Yearly Archives: 2013

Experts lament girls still pawns in feuds

MINGORA, Dec 19,2013 (Fazal Khaliq / UPI Next) -- Pakistani laws banning a centuries-old custom of giving girls away to settle a feud are...

Militancy inspires fear in FATA region

PESHAWAR, Dec 13,2013 (Ashrafuddin Pirzada / UPI Next) -- In Landi Kotal Bazaar, a 27-year-old vendor pushes his cart through the streets of his...

Relief efforts after earthquake

QUETTA, Dec 10,2013 (Syed Zubair / UPI Next) -- Relief efforts in Pakistan following a Sept. 24 earthquake in Baluchistan province are lagging, with...

Holy month brought violence fear

LAHORE, Dec 10,2013 (Ihsan Qadir / UPI Next) -- The Muslim holy month of Muharram, which roughly coincided with November, brought fear to Pakistan...

PML-N, partners seen leading in Baluchistan

QUETTA, Dec 7,2013 (Abdul Malik Achakzai / UPI Next) -- Initial results in local elections in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province Saturday showed the Pakistan Muslim...

Baluchistan province prepare for historic elections

QUETTA, Dec 6, 2013 (Abdul Malik Achakzai / UPI Next) -- More than 50,000 security personnel were deployed to secure the balloting process for...

Juniper forest in danger

ZIARAT, Dec 5,2013 (Abdul Malik Achakzai / UPI Next) -- A 247,000-acre forest of juniper trees, some of which are thousands of years old,...

Sexual abuse in children

LAHORE, Dec 5,2013 (Ihsan Qadir / UPI Next) -- The Sept. 14 gang rape of a 5-year-old girl in Lahore has shaken Pakistanis, and...

U.S. drone strikes

LAHORE, Dec 3,2013 (Sumeera Riaz / UPI Next) The Nov. 1 killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud by a U.S. drone strike and...

Threats from militants against radio staff

FATA, Dec 2,2013 (Inam Ullah Khan / UPI NEXT) -- The closure last May of three U.S.-funded community radio stations in Pakistan's insurgency-hit tribal...

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