As humanitarian situation reaches crisis point as more refugees flee Taliban vs. Pakistani military violence, U.S. steps in to help, but is it enough?
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 05/07/2009 10:00 am
Refugees flee for their lives as Pakistan forces pummel Taliban forces trying to impose harsh Sharia law as ‘peace’ deal falls through
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 04/27/2009 4:45 pm
Pakistan’s president said his intelligence team said their sources say Osama bin Laden’s dead — could they be right?
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Brown has tough words during surprise visit to Kabul to meet with Hamid Karzai; new strategy for battling Taliban-led extremism to be unveiled Wednesday
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Human-rights groups alarmed at thumbs-up given to Islamic law; Taliban local militia teams making dangerous inroads in Pakistan
By The staff at wowOwow.com
The White House administration was busy Sunday explaining on morning news how they’re going to save the economy and world
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 02/16/2009 10:10 am
In nothing less than a horrible reversal of any progress made by women in this region, the Swat’s version of Sharia law forbids females from being educated, going outside
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Asia Society president Vishakha N. Desai pays tribute to slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated one year ago
By Vishakha N. Desai
Politics | 12/04/2008 9:35 am
Secretary of State Rice met with Pakistani Prime
Minister Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari this week and told them they must ‘act urgently’ in bringing Mumbai attack organizers to justice
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 12/02/2008 8:00 am
Some are worried that Hillary Clinton’s friendly ties with India and Israel will hinder her work as the States’ top diplomat
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 12/01/2008 8:15 am
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will head to India this week to console and mediate after last week’s terrorist attack
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 11/20/2008 9:35 am
There is ‘no shred of evidence’ that Siddiqui, Pakistani woman accused
of trying to kill U.S. personnel, was tortured in the five years she’s been
missing
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 09/10/2008 9:30 am
Widower of slain former prime minister of Pakistan has to tackle Al Qaeda-backed Taliban, economic issues
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 09/08/2008 2:00 pm
In a remote
part of Pakistan, three teenage girls were reportedly buried alive by
their tribe in an ‘honor killing’ as punishment for attempting to choose their own
husbands. A male politician from their province, Baluchistan, defended
the killings in parliament, claiming the practice was part of a
‘tribal custom’
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 08/21/2008 10:30 am
As more Pakistani women assert their independence, husbands and families use illicit sex laws to get revenge
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 08/18/2008 11:20 am
Many women in Pakistan are burned or attacked with acid by spurned men; some now make others beautiful
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 08/18/2008 8:35 am
U.S. ally in War on Terror says he wants to spare nation from impeachment battle
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Politics | 08/07/2008 8:50 am
A former Islamic militant wants court to halt sales of the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s book
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
In a span of just 24 hours, I recently had three different experiences in Karachi that gave me a deeper look into the role of women in urbanized Pakistan
By Vishakha N. Desai
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