Pakistan

America Punishes Pakistan For Jailing Doctor Who Helped CIA Catch Bin Laden

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK

Read More: American Intelligence, UK News, Cia, Pakistan, Dr Afridi, News, Leon Panetta, Osama Bin Laden, UK News

The US Senate has voted to withdraw $33m of aid from Pakistan after they jailed the doctor that helped the CIA locate Osama Bin Laden. Dr Shakil Af...

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Shafilea Ahmed Murder: Sister 'Frozen In Shock' At Parents' Crime, Court Hears

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Murder, Court, Islam, Shafilea Ahmed Trial, Murder Trial, Warrington, Shafilea Ahmed Murder Trial, Shafilea Ahmed Murder, Pakistan, UK News

The sister of Shafilea Ahmed broke down in tears today as she described the moment she witnessed her parents allegedly murdering her sister. Afterw...

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Doctor Who Helped Capture Osama Bin Laden Is Jailed For Treason

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK

Read More: American Intelligence, UK News, Cia, Pakistan, Dr Afridi, News, Leon Panetta, Osama Bin Laden, UK News

A doctor who played a vital role in helping US intelligence officials locate Osama Bin Laden has been sentenced to a 33-year-jail sentence in Pakistan...

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Peshawar Public Relations

Clive Stafford Smith | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Peshawar, War on Terror, Drones, Fata, Peshawar Hotel, Suicide Bombing, Pakistan, UK News

For the past several days I have been staying at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, as close to Waziristan as I can reasonably go. I have been m...

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A War That Only Women Can Win

Tehmina Kazi | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Women, Afghanistan, Human Rights, Rape, Forced Marriage, Pakistan, Kabul, UK Impact, UK News

As NATO troops prepare to withdraw, we must recognise that the real work in Afghanistan and Pakistan has just begun.

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Former Barnado's Chief: Asian Men 'Over-Represented' In Some Abuse Cases

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, UK Crime, Martin Narey, Afghanistan, Rochdale, Pakistan, Rochdale Sexual Abuse Case, Sexual Grooming, Grooming, Sexual Abuse, Barnados, UK News

The former head of Barnardo's has called for an investigation into the apparent "over-representation" of Asian men in grooming and sexual abuse cases....

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A Free Press? What if Wapping were Islamabad?

Lord Carlile | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Media, Lord Justice Leveson, Lord Hunt, Leveson, Press Complaints Commission, Pakistan, Leveson Inquiry, Pakistan Press, UK Politics News

Perhaps, after they have finished dealing with the British media, Lord Justice Leveson and Lord Hunt should offer their combined talents to Islamabad? They might be there a long time.

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'Racist' School Sent Mother Hindi Letter 'Because She Had Asian Surname'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Equality, UK News, Headteachers, Pakistan, Racism, UK Students, Hindi, UK Schools, Punjabi, Mothers, Parents, UK Universities & Education News

A school has been accused of racism after it sent a mother a letter in Hindi - even though she could not speak the language. Raheela Ahmed, whose d...

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5 Things We Still Don't Know About Bin Laden's Death

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, America, UK World, Navy Seals, Terrorism, Pakistan, Bin Laden Killing, Seal Team Six, Bin Laden Dead, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, UK News

One year ago Osama bin Laden was shot dead by US Navy Seals during a raid on his home in Pakistan. His death has brought a range of information on...

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Tributes Paid To Murdered Aid Worker

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Aid Worker Kidnapped, Khalil Dale Killed, UK News, Khalil Dale, William Hague, UK World, Pakistan, David Cameron, Icrc, Aid Worker Killed, Aid Workers, UK News

Tributes have been paid to a British aid worker whose body was found dumped in an orchard in Pakistan. Khalil Dale, 60, was abducted at gunpoint in...

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British Aid Worker Killed After Kidnapping In Pakistan

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Khalil Dale Dead, UK News, Khalil Dale, Kidnapping, William Hague, Red Cross, Pakistan, Quetta, Slideexpand, International Committee of the Red Cross, Slidepollajax, UK News

British charity worker Khalil Dale has been killed in Pakistan after being kidnapped in January, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday. Da...

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PICTURES: Three-Armed Baby Born In Pakistan

Huffington Post | Posted 27.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Polymelia, UK News, UK World, Pakistan, Medical Conditions, Medicine, World News, Video, UK News

A condition that only affects one in a million newborns has left a baby girl in Pakistan with three arms. The four-day-old baby, who has yet to be ...

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Molten Flesh: The War Against Women

Ritwik Deo | Posted 24.04.2012 | UK

Read More: India, Women, Afghanistan, Honour Killings, Pakistan, Infanticide, Honour Attacks, Feminism, Sati, UK News

1303 AD. It is a thick coagulate of amassed soldiers just inside the massive Chittorgarh fort gates in the deserts of Rajasthan. There are spears, dou...

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Six-Legged Baby Has Four Limbs Amputated After Successful Surgery In Karachi, Pakistan (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, Weird News, Pakistan, Karachi, Anatomical Wonders, Health Care, Six-Legged-Baby, UK Lifestyle, UK News

A baby has had four of the six legs he was born with successfully removed, surgeons have announced. The little boy, born in Sukkur, a city in Sind...

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Six-Legged Baby Born In Pakistan, 'Could Be Conjoined Twins' (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, Weird News, Pakistan, Conjoined Twins, Karachi, UK Weird News, Health Care, Six-Legged-Baby, UK Lifestyle, UK News

A baby boy born with six legs is receiving treatment at a Karachi hospital after his poverty-stricken father appealed for help. The little boy, bo...

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VIDEO: Osama Bin Laden's Family Pictured In Prison Compound

Posted 10.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Wives, Osama Bin Laden Children, UK News, Navy Seals, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, Video, UK News

Pictures of the widows, children and grandchildren of Osama bin Laden held in a police-guarded compound have been aired for the first time by an Arabi...

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Pakistan, the Pakistanies and the Tropes of History

Aamir Aziz | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Modernity, Tribalism, Class Warfare, Feudalism, Social Realities, Pakistan, UK World, UK Politics, UK Culture, UK Universities & Education News

Hardly a day goes by without Pakistan featuring in international headlines with news of bloodshed, natural catastrophe, social disharmony, political unrest and everything except progress, stability and quasi perpetual peace.

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Bin Laden's Wives Sentenced To Prison

Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Islamabad, UK News, Zakarya Ahmad Abd Al-Fattah, Abbottabad, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden Wives, Osama Bin Laden, UK News

Three of Osama Bin Laden's widows and two of his daughters have been sentenced to prison for 'illegal residency' in Pakistan. The court ordered the...

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BBC: Five-Year-Old Could Be UK's Youngest Victim

Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK

Read More: India, Video, Forced Marriage Unit, UK News, Forced Marriage, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Arranged Marriage, Foreign Office, UK News

Hundreds of British children, some as young as five yeas old, are being forced into arranged marriages according to a report by the BBC. Poonam Tan...

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A Profile Of Fakhra Younas: The Girl Who Touched The World

Huffington Post UK | Cosima Ungaro | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Profile of Fakhra, UK News, Fakhra Younas, Katie Piper, Bilal Khar, Pakistan, News, Pakistani, Acid Attack, UK News

Dancing girl Fakhra Younus, who was left severely disfigured after her husband threw acid into her face, committed suicide 12 years after the attack. ...

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Mohammad Amir: Not Quite Time to Forgive, or Forget

Andrew Bloxham | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: Spot Fixing, Pakistan, Lord's, Cricket, Pakistan Cricket Scandal, Cricket Match Fixing, Cricket Scandal, UK Sport News

As mistakes go, this ranked at the catastrophic end of the scale. The inner workings of human nature will one day see the majority decide that Amir is ready to be forgiven. Some have already done so.

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Spin Bowling - Amir Blames Butt (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: Mohammad Amir Spot Fixing, UK Cricket, Mohammad Amir Salman Butt, Salman Butt Spot Fixing, Pakistan, Mazhar Majeed, Spot Fixing Row, Pakistan Spot Fixing, UK Sport, Spot Fixing Cricket, News of the World Spot Fixing, Video, UK Sport News

Mohammad Amir has blamed former Pakistan captain Salman Butt for the spot-fixing scandal which led to both being imprisoned. Amir, 19, served half ...

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Bopara Puts A Spin On England's Troubles

AOL UK | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Cricket, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Pakistan, England, UK Sport, Ravi Bopara, One Day Cricket, UK News

Ravi Bopara believes England's batsmen must not overplay their recent problems against spin when they take on Sri Lanka....

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Shehan Karunatilaka's Chinaman: A Sri Lankan Odyssey

Nauman Khalid | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Literature, Chinaman, South Asian, Reviews, Cricket, Pakistan, Shehan Karunatilaka, Indian, Sri Lanka, Book Reviews, Jaipur Literary Festival, UK Culture News

Serendipity looms large in Shehan Karunatilaka's Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew so it is perhaps somewhat curious that towards the end of my r...

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Was Osama Bin Laden Really Buried At Sea? Mystery Of WikiLeaks Emails

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 06.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, Video, Osama Bin Laden Abbottabad, Osama Bin Laden Demolition, Osama Bin Laden Raid, Pakistan, Navy Seals, Osama Bin Laden, UK News

Osama Bin Laden was apparently buried in the waters of the north Arabian sea, but internal emails from intelligence service Stratfor, obtained by hack...

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