Pakistan

Pakistani Politician Faces Probe From British Police

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK

British police are looking into complaints made against a Pakistani politician who is alleged to have threatened violence when addressing supporters a...

Did We Get the Millennium Development Goals Wrong?

Justin Byworth | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK
Justin Byworth

The UN Millennium Development Goals, which will come to an end in 2015, have certainly given us a lot to celebrate. Yet extreme poverty is as much a threat to children today as before. We need to ask ourselves some hard questions as to why this is.

Sex Grooming - Who Is Responsible for It?

Ajmal Masroor | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK
Ajmal Masroor

I believe that British Muslim community in general and Pakistani community elders, leaders, Imams and ordinary members in particular must take an uncompromising stance in condemning such people. It is time we all made a pledge to stand together to rid our society of sexual exploitation of all kinds.

Former Labour MP Blames Oxford Grooming On 'Cultural Practices' From Pakistan

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK

A former Labour MP has blamed the Oxford paedophile ring on "cultural practices" that have been "imported" from Pakistan. Ann Cryer was criticised ...

'Show The Sportsman's Spirit,' Defeated Khan Urged By Victorious Opponent

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK

Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan has been urged by his opponent to drop his claim to be prime minister after last week's general election. ...

Election Day Bomb Kills 11 In Pakistan

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK

At least 11 people have died and 30 others have been injured after an explosion in Karachi as Pakistan goes to the polls in the first democratic trans...

LOOK: People Jump To Their Death From Burning Building (Graphic Photos)

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK

Warning: Graphic Photos At least four people are believed to have jumped to their deaths after an office block caught fire in Pakistan. The 13-s...

WATCH: Imran Khan Injured In Fall At Election Rally

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK

Former Pakistani cricketer turned politician, Imran Khan, has been 'badly' injured after falling off a lift carrying him up onto an election rally sta...

Innocents Abroad: The Rise of Cross-Border Child Abduction by Parents

Vicki McLynn | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Vicki McLynn

The number of international family disputes requiring the involvement of UK courts has almost quadrupled in the space of only four years, according to a report published by one of this country's most senior judges.

Councillor Under Investigation By Police Over 'Sexual Volcano' Comments

PA | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Politics

Police are looking into "thoughtless and extremely foolish" remarks about immigrant children by a former Conservative Party councillor. Sussex Poli...

The Boston Bombings Are a Daily Occurrence for Many Around the World

Sian Boyle | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Sian Boyle

Thirteen British newspapers led with the Boston bombings the following day, which occurred not only on the same day as the Iraq attacks, but also on the day that Syrian warplanes carried out air raids on Damascus. It would appear that the Western media portrayal of bomb attacks around the world is skewed.

Boston Bombings: The West's Selective Grieving

Assed Baig | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Politics
Assed Baig

On the same day as the Boston bombings at least 33 were killed and 160 wounded in a string of bomb attacks across Iraq. Attacks which did not take place before the US led invasion of the country. The same media coverage was not afforded to the dead in Iraq, nor did Obama seek to comment on the issue.

Pay Your Taxes If You Want Aid Cash, MPs Tell Pakistan

Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Politics

A huge increase in British aid to Pakistan should be cancelled until the country's elite start to pay taxes, MPs have said. The International Devel...

Attacks on Schools Must Stop

Gordon Brown | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK Politics
Gordon Brown

A third Pakistani school has been attacked in an escalating wave of violence by Taliban militants determined to stamp out the provision of girls' education. Two out of the three classrooms of an all-girls school in Zalim Kalan in the Bannu Province were the latest school buildings to be destroyed...

From Jaipur With Love: Nadeem Aslam's 'The Blind Man's Garden' (part two)

Nauman Khalid | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK
Nauman Khalid

Nauman: Right, now this is about your personal life. You had no English when you arrived in Britain. Nadeem: No, well I had English in that when I wa...

From Jaipur With Love: Nadeem Aslam's 'The Blind Man's Garden' (part one)

Nauman Khalid | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK
Nauman Khalid

I first met Nadeem Aslam briefly at the unveiling of his latest novel The Blind Man's Garden at the South Asian Literature Festival in London (southas...

Mehdi Hasan

'I'm Embarrassed And I've Embarrassed My Friends'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Politics

I have a confession to make. It isn't often that I describe a public figure's remarks as "bigoted and stupid" and then get an email from said figure i...

Malala First to Sign New Petition Calling for Protection of Teachers and Girls Who Want to Go to School

Gordon Brown | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Politics
Gordon Brown

Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin are the first two signatories of the petition to the Pakistani President following the assassination of Shahnaz Nazli yesterday.

Book Review: Mohsin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Claire Chambers | Posted 25.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Claire Chambers

Read this book not to become filthy rich, nor to learn about an apparently rising Asia, but to admire the chutzpah of a gifted writer having fun with history.

Ned Simons

Lethal Drone Strikes Have Backing Of British Public

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Politics

A majority of the British public support the United Kingdom government aiding the United States target and kill known terrorists with drone strikes, a...

Anti-Semitism? Not at Our Dinner Table

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Politics
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

While I support Mehdi for ‎taking a stand against anti-Semitism and urging Muslims to be as diligent in denouncing it as ‎they are Islamophobia, I reject the presumed community complicity implied by his reference to ‎‎"our dirty little secret". ‎

Pervez Musharraf Returns To Pakistan

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK

Pervez Musharraf has kickstarted a return to Pakistani politics by ending a four and a half year exile and returning to the country. The former pre...

The Sorry Truth Is That the Virus of Anti-Semitism Has Infected the British Muslim Community

Mehdi Hasan | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Politics
Mehdi Hasan

It pains me to have to admit this but anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace. Any Muslims reading this article - if they are honest with themselves - will know instantly what I am referring to. It's our dirty little secret. You could call it the banality of Muslim anti-Semitism.

Muslim Convert Admits Terrorist Offences At Old Bailey

PA | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK

Muslim convert Richard Dart has admitted terrorism charges at the Old Bailey. Dart, Imran Mahmood and Jahangir Alom pleaded guilty on Friday to pre...

The Killing Field of Quetta

Ali Gokal | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Ali Gokal

In Quetta, western Pakistan, it matters a great deal what your beliefs are. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say it is a matter of life and death. For to be a Shia Muslim in this arid region, you are living in a perpetual state of peril.