Salem-News.com Pakistan articles Page 17

Honor Killings

A caste system, poverty, over-militarization; ingredients for disaster.

(CLEVELAND) - The fallacy that a woman must be killed to maintain family honor is as old and stale as the crusty philosophies that lead to such cruel and bent thinking.

Massive problems facing women and girls in Pakistan and India.

Seals: Killers of Osama Dying or Being Killed?

US Navy Seal Commander, Who Killed Osama Bin Laden, Commits ‘Apparent Suicide’ In Afghanistan
UNBELIEVABLE: ‘More Than 20 Navy SEALS From The Unit That Killed Osama Bin Laden’ Die In Helicopter Crash

(HYDERABAD, Pakistan) - SEAL Team 4 Commanding Officer Job W. Price committed suicide. He was best known for finding and then killing Osama bin Laden.

Cmdr. Job W. Price, 42, died Saturday, Dec. 22, of a non-combat-related injury while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

Voice for Voiceless Christians in Capital Living in Atrocious Conditions

There are numerous examples of Faisal Sakhi Butt's tireless efforts in the field of human rights with a rights based approach.

(ISLAMABAD) - When visited slum settlements of Islamabad, this scribe found that living in those colonies was similar to living in any far-flung areas of Sindh or Balochistan, where basic facilities do not exist.

The water supply is limited and technically not feasible to full fill the need of the whole vicinity.

Pakistani Christian Dies Needlessly in Central Jail Adayla

Man could have been treated for his illness.

(RAWALPINDI, Pakistan) - Sadly, one of the many ways Christians are persecuted here when they are arrested in blasphemy cases, involves how badly they are often treated while in prisons in Pakistani jails.

In Pakistan we see Christians are being arrested under the different farms of persecutions laws.

Wilson Chowdhry Chairman BPCA Helping Vulnerable People in Pakistan

Pressure on Pakistani Christians continued to escalate in 2012.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Violence gained momentum in Pakistan over the recent year.

Christians are reportedly being denied governmental jobs and support, and being attacked by extremists, even in the capital city, Islamabad.

Wreaking Vengeance

Little Crow’s only option was resistance and the same has been the story of Balochistan.

(KARACHI Daily Times) - The European colonists who took over Minnesota were cold-bloodedly ruthless and brutal in defence of their transgressions against the real masters of the land

Minorities, Particularly Christians, are Deliberately Sidelined in Pakistan

Emerging political leader become the most visible guest in the town during the advent carnival

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - With the advent of December, Christians all over the world kicked off their preparations to celebrate the most important festival of the year ‘Christmas’ across the world including Pakistan.

With every passing day till the eve of Christmas, Pakistani Christians prepare to celebrate the festivity with zeal and enthusiasm...

When Will Justice be Done for 6-Year old Hindu Girl Raped in Karachi?

Journalists attempting to report the story of Vijanti have been threatened.

(KARACHI, Pakistan) - On 4th December 2012 six year old Vijanti Meghwar was brutally raped in Ghulam Nabi Shah village, district Taluka Pithoro Umerkot, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Vijanti belongs to the Meghwar community of the country’s minority Hindu population. She was found unconscious and lying in the street.

`Did we just kill a kid?`

The moment drone operator who assassinated Afghans with the push of a button on a computer in the U.S. realized he had vaporized a child... and could not go on.

(LONDON Daily Mail) - A former U.S. drone operator has opened up about the toll of killing scores of innocent people by pressing a button from a control room in New Mexico.

Brandon Bryant, 27, from Missoula, Montana, spent six years in the Air Force operating Predator drones from inside a dark container.

Asian Press Follows Salem-News Article Criticizing `Dbangg 2` by William Gomes

Mr. Gomes believes that the film risks encouraging public support of torture and ill treatment of prisoners.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Dabangg 2 goes a long way toward reversing the progress made to aid victims of sometimes unspeakable abuse.

Hindustan Times, one of Asia's biggest newspapers, is following William Gomes' Salem-News.com report published yesterday...