Munir Ahmed · May 24, 2014 1:35 pm

People from Pakistani Sikh community rally in the compound of the parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 23, 2014. Dozens of baton-wielding Sikhs pushed past the front gate and entered the grounds of Pakistan's parliament Friday, protesting recent attacks on their houses of worship. Banner reads "Arrest the desecrators." (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Protesting Sikhs push into Pakistan parliament

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 1:26 pm

A Pakistani police commando rushes to the site of an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. A bomb rigged to a motorcycle exploded outside an office belonging to the Pakistani paramilitary forces in the southern city of Karachi, wounding seven civilian, said police official Javed Odho. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan airstrikes kill 60 militants

Asif Shahzad · May 21, 2014 6:54 pm

Joel Cox, an American working for the FBI, who was detained May 5 after officials found ammunition in his luggage at an airport, leaves a court in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, May 19, 2014. Pakistani police officer Khalid Mahmood said the judge Monday dismissed the case after police produced a letter from the Ministry of Interior attesting that the agent was allowed to carry a weapon while in Pakistan and therefore any ammunition was legal. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil))

National Security

Pakistan judge dismisses case against FBI agent

adil-jawad · May 19, 2014 1:07 pm

Afghan, Pakistani border guards’ skirmish kills 1

Afghan, Pakistani border guards’ skirmish kills 1

Mirwais Khan · May 15, 2014 8:54 am