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Yemen NGO wants repatriation of Osama widow
May 17th
SANAA: A Yemeni human rights organisation said on Tuesday that it is working to repatriate the youngest widow of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Amal Abdulfattah, a Yemeni who is detained in Pakistan. The National Organisation for Defending Rights and …
Saudis have banned Hajj quotas, LHC told
May 17th
‘Govt discriminating in allotting quotas to private tour operators’.
Saudi diplomat’s murder: All foreign mission staff told to avoid unnecessary trips
May 17th
Police believe last week’s hand-grenade attack was a warning.
Muslim champions: A gold medal for ‘ghairat’
May 17th
A large fraction in the West expected us to celebrate the death of Bin Laden like New Yorkers. A friend in India tweeted that the moderate Pakistanis should come out of their houses to show their contentment on the death of the Saudi businessman turned al Qaeda’s founding daddy. But on the other side of the border, we were still chewing on the facts that came our way via western news sources. Unlike the Scooby Doo cartoon show where the evil villain is always unmasked in the end, this episode further mystified everything we were made to believe in the last one decade. The answer to why Pakistanis did not celebrate Bin Laden’s death came a few weeks later, when a double suicide attack
Another attack
May 16th
The action in Abbottabad was carried out by the US on its own. The aftermath must be dealt with by Pakistan.
Pakistan Needs a Minister of Foreign Affairs. Now.
May 16th
Adil Najam It is rather amazing, actually disturbing, that in a period of time when foreign affairs is the single most aspect of all politics in Pakistan, including in our domestic polity, Pakistan remains without a Foreign Minister. It was not a surprise – given the nature of US-Pakistan relations and the role of the [...]
Taliban claim killing of Saudi diplomat
May 16th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan”s al Qaeda-linked Taliban said on Monday they killed a Saudi Arabian diplomat in the Pakistani city of Karachi. “We take responsibility,” a Taliban spokesman said by telephone from an undisclosed location, referring to the killing …
Father of Bin Laden’s wife rebuffed union at first
May 16th
Amal Abdul-Fattah married Bin Laden at 18, before 9/11, father says family do not support Bin Laden or al Qaeda.
Saudi diplomat shot dead in Karachi
May 16th
KARACHI: A Saudi diplomat was killed in a drive-by shooting near the consulate in Karachi on Monday, the second attack on Saudi interests in Pakistan”s biggest city in less than a week, officials said. The motive of the attack was not immediately clea…
Saudi consulate car attacked; one killed
May 16th
KARACHI: One man was killed when unknown assailants attacked a Saudi Consulate car in Defence, Geo News reported.
