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POPSDeath From Above, Outrage Down Below Nevertheless, every one of these dead noncombatants represents an alienated family, a new desire for revenge, and more recruits for a militant movement that has grown exponentially even as drone strikes have increased. Second, public outrage at the strikes is hardly limited to the region in which they take place — areas of northwestern Pakistan where ethnic Pashtuns predominate. Rather, the strikes are now exciting visceral opposition across a broad spectrum of Pakistani opinion in Punjab and Sindh, the nation’s two most populous provinces. Covered extensively by the news media, drone attacks are popularly believed to have caused even more civilian casualties than is actually the case. The persistence of these attacks on Pakistani territory offends people’s deepest sensibilities, alienates them from their government, and contributes to Pakistan’s instability.
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POPSThe 5th Anniversary of Haidry Mosque's Martyrs When the bomb blasted, the people who came first to rescue to worshippers were Sunni Muslim brothers, who were also performing pray in their mosque that is just beside the Shia Mosque on few meters distance in the same premises of Sindh Madarsatul Islam.
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POPSTaliban whip woman for socializing with a Man Sindhi women's rights groups protested in Hyderabad against the Taliban atrocities in Swat. The video is disturbing. The punishment is similar to what happens in Saudi Arabia: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 10, 2009 A 75-year-old widow living in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, her lawyer said Monday. The newspaper Al Watan said the woman, Khamisa Sawadi, met with two 24-year-old men in April after she asked them to bring five loaves of bread to her home. The two men, her nephew and his business partner, were arrested by the religious police after delivering the bread, the newspaper said.
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POPSAHMADI MUSLIM MURDERED IN PAKISTAN Ahmadis still suffer persecution and this is wrong. Human-rights supporters need to support this religious minority. In Islam, religious minorities should be protected, so why are self-professed Muslims murdering them?
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POPSIndus Dolphins, Turtles on the Brink Government counts in much of the third world are notoriously unreliable.. bureaucrats often make up the numbers to meet quotas and targets. For example, when satellite imaging of forests in India was carried out, it showed that the forest cover had been reduced to a mere half of what the reports of the provinces' forest departments had claimed.
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POPSPakistanis claim militant group" busted" after shootout
A Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) of the IB and the CID personnel conducted a raid with police contingents and initially cordoned off the area. After taking positions, they went to a nearby mosque and made an announcement to warn the residents not to come out of their houses. Soon after the announcement, the terrorists opened fire, which the police retaliated. A brief encounter took place. During the encounter, the terrorists also threw nine to 10 hand grenades due to which a Police Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was damaged and two Constables, Wajid Ali and Mehmood, received minor injuries. The police killed two terrorists and were trying to come near the house when an explosion took place and the house was reduced to rubble. All three were killed. The police started removing the debris and recovered four bodies. It also recovered large quantity of hand grenades, explosive material used for making suicide jackets, splinters, pelts, two Kalashnikovs, four TT pistols and thousands
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POPSMusharraf, Loyalists Decide To Fight It Out Later, the governors of Punjab and Sindh met the president to discuss the political situation. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad is said to have renewed support for President Musharraf on behalf of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The president had decided in the morning not to visit China as a state guest for the Olympics opening ceremonies but he was persuaded by his allies to review the decision. It was decided that he would leave for Beijing on Thursday morning, accompanied by Punjab Governor Salman Taseer. The sources said that the PML-Q leaders had asked the president to defend himself in person in parliament. They also convinced him not to call off his visit to China which was a tested strategic friend of Pakistan. Chaudhry Pervaiz said: “Gen (retd) Musharraf is an elected president who has the credit of holding free and fair elections. He does not deserve this treatment and we will stand by him in case of any effort to oust him.”
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