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PAKISTAN

EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2016
Kashmir again on the boil
India needs to maintain its restraint over Kashmir, but the backers of violence there must pay a price for their support of terrorism.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2016
Holding Pakistan to account
Pakistan's military must be brought under full civilian control and its links to all Islamist militants — including those directed against India and nurtured as such by the military-intelligence complex — severed.
WORLD
Sep 16, 2016
Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters after saying it had thwarted the group
Pakistani authorities on Friday said they had arrested four Islamic State militants plotting attacks in the city of Lahore, just weeks after the military declared it had halted the Middle East-based movement's expansion into the country.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016
The Pakistan-North Korea nexus
Since the 1970s, Pakistan and North Korea have cooperated extensively on the development of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016
Double dealings and carnage in Balochistan
The recent Quetta bombing underscores the failure that is Pakistan's anti-terror policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2016
U.S. should take in Pakistani Christians
Christians who fled persecution in Pakistan now find themselves trapped in Thailand.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2016
How Pakistan betrayed its founding father's vision
Until Pakistan decides whether it wishes to operate as a Muslim theocracy or as the liberal and progressive state that its founder intended, it will remain gripped in a battle between competing forces.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2016
Islamic State faces uphill 'branding war' in Afghanistan, Pakistan
The U.S. drone strike that killed the Islamic State group's commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement's ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominant Islamist force.
WORLD
Aug 13, 2016
Drone kills Islamic State leader for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. says
The leader of the Islamic State group's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2016
Pakistani chopper goes down in Afghanistan; occupants feared held by Taliban
A Pakistani government helicopter crash-landed in Taliban-held territory in neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday and all passengers and crew are feared to have been captured by the insurgents, officials said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2016
In rare move, Pakistan bars family from 'forgiving' son for so-called honor killing
Pakistani authorities have barred the family of a murdered social media celebrity from legally "forgiving" their son for strangling her, sources said, in a rare stand against the so-called practice of honor killings.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2016
China and India battle on a nuclear playing field
China is trying to block India's admission into the Nuclear Suppliers Group, whose members can trade in and export nuclear technology.
WORLD
May 23, 2016
Taliban No. 2 Haqqani may be even more deadly foe than Mansour
Afghan guerrilla commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, a possible successor to Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, would likely prove an even more implacable foe of beleaguered Afghan government forces and their U.S. allies.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2016
Pakistan opposition leader Khan, a former cricket hero, admits using an offshore company
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, who tried to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a row over offshore wealth, has acknowledged using an offshore company to avoid paying British tax on a London property sale.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2016
The China-Pakistan axis gathers momentum
With India ascending in the global hierarchy and strengthening its ties with the United States, China's relationship with Pakistan will likely grow.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2016
Obama's last atomic summit finds nuclear fears high, momentum against proliferation low
Just as fears of nuclear terrorism are rising, U.S. President Barack Obama's drive to lock down vulnerable atomic materials worldwide seems to have lost momentum and could slow further.
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016
India near inducting its first nuclear-armed submarine
India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed attack submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2016
When drama undercut diplomacy
If the Modi government wants history to stop repeating itself, it must develop a credible counterterrorism strategy vis-a-vis Pakistan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2016
Pakistan military blankets area as China port construction underway
A heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress, as Pakistan's powerful military seeks to protect billions of dollars of Chinese investment.

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