U.S. soldier freed in Afghanistan, 5 Taliban prisoners leave Guantanamo
USA-AFGHANISTAN/BERGDAHL (UPDATE 6, PIX)=2:UPDATE 6-U.S. soldier freed in Afghanistan, 5 Taliban prisoners leave Guantanamo
Pakistan's Coal Rush: A Bubble Waiting to Burst
By Farrukh Zaman and Chaitanya KumarKARACHI/NEW DELHI, Jun 1 2014 (IPS) - Mukhtar Ali is one of the many Pakistanis who are furious at politicians and authorities for failing to provide citizens with a regular supply of electricity during the smouldering summer months. Life for the 42-year-old shopkeeper in Karachi, Pakistan's financial hub, becomes especially unbearable when his business suffers due to load-shedding (rolling power cuts), or […]
U.S. soldier freed in Afghanistan, 5 Taliban prisoners to leave Guantanamo
USA-AFGHANISTAN/BERGDAHL (UPDATE 4, PIX):UPDATE 4-U.S. soldier freed in Afghanistan, 5 Taliban prisoners to leave Guantanamo
Iqbal waits for his relatives outside police station in Lahore
Muhammed Iqbal, 45, husband of the late Farzana Iqbal, waits for his relatives outside police station in Lahore May 31, 2014. Iqbal, whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Farzana, 25, was murdered by a group of assailants including her father on May 27, witnesses and police said, because she fell in love with and married Iqbal in January instead of a cousin they had selected for her. The couple's relationship was itself born of a shockingly violent act, one perpetrated by Iqbal himself. In a blunt admission, he said he killed his first wife in a fight over Farzana in 2009. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Four Afghans killed in Pakistani border strike, say Afghan officials
Pakistan said the airstrikes had targeted Taliban militants conducting attacks on Pakistani soil from across the Afghan border
Muhammed Iqbal prays beside the grave of his late wife Farzana Iqbal in a village in Moza Sial, west of Lahore
Muhammed Iqbal, 45, prays beside the grave of his late wife Farzana Iqbal in a village in Moza Sial, west of Lahore May 30, 2014. Iqbal, whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Farzana, 25, was murdered by a group of assailants including her father on May 27, witnesses and police said, because she fell in love with and married Iqbal in January instead of a cousin they had selected for her. Picture taken May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Muhammed Iqbal prays beside the grave of his late wife Farzana Iqbal in a village in Moza Sial, west of Lahore
Muhammed Iqbal, 45, prays beside the grave of his late wife Farzana Iqbal in a village in Moza Sial, west of Lahore May 30, 2014. Iqbal, whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Farzana, 25, was murdered by a group of assailants including her father on May 27, witnesses and police said, because she fell in love with and married Iqbal in January instead of a cousin they had selected for her. Picture taken May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Relatives of Muhammed Iqbal, husband of the late Farzana Iqbal, sit at his residence in a village in Moza Sial
Relatives of Muhammed Iqbal, 45, husband of the late Farzana Iqbal, sit at his residence in a village in Moza Sial, west of Lahore May 30, 2014. Iqbal, whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Farzana, 25, was murdered by a group of assailants including her father on May 27, witnesses and police said, because she fell in love with and married Iqbal in January instead of a cousin they had selected for her. Picture taken May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Muhammed Iqbal, husband of the late Farzana Iqbal, sits with his family members at his residence in a village in Moza Sial
Muhammed Iqbal, 45, husband of the late Farzana Iqbal, sits with his family members at his residence in a village in Moza Sial, west of Lahore May 30, 2014. Iqbal, whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Farzana, 25, was murdered by a group of assailants including her father on May 27, witnesses and police said, because she fell in love with and married Iqbal in January instead of a cousin they had selected for her. Picture taken May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)