Tag archive for ‘Pakistan’
By Robert Herriman On Friday, May 17th, 2013
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Pakistan: Karachi teen dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’

Just a day after Karachi Metro-politan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Hashim Raza Zaidi directed the Health department and Water Board to take steps in water cleanliness and public awareness, Dawn.com reports More...

By Robert Herriman On Thursday, May 16th, 2013
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Karachi official orders health dept. to initiate a public awareness campaign over Naegleria

While addressing a combined meeting of KMC and Karachi Water and Sewerage Board about Naegleria, Karachi Metro-politan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Hashim Raza Zaidi directed Health Department to launch a public More...

By Brandon Jones On Sunday, May 12th, 2013
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Nawaz Sharif declares victory in Pakistan election, death toll from attacks rises to 29

Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif has declared victory in the country’s general elections as preliminary results showed a clear lead for his party as the death toll across the country rose to 29. Militant attacks More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, May 9th, 2013
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Pakistani child, age 6, murdered in boiling water after she begged for food at a wedding

After some translation in Friday, a shocking headline from Pakistan draws attention to the lack of human rights in Islamic countries like Pakistan. Middle Eastern girls are increasling at risk of FGM in the US, More...

By Brandon Jones On Friday, May 3rd, 2013
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Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali, Pakistani prosecutor, murdered before Pervez Musharraf bail hearing in Benazir Bhutto murder case

Gunman have fatally shot Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali in Islamabad, the prosecutor in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. The May 3 report confirms detailed that the attorney was on his way to court in Rawalpindi Friday More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, April 29th, 2013
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President Clinton compares Holocaust ‘sickness’ to Boston bombing, Malala Yousafzai shooting and Indian rape case

Former President Bill Clinton, speaking Apr. 29 at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 20th anniversary commemoration, warned that the Holocaust’s “sickness is very much alive today”. Clinton More...

By Robert Herriman On Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
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Major 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits Iran, dozens hurt and killed in Iran and Pakistan

At approximately 10:44 UTC today, a major 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Iran Pakistan border about 83 km from the Iranian city of Khash, according to a US Geologic Survey report today. Image/CIA The massive More...

By Robert Herriman On Saturday, April 13th, 2013
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Scientists: GPEI strategy for polio eradication possible by 2018

Polio eradication by 2018? According to a team of more than 400 international scientists, that’s the goal of a new strategy by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) released April 11. The Eradication More...

By Brandon Jones On Friday, April 12th, 2013
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Taliban attack in Afghanistan leaves 13 Afghan soldiers dead, seizing ammunition and weapons

Taliban militants attacked an army outpost near the eastern border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, the Defense Ministry said. Image/CIA Violence is increasing as the weather conditions have improved, More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
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Taliban gun down women in Pakistan for ‘bad character’

More violence broke out in Pakistan this weekend as armed men on a motorcycle killed one woman, shot another, the Pakistan Tribune reports. The Taliban appear to executing terrorist attacks in Pakistan, especially More...