In recent columns in Pakistan's Urdu-language newspapers, two Pakistani columnists discussed the issue of "Missing Persons," a term used to refer both to terrorists in Pakistan, especially in the border tribal region, as well as to civil rights activists and secessionists in Baluchistan province, who are believed to have been picked up by intelligence agencies over the past
On August 16, 2023, a mob provoked by allegations that several desecrated pages of the Quran were found in a Christian neighborhood attacked five churches, a cemetery, and the homes in the neighborhood. The mob, which was led by Islamists from Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a group that has been using street power in recent years to pressure the Pakistani government,[1]
On May 31, 2023, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist and Al-Qaeda suspect serving an 86-year jail term for trying to kill U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan, met her visiting sister Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui, at the Federal Medical Center, in Carswell, Texas. Her lawyer Clive Stafford Smith was also present. Two more meetings took place between the two sisters on