From: Aljazeera A five-year-old Pakistani girl was killed on Saturday after she was hit in the head by a bullet fired by Indian troops across the border in disputed Kashmir, officials said. The incident took place in Polas village at Abbaspur sector on the Line of Control, the de facto border dividing Kashmir between nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India.
from Aljazeera Gunmen dressed in police uniforms killed a 10-year-old boy and a guard when they fired at an opposition politician in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, police said. The attack on Friday took place in the central Buffer Zone district when Khawaja Izharul Hassan from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was hugging people after an Eid al-Adha prayer gathering…. Read more »
BBC The number of Rohingya refugees crossing from Myanmar into Bangladesh has surged, the UN says, with more than 35,000 new arrivals identified in the last 24 hours. More than 123,000 Rohingya are now said to have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since 25 August. The conflict was triggered by an attack by Rohingya militants on police posts. This… Read more »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a statement by the five emerging-market BRICS powers that militant groups in Pakistan pose a regional security concern, with its defense minister saying no such group operates freely inside Pakistan. The minister’s response follows a statement on Monday by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa that also called for patrons of the… Read more »