Suicide Attacks on Pakistan Churches Kill 15 Waqar Gillani, New York Times 15 March 2015   LAHORE, Pakistan — Suicide bombers attacked two Christian churches here during Sunday services, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens in the latest attack on religious minorities in the country. The attacks occurred in quick succession outside Catholic and Protestant churches in Youhanabad, one of Pakistan’s biggest Christian neighborhoods.

Refugees Are Pushed to Exits in Pakistan Joseph Goldstein, New York Times 23 February 2015 TORKHAM, Afghanistan — First, the Afghan families’ homes were raided by Pakistani policemen wielding sticks. Then the men were hauled off to jail, released only after relatives paid bribes. When they had nothing left to pay, they said, they were told to leavePakistan forever and return to Afghanistan — officially their native country, but a land foreign

UN chief urges Pakistan to protect religious minorities The Nation 1 February 2015   UNITED NATIONS :  In a sharply worded statement, UN Secretary-General has condemned the deadly bombing of a Shia mosque in Shikarpur and called on the Pakistani authorities to step up their efforts to protect religious minorities and combat terrorism. "The secretary-general is appalled by such vicious targeting of people on account of their religious affiliation,"

Pakistan says security 'inextricably linked' with Afghanistan By Katharine Houreld, Reuters 14 November, 2014 Pakistan's military told new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the security of the two countries was "inextricably linked" on Friday as Ghani kicked off a two-day trip aimed at rebuilding damaged ties between the two countries. Relations have been harmed by regular accusations from both countries that the other is harboring anti-government

Sectarian Conflict in Pakistan: Local and Regional Dimensions  November 19, 2014 11:00am - 12:30pm ET Location: U.S. Institute of Peace 2301 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20037 | Directions Please read: Important information for guests attending public events at USIP. RSVP Now Sectarian divisions are growing in Pakistan. Contemporary public opinion surveys suggest these religious communal identities are hardening and violent militant organizations

Taliban group threatens to attack India following border blast By Jibran Ahmad, Reuters 5 November 2014 A new Pakistani Taliban group behind this week's devastating suicide bombing on the Pakistani-Indian border said on Wednesday the attack was as much aimed at India as Pakistan, suggesting that Indian targets might be next. At least 57 Pakistanis were killed during a popular flag-lowering ceremony on Sunday when a bomber tried to get as close

India warns Pakistan of more pain in Kashmir fighting Reuters 21 October 2014 India warned Pakistan on Tuesday of more "pain" if it continued to violate a ceasefire on their disputed border in Kashmir and said it was up to Islamabad to create the conditions for a resumption of peace talks. The two sides exchanged mortars and intense gunfire this month, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding dozens in the worst violation to date of a 2003 ceasefire.

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi By Alan Cowell and Declan Walsh 10 October 2014 Reaching across gulfs of age, gender, faith, nationality and even international celebrity, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2014 peace prize on Friday to Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India. The award joined a teenage Pakistani known around the world with an Indian veteran of campaigns to end child labor and

India and Pakistan trade warnings over heavy Kashmir fighting By Sanjeev Miglani and Abu Arqam Naqash, Reuters 9 October 2014 Pakistan said on Thursday it was capable of responding "befittingly" to Indian border shelling, and warned against an escalation of the worst fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals in more than a decade. Nine Pakistani and eight Indian civilians have been killed since both sides' security forces started heavy shelling more

Pakistani protests turn deadly as prime minister refuses to resign By Sophia Saifi and Holly Yan, CNN 31 August 2014 Pakistan PM won't resign amid protests Pakistani protesters flooded onto Constitution Avenue in Islamabad for another day of demonstrations Sunday, demanding a solution to the growing political crisis wracking the country.  At least three people have died in the fighting so far, according to Dr. Ayesha Isani, the spokeswoman for