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Airline Chief Barred From Leaving Pakistan

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT and ZARAR KHAN | Posted 04.21.2012

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Saturday barred the head of the airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country, vowing to investiga...

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Outward Appearance vs. Inward Morality: The Hypocrisy Of Misdirected Faith

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 12.22.2011

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Fahad Faruqui

Until you're squared away on the bigger issues -- manners, morals and ethics -- don't go out picking on the minor shortcomings of other people.

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In Search of the Moderate Muslim: It Takes an Ummah

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

Until moderate Muslims find each other, 'find the other hand,' and start a global response, nothing less than a cacophony of figurative clapping, we will remain as we are now: voiceless.

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View from Pakistan: Today's Blast

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirin Sadeghi

Pakistani children may be enjoying the break, but most of them know exactly why they can't go to school. I sit stiff as one boy looks up from his video game to tell me the school buses might not be safe right now.

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Why Terrorists Never Have Gotten Hold of a Nuke and Why the Taliban Won't Be First

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Thomson

Say the Pakistani government somehow falls to the Taliban. With a maniac at the button, cities in the Pakistani arsenal's 2,500-kilometer range could get turned into vacant lots.

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Rawalpindi: Suicide bomber kills 35 near Pakistan's capital

AP | ASHRAF KHAN and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.25.2011

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A suicide bomb killed 35 people near Pakistan's military headquarters Monday while a second blast wounded several police,...

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Rawalpindi: Suicide Bomber Hits Bus, Kills 6 Near Pakistani Capital

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Bombs targeting police and employees of a Pakistani nuclear facility killed two people and wounded scores more Thursday _...

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Benazir the Martyr: an Anniversary on the Brink of War

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirin Sadeghi

As the anniversary of Benazir Bhutto's assassination comes and goes, some people in Pakistan have quietly concluded that getting assassinated was the best thing she ever did.

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