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PAKISTAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2015
A stable Afghanistan crucial to region: Pakistan diplomat
Visiting Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry stressed Wednesday that stability in neighboring Afghanistan is critical to peace in South Asia and called on the international community for continuous economic commitment to the war-torn country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2015
Japan pledges $16.2 million in aid for Afghanistan, Pakistan refugees
Japan will provide $16.2 million in assistance to back U.N. activities for the welfare of people displaced from Afghanistan and Pakistan's tribal areas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015
Lawyer for Pakistan doctor who helped CIA find bin Laden shot dead
A Pakistani lawyer under death threats for defending a doctor who helped CIA agents hunt al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead on Tuesday, police said, and two militant groups claimed responsibility.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2015
Afghanistan arrested Chinese Uighurs to get Beijing's help on Taliban talks: officials
Afghanistan arrested and handed over several Muslim Uighur militants from China's west in an effort to persuade China to use its influence with Pakistan to help start negotiations with the Taliban, Afghan security officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2015
NGO tries to save South Asian relics
From the ancient Indian city of Mohenjo-daro to Buddhist Gandhara art, South Asia is rich in cultural heritage but under threat from economic sprawl and a lack of restoration capabilities.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2015
The worldwide reality of religious persecution
While good judgment tells us not to express every thought we have, as moral agents responsible for our actions, we must be free to assess the world and express ourselves in vibrant public debate. Attacks on this freedom is spreading from Third World dictatorships to First World democracies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2015
Pakistan at a tipping point
It may be too much wishful thinking to expect the slaughter of 132 schoolchildren and nine teaching staff in Peshawar last month to mark a tipping point that forces Pakistan's squabbling factions, the nominal political rulers, army commanders and judges to put their heads together to prevent their country from becoming a failed state.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 2, 2015
Pakistani boat laden with explosives blows up off Indian coast
A Pakistani fishing boat laden with explosives bound for India blew up, killing all four people on board, after the Indian Coast Guard tried to stop and search it, the Indian government said on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2015
How to root out the poison of extremism in Pakistan
The intertwining of religious terrorism, the colonization of the state by the army and the obsession with India as an existential threat has mutated into a virulent toxin feeding parasitically on Pakistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2014
A tipping point for Pakistan?
The attack on an army school in Peshawar, Pakistan, was the Taliban's single deadliest in its history. The question now is whether it will turn out to be a turning point for Pakistan in its relations with the group.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 22, 2014
Four militants hanged in Pakistan as execution campaign widens after school massacre
Pakistan hanged four Islamist militants on Sunday in the second set of executions since the government lifted a moratorium after the Taliban massacred 132 children and nine others at a school last week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2014
Pakistan's new war on the Taliban may ensnare U.S.
The massacre earlier this week at a school in Pakistan not only is likely to set off a new round of fighting between the country's army and the Taliban but also may push U.S. President Barack Obama to renew the counter-terrorism partnership with Pakistan that has deteriorated since the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2014
Pakistan to appeal bail for man accused of masterminding Mumbai attack
Pakistan plans to appeal a court decision to grant bail to a man accused of masterminding 2008 attacks in India's financial capital that killed 166 people, prosecutors said on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 17, 2014
Pakistani pupils recall narrow escapes, carnage in Taliban slaughter at Peshawar school
Tuesday began like any other morning in Pakistan's Army Public School in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Students pored over their books. Teachers ruffled through their notes and gave lectures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2014
At least 84 children killed in Taliban school attack in Pakistan
At least 84 children were killed in Pakistan on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the city of Peshawar, taking hundreds of students and teachers hostage in the bloodiest insurgent attack in the country in years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 21, 2014
Translator moved to action by Malala
Malala Yousafzai, who at 17 became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, has influenced countless people all over the world as an activist for female education. One of those is Yoshiko Nishida.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 19, 2014
Pakistani family sentenced to death over 'honor killing'
Four relatives of a pregnant woman who bludgeoned her to death outside one of Pakistan's top courts were sentenced to death on Wednesday for the crime, their defense lawyer said.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2014
Modi government faces Kashmir conundrum
Just as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to project himself as a global statesman recently, Pakistan decided it needed attention. So, as usual, it escalated tensions along its border with India.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2014
Scion of Pakistan's Bhutto dynasty makes political debut
The only son of assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto told hundreds of thousands of supporters on Saturday that he would fight for his party's revival, in an appearance intended to mark the official launch of his political career.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2014
Malala becomes lightning rod for anger over neglect of her hometown in Pakistan
In the hometown of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the students at the government-run Girls' High School Mingora sit cross-legged on sacks and sheets on the floor because there is not enough furniture.

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