Britain is giving £300m of taxpayers’ money to a controversial programme of cash handouts in Pakistan which is accused of bankrolling the re-election campaign of Benazir Bhutto’s former party. Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari stands in front of a portrait… Read More ›
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan paralysed after court demands PM arrest
Tens of thousands stage protest in capital while Ashraf government fears coup plot Saeed Shah Tuesday, 15 January 2013 Pakistan is facing a deepening crisis after the country’s highest court ordered the arrest of the Prime Minister today, just hours… Read More ›
Pakistan arrests 11 year old, mentally disabled Christian girl for alleged Qur’an desecration
By Jon Boone, The Guardian Sunday, August 19, 2012 20:06 EDT An 11-year-old Christian Pakistani girl said to suffer from a mental disorder could face the death penalty under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws, after she was accused by her… Read More ›