via CNN A Pakistan government minister has personally offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who kills the man who made the anti-Islam movie that is drawing ire throughout the Muslim world. Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour announced the bounty at a news conference Saturday, but he made clear to CNN he was speaking for himself […]

via news.com.au A Christian girl with Down Syndrome has been arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, accused of burning pages inscribed with verses from the Koran. Police arrested Rimsha, who is recognized by a single name, on Thursday after she was reported holding in public burnt pages which had Islamic text and Koranic verses on […]

A Pakistani man gunned down six of his daughters on suspicion that two of them were in relationships with older boys in the neighborhood. Arif Mubashir, 40, shot the teen-aged girls after his son told him that they were dating boys who attend a nearby college in Faisalabad. Mushabir unregrettably admitted to police that he […]

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates told reporters Wednesday that though he believes “somebody” in Pakistan knew of Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts, there is no substantial proof that senior members of the country’s government were aware. Political pundits and critics have questioned whether the country’s senior leadership knew and did not disclose of  Bin Laden […]

WASHINGTON — United States Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stated that there was no evidence that anyone in the upper echelons of Pakistan’s leadership knew that Osama Bin Laden was hiding in their country. The New York Times reports: “I have seen no evidence at all that the senior leadership knew,” Mr. Gates said. “In […]

WASHINGTON– United States lawmakers are now questioning whether the Pakistani military knew that Osama Bin Laden was living amongst them. If Pakistan knew of his whereabouts, many predict that U.S. relations with Pakistan will ultimately become worse.

  via cnn.com The CIA has recalled its top spy in Pakistan out of concern for his safety after terrorist threats against him, a U.S. intelligence official said. The station chief, the highest-ranking U.S. intelligence officer in Pakistan, operates covertly and his identity is considered classified. He had recently been named in a lawsuit filed […]

The United States says it has evidence that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square. Attorney General Eric Holder said they helped to facilitate the plot, and “probably helped finance it”. US officials had previously rejected claims by the group that it was behind the 1 May plot. […]