Pakistan Archive
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Canadian teen convicted of Manhattan terror plot takes on Khadr-linked legal team
Posted on 02.11.2017 | No CommentsAbdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 19, has been represented by public defenders since his secret arrest in May 2016, but faced pressure from his own parents to hire Edney
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Canadian senator mugged in Pakistan by thieves on motorcycle, losing cash, pearls and Senate ID card
Posted on 30.04.2017 | No CommentsSalma Ataullahjan was mugged while visiting Islamabad, losing a large amount of money, a string of black pearls, credit cards and her Senate identity card -
Relearning My Grandmother’s Language Taught Me Where My Roots Lie
Posted on 10.10.2016 | No Comments"Talk to Nani Maa." Growing up as an English-speaking son of Indian immigrant parents, I dreaded those four words. Each weekend, my mother would hand me the phone to speak with my grandmother in Mumbai. And each time, I'd try to escape with an excus... -
Kashmir border erupts in gunfire between India, Pakistan
Posted on 03.10.2016 | No CommentsIndian and Pakistani troops are firing at each other along the border in divided Kashmir, as Indian troops are searching the site of a gun battle where an Indian paramilitary soldier was killed. -
Father of New York bombing suspect says he told police in 2014 he suspected son may be a terrorist
Posted on 21.09.2016 | No CommentsMohammad Rahami said the FBI told him his son was clean: 'But they check almost two months, they say, ‘He’s OK, he’s clean, he’s not a terrorist.’ I say OK.' -
The Best Career Advice I’ll Ever Get Came From This Photo Of My Mom
Posted on 20.09.2016 | No CommentsWhen I was 17 years old and applying to journalism school, a family friend told me that if I couldn't find a paying job I could always just get married -- because I was a girl. It was a joke, and she laughed it off. But it wasn't funny, not only be... -
Who I Am Has Nothing To Do With Where My Parents Were Born
Posted on 17.08.2016 | No CommentsMy cultural identity isn't defined by where my parents were born. My father was born in Pakistan, his siblings and parents were born in Goa, India, and all of his great-grandparents were born in Portugal. What does that make him? My mother was born i... -
Canada appalled by attack in Quetta, Pakistan
Posted on 08.08.2016 | No CommentsThe Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement regarding reports of a bomb attack on a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. -
Official says 19 passengers killed in Pakistan bus accident
Posted on 13.04.2016 | No CommentsA head-on collision between a passenger bus and truck killed at least 19 passengers in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Wednesday. -
Canadian school distances itself from California shooter amid concerns
Posted on 07.12.2015 | No CommentsThe Canadian branch of an Islamic foundation distanced itself Monday from the woman who carried out last week's mass shooting in California following reports she had attended one of the group's schools in Pakistan. -
Massive 7.5-magnitude earthquake sparks stampede in Afghanistan as death toll rises across South Asia
Posted on 26.10.2015 | No CommentsOne of the strongest earthquakes in decades hit northern Afghanistan, shaking buildings from Kabul to Delhi and killing at least 147 people -
‘F— the rest!’ On Greek island of Kos, a migrant caste system has emerged, with Syrians at the top
Posted on 12.09.2015 | No CommentsBetween Jan. 1 and Aug. 14, 158,456 people from Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Bangladesh and sub-Saharan Africa arrived on Greek shores by sea
