Strike comes days after Pakistan’s prime minister urged an end to drone killings during visit to Washington
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Pakistan Says Small Percentage of Drone Strike Victims Civilians
The figure is lower than past statements from the government and from independent organizations
Report: 13-Year-Old Pakistani Girl Buried Alive After Being Raped
Unhelpful local police prompted higher authorities to intervene in the investigation
Pakistan Leader Calls For U.S. To End Drone Strikes
The prime minister made the comments hours before leaked documents showed a history of the Pakistani government secretly cooperating with the drone strike campaign
Sharif Calls on Obama as U.S. and Pakistan Try to Turn the Corner
No major breakthroughs are expected, but a friendly summit would be an achievement
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Blast U.S. Drone Strikes
New reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch challenge the legality of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen
Taliban Celebrates Malala Not Winning Nobel
Bad guys chime in on peace prize
‘There Are Thousands of Malalas’: What Pakistan’s Teenage Activist Has Already Won
She missed out on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but Malala Yousafzai has already inspired a generation of Pakistani schoolgirls.
Pakistan’s Struggle for Power
In Karachi, Pakistan’s coastal metropolis, countless residents deal with power cuts — and find creative ways to steal from and work around the country’s deeply flawed electricity grid
Malala Marches Toward the Nobel Peace Prize
This Friday, the Nobel committee announces the 2013 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. As far as global opinion is concerned, the award is a 16-year-old Pakistani girl’s to lose.
Long before she became a global symbol of …
Karachi Vice: Pakistan’s Megacity Is a Sweltering Gangland
Like many parts of Pakistan, swaths of the sweltering Pakistani city of Karachi experience regular power outages for up to nine hours a day. The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, despite its priority status for receiving power, …
Malala Yousafzai Speaks Out on Anniversary of Attack
Female education campaigner calls for dialog with Pakistani Taliban
Pakistan’s Terror Capital: Inside Peshawar, a City Under Siege
In one week alone, the frontier city has seen nearly 150 killed in three separate bombings, and yet somehow its residents muster the will to carry on