Pakistan

Bin Laden's Relatives Sentenced in Pakistan Court
By Alex Lamport
April 2, 2012 - 5:12pm
Five female family members face jail time, deportation.

An Islamabad court sentenced five members of Osama Bin Laden's family to prison on Monday for illegally living in Pakistan.

Bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters will spend 45 days in jail and then be ordered to leave the country, their lawyer said.

Pakistan Seeks Charge Against Doctor in Bin Laden Raid
By Casey Kulik
October 7, 2011 - 10:54am
Commission wants treason charges against the man who helped the CIA locate Bin Laden

Soon after the May 2 American raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, a Pakistani doctor was taken into the custody of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

Now, Dr. Shakil Afridi may be charged with treason. 

“A case of conspiracy against the state of Pakistan and high treason is made,” the information ministry said, according to CNN News.

Press freedom still a threatened commodity
By Maliha Aqueel
June 1, 2011 - 7:45am
With turmoil in the Middle East and recent news of another Pakistani reporter killed, a journalist honored at SU shares his personal story of torture and the challenges of freedom of information.

As protests continue to rumble across parts of the Middle East and North Africa, freedom of the press has increasingly come under attack. In the spotlight have been high profile cases like the abduction of four New York Times' reporters in Libya.

'Refugees and Exile': Music of Afghanistan and the Middle East
By Leah Rankin
February 20, 2011 - 7:37pm
John Baily and Michael Frishkopf show a different side of the Middle East through music.

The sun has been beating against your skin for eternity as you curl your bare toes into the burning yellow sand. You inhale through parched lips to breathe in the heavy heat.  As you shade your eyes with tanned fingers you see that the fiery globe is finally nearing the horizon.  Across the snaking, dry desert dunes the coming night outlines a caravan of camels, silhouetted against the setting sun.

Taliban claims guilt in Pakistan attacks
By Teddy Goldberg
December 6, 2010 - 5:13pm
Two suicide bombers attacked a Pakistani government building, killing 50.

The Pakistani Taliban says it was responsible for attacks in a Pakistani government building on Monday, according to CNN.  Two suicide bombers set off explosions that killed 50 people and injured at least 70 others. 

Deadly mosque attack in Pakistan kills four
By Christina Jones
November 5, 2010 - 10:46pm
Second deadly mosque attack in Pakistan kills four people and injures 18.

Authorities are reporting the second deadliest mosque attack in Pakistan Friday, where four grenades killed at least four people and 18 others were injured, according to CNN.

The first mosque attack occurred in Darra Adam Khel, about 40 kilometers south of Peshawar, where locals formed an anti-Taliban, pro-government militia during Friday prayer.

Five killed in Pakistan bombing
By Philip George
October 25, 2010 - 6:12pm
Sufi shrine attack is third in last four months.

A bomb planted at a Sufi shrine in central Pakistan killed five people as a crowd gathered around 6:20 a.m. Monday for early morning prayers, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Police say the two men who allegedly planted the bomb were pretending to sell milk in front of the shrine. The bomb was planted in a milk can that was left on a motorcycle. The blast occurred soon after the two men left the scene.

Bin Laden believed to be hiding in northwest Pakistan
By Kevin Belbey
October 18, 2010 - 12:01pm
Bin Laden and top leaders living in comfort, not hiding in caves.

Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahir are believed to be living comfortably in houses in Northwest Pakistan, rather than hiding in caves, according to an anonymous senior NATO official who spoke to CNN.

"Nobody in al Qaeda is living in a cave," said the official.

Pakistan shuts down key U.S. and NATO supply route
By Alexandra Giaimo
October 1, 2010 - 11:05am
Pakistan shuts down vital supply route to both NATO and American troops in Afghanistan war.

Pakistan has shut down an important supply route for NATO and American troops in the Afghanistan war after three Pakistanis on the border force team were killed in a strike by coalition helicopters, according to The New York Times.

Pakistani military calls for change in government
By Alexandra Giaimo
September 29, 2010 - 10:55am
The Pakistani military has called for a dramatic change in government and maybe even the removal of Pakistan's president after recent deadly floods and a continuing collapsing economy ravage their country.

The Pakistani military is calling for a dramatic change in Pakistani government and perhaps President Asif Ali Zardari's removal from office, according to The New York Times.  The military is angry with the way the country has handled the deadly flood situation and a collapsing economy, although, they have repeatedly said that they have no intention or desire to take over the country because of the ongoing battle against militants and terrorist in the country.