6 Employees of U.S. Charity Killed in Attack in Pakistan
By ISMAIL KHAN

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Six Pakistani employees of the American Christian charity World Vision were gunned down Wednesday, and seven others were wounded in an attack on the aid group’s offices in a remote village in northern Pakistan.

Pakistani authorities said about a dozen masked militants stormed the building at about 9:30 a.m., pulled the staff members out of their offices and herded them into a single room, then started shooting indiscriminately. The attackers ... Read More

Afghan president arrives in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived here Wednesday on a two-day state visit during which he will hold talks with the Pakistani leadership on a range of bilateral and regional issues.

Karzai was welcomed at the Chaklala military air base by Senate Chairman Farooq H. Naik, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, Commerce Minister Amin Fahim and other senior officials, APP reported.

During his stay, Karzai will meet ... Read More

Pakistani men discussing girls were planning terror attack
London, March 10 (IANS) Two Pakistani men apparently discussing girls online were really planning a massive Al Qaeda terror attack on Britain, a senior British intelligence officer has testified in court.

The officer gave his testimony to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission as part of a deportation hearing following the arrest of five Pakistani men in anti-terror raids in Manchester and Liverpool in April last year.

Three of the men have been deported to Pakistan and ... Read More

Six killed in raid on Christian aid group in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 10 (DPA) Gunmen armed with assault rifles and hand grenades raided the office of a Christian aid group in northern Pakistan Monday, killing six staffers, police said.

Five others were injured in attack on the World Vision office in the Ogay area of Mansehra district, 65 km northeast of Islamabad, district police chief Waqar Uddin said. All the victims were Pakistanis.

Rafaqat Ali, a junior police officer, said around 15 masked men first lobbed ... Read More

Police rapped for not releasing Pakistani national
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Taking exception to the fact that a Pakistani national who was acquitted by a trial court three months ago is still languishing in the foreigners detention camp, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked two officers of the Delhi Police to appear in person to provide an explanation for this.

A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta summoned the assistant commissioner (prevention) and senior superintendent ... Read More

From Karachi, with love
Rafia Zakaria

Last year’s catastrophic attack in Mumbai broke the heart of many children raised by its ghosts in Karachi.

The Karachi I grew up in was haunted by memories of Mumbai. My father, grandparents and aunts had all left Mumbai in the decades after Partition, chasing jobs and the promises sold to the Muslims of the subcontinent. At every dinner table conversation, every afternoon tea reminiscence, and every late night stroll, we were accompanied ... Read More