Cybersecurity researchers have found that commercially available spy software has been used to infiltrate the activist communities in Pakistan.
Research reveals malicious digital campaign against Pakistani human rights defenders
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Media censorship surrounds the Pashtun rights movement in Pakistan
For First Time in Decades, Some Pakistani Women Vote
Listen to Pakistan’s Marginalized Pashtuns
The Pashtun Long March Asks for Justice After Years of Ethnic Targeting
Pakistani Professor’s Endless Blasphemy Trial
Pakistan Needs to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
After Facing Harassment from Authorities, Pakistani Journalist Narrowly Escapes Abduction
US Suspends Security Assistance to Pakistan – State Department
Asia’s Other Nuclear Standoff
By roping India and Japan into its standoff with China, the U.S. is raising the nuclear stakes in Asia — including, dangerously, between India and Pakistan.
Cyber Contractor “VendorX” Leaves Huge Pentagon Surveillance Program Unsecured, On Cloud
Pakistani Campaigner for the ‘Disappeared’ Himself Goes Missing
(HRW) – It was only last month when Punhal Sario marched from the Pakistani cities of Hyderabad to Karachi to demand the return of fellow activists who had gone “missing,” a Pakistani euphemism for those forcibly disappeared by the state authorities. Now, Sario…
Trump Backs Sunni Radical Islam over Moderate Shi’ism
Middle East (SCF) – President Donald Trump signaled to the nations of the Middle East and Muslim world that he strongly backs radical Sunni Islam, mostly embodied by Saudi Arabia’s brand of Wahhabism, over the emerging moderate Shi’ism on display in…
Pakistan: Army Kills 50 Afghan Forces in Border Fight
Pakistan (Tasnim) – The Pakistani army says it has destroyed at least five Afghan checkpoints near the border between the two countries, killing about 50 security forces. Maj. Gen. Nadeem Ahmad told reporters Sunday at the Chaman border crossing that two…
New Honorary Canadian Citizen Malala Yousafzai’s Speech To The Parliament Of Canada
Canada (CP) – Nobel Prize laureate and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is finally an honorary Canadian citizen. This week, she joined five prominent foreign nationals who have received the honor: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg (1985), Nelson Mandela (2001), the 14th Dalai…