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Pakistan's Textbooks Teach Muslim Children to "Hate" Christians and Hindus
Society & Culture  (tags: Pakistan, Muslim children taught Hindus and Christ )

Beth
- 95 days ago - persecution.org
Pakistani children are taught that other religious groups, mainly Hindus and Christians, are the enemies of Muslims. Christian children are also harassed in public schools, often times as a result of the material being read in school textbooks.
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Five Female Pakistani Polio Vaccination Workers Fatally Shot in Coordinated Attacks
Society & Culture  (tags: Pakistan, polio workers killed, antisemitism )

Beth
- 179 days ago - bbc.co.uk
- four within 20 minutes across Karachi. The fifth woman was shot and wounded in Peshawar and later died of her injuries. A UN-backed programme to eradicate polio - which is endemic in Pakistan - has been suspended in Karachi.
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Thousands Call for Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai
Society & Culture  (tags: women, Pakistan, education, Nobel peace prize )

Freya
- 219 days ago - readersupportednews.org
Thousands of people have called for a Nobel peace prize for Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old who was shot by the Taliban while campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan.
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Pakistan's Effort to Resocialize Former Taliban
Society & Culture  (tags: education, social re-education, Taliban, Pakistan, world, religion, rights, politics, news, interesting, humans, culture, government, safety, society )

Cal
- 768 days ago - spiegel.de
Hasnain KazimFor two years, the Taliban terrorized the beautiful Swat Valley in northern Pakistan. Now that Islamabad has regained control, it is trying to resocialize those who supported the Islamist radicals. In "deradicalization" courses, they learn ho
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Conflict in Pakistan
Society & Culture  (tags: Pakistan, Conflict, Picture, News, Violence )

Nancy
- 862 days ago - boston.com
Pakistani troops and Taliban militants have been locked in intense clashes recently in the tribal area which has killed more than 150 people. Relief workers say that more than 120,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. Insurgent
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Save and Help Victims of Flood in Pakistan ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, protection, floods, Pakistan, environment )

Cher
- 1015 days ago - change.org
Every year we wait for the monsoon season to come and beat the heat of summer's spell. The lovely rains that blossoms the trees and lightens up the atmosphere, the wonderful weather where romanticism revolves in the air for 2 months atleast.
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647 Women Killed in the Name of 'Honour' Last Year
Society & Culture  (tags: Women violence, killing, HRCP, Pakistan, Suicide )

Sophie
- 1181 days ago - dailytimes.com.pk
The 2009 report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) released on Monday revealed that there was a sharp surge in violence against women and 1,401 women were murdered during 2009. Out of these, 647 were murdered in the name of "honour",
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Even After 1400 Years, Burying Women Alive Remains Our Tribal Tradition (Translation By: Ms Khadijah Shah)
Society & Culture  (tags: Chanan, SAP-PAK, Rauf Kalsara, Honour Killings, Balochistan, Khadijah Shah, Ferhan Mazher, Rays of Development Organization, Sargodha, Pakistan )

Ferhan
- 1653 days ago - nohonor.org
The only difference we have observed after 1400 years is that we bury the female members of society only after they have been educated and reached puberty.
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Pakistanis Try Confronting Shame of Honor Killing
Society & Culture  (tags: honour killings, violence, women, Pakistan )

Madalena
- 2030 days ago - whrnet.org
KARACHI (Reuters) - Ayesha Baloch was dragged to a field, her brother-in-law held the 18-year-old down, her husband sat astride her legs and slit her upper lip and nostril with a knife. They call such assaults on women a matter of "honor" in some Pakis
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Homecoming Benazir Bhutto Survives Bomb Attack -VIDEO
Society & Culture  (tags: Assasination attempt, karachi, motorcade, 126 killed, bomb attack, pakistan, prime minister target )

Ali
- 2069 days ago - news.com.au
FORMER Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has survived an apparent assassination attempt which has left at least 126 people dead after two bombs exploded near the motorcade carrying her through the crowded streets of Karachi today.
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