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• Pakistan sexual assault teen dies after self-immolation – BBC News. March 14, 2014
• Activists reach Pakistan capital after 3000-kilometre march for missing loved ones – Associated Press. March 1, 2014

• Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf to be tried for treason - Agence France Presse. November 18, 2013
• Secret memos show Pakistan 'knew of US drone strikes' - BBC News. October 24, 2013
• US drone strikes may be war crimes, Amnesty report claims - Sydney Morning Herald. October 22, 2013
• Pakistan blasts: Angry protests after Peshawar church attack - BBC News. September 24, 2013
• Pakistan ex-leader Musharraf charged over Bhutto murder - BBC News. August 20, 2013
• Pakistan acquits cleric in blasphemy case - Agence France Presse. August 18, 2013
• Pakistan elects Mamnoon Hussain president - Agence France Presse. July 31, 2013
• Burqa-clad cartoon superhero to battle for girls' education in Pakistan - Agence France Presse. July 26, 2013
• Pakistan's Sharif gets resounding election victory - Associated Press. May 13, 2013
• Pakistan's next premier an Islamist comeback kid - Associated Press. May 13, 2013
• Pakistan's Sharif headed for 3rd term after vote - Associated Press. May 12, 2013
• Defiant Pakistani women vote in record numbers - Sydney Morning Herald. May 12, 2013
• Pakistan government says it won't charge Musharraf - Associated Press. April 22, 2013
• Pakistani judge orders Musharraf held for 14 days - Associated Press. April 20, 2013
• Court acquits Baba Jan, Iftikhar Hussain in treason case - Express Tribune. April 19, 2013
• Pakistan's medical schools – where the women rule - Associated Press. April 19, 2013
• Transgender Pakistanis running for election - Associated Press. April 18, 2013
• Pakistan's Musharraf on the run after arrest order - Associated Press. April 18, 2013
• Pakistan's Musharraf disqualified from election - Associated Press. April 17, 2013
• Pakistan 'a partner' in US drone war - McClatchy Newspapers. April 11, 2013
• Pakistani court summons Musharraf in treason case - Associated Press. April 8, 2013
• UN says US drones violate Pakistan's sovereignty  - Associated Press. March 15, 2013
• Christian protesters, police clash in Pakistan  - Associated Press. March 11, 2013
• Mob torches dozens of Pakistani Christian homes  - Associated Press. March 10, 2013
• Protests over Pakistan bombing turn deadly  - Associated Press. March 5, 2013
• Pakistan protesters demand end to killing of Shiites  - Agence France Presse. February 18, 2013
• Shiites lash out after Pakistan bombing kills 81  - Associated Press. February 17, 2013
• Valentine's Day under attack in Pakistan  - Associated Press. February 15, 2013
• The rise of Islamists in Pakistan  - View Point Online. January 24, 2013
• 700 alleged militants held in limbo in Pakistan  - Associated Press. January 24, 2013
• Pakistani intelligence held men without evidence  - Associated Press. January 22, 2013
• Qadri's show overshadows struggle of smaller parties  - Pakistan Today. January 20, 2013
• Pakistani cleric ends rally after government deal  - Associated Press. January 18, 2013
• Thousands rally for 2nd day in Pakistani capital  - Associated Press. January 15, 2013
• Pakistani capital prepares for cleric's march  - Associated Press. January 14, 2013
• Pakistani women turn to once-taboo divorce to escape abuse  - Reuters. January 9, 2013

• Paintings outrage Islamic hard-liners in Pakistan  - Associated Press. December 29, 2012
• Rights group accuses Pakistani military of abuse - Associated Press. December 13, 2012
• Five killed in attack on Pakistan Shiite gathering, 90 hurt - Reuters. November 25, 2012
• Pakistan court acquits Christian girl of blasphemy - Associated Press. November 20, 2012
• Transgender Pakistanis face society's scorn - Associated Press. November 10, 2012
• Pakistan's minority Hindus feel under attack - Associated Press. November 8, 2012
• The left unites: To offer an alternative to status quo, new left party formed - Express Tribune. November 3, 2012
• Pakistani death squads spur desperate voyage to Australia - Reuters. October 25, 2012
• Thousands rally to support Pakistani girl - Associated Press. October 15, 2012
• Shooting of Pakistan girl activist sparks outrage - Associated Press. October 11, 2012
• Gimmickry over 300 deaths of workers - View Point Online. September 21, 2012
• Factory cleared for safety before deaths - New York Times. September 21, 2012
• Three Left parties to merge - The Dawn. September 19, 2012
• Pakistan's shame where life comes cheap - Sydney Morning Herald. September 15, 2012
• Change of Pakistan's blasphemy laws unlikely - Associated Press. September 14, 2012
• Pakistan Christian girl in Quran case to be freed - Associated Press. September 7, 2012
• Pakistan imam held in blasphemy case - Agence France Presse. September 2, 2012
• Down syndrome Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy - Agence France Presse. August 20, 2012
• Women's rights become a fight to the death in Pakistan - Washington Post. July 15, 2012
• 'Blasphemer' dragged from police station and beaten to death: Senior officer - Associated Press. July 5, 2012
• Pakistan makes 'cynical choice' for PM - Sydney Morning Herald. June 24, 2012
• Greater pain for Pakistan as Prime Minister gets the sack - Sydney Morning Herald. June 21, 2012
• One dead in Pakistan Koran protest: officials - Agence France Presse. June 17, 2012
• Pakistan blocks Twitter over Prophet cartoons - Agence France Presse. May 20, 2012
• Porn flourishes in socially conservative Pakistan - Inter Press Service. March 11, 2012

• Pakistan flood victims at 'grave risk' 100 days on - Agence France Presse. November 30, 2011
• Pakistanis join anti-capitalist protests - The Australian. October 29, 2011
• A hunger strike ignored in Pakistan - Washington Post. September 25, 2011
• US says Pakistan government linked to militants - Agence France Presse. September 18, 2011
• Strike grinds Pakistan's biggest city to a halt - Associated Press. August 23, 2011
• HRW: 'Disappeared' still haunt Pakistani province - Associated Press. July 28, 2011
• Pakistan energy crisis shrinking the textile trade - Agence France Presse. July 3, 2011
• Poll: Most Pakistanis think bin Laden's death bad - Associated Press. June 22, 2011
• Pakistan killing caught on video triggers anger - Associated Press. June 9, 2011
• Pakistani intelligence: Friend or foe? - Associated Press. May 12, 2011
• Pakistani court frees all but 1 in gang-rape case - Associated Press. April 21, 2011
• Indonesia risks taking Pakistan's path to intolerance - Jakarta Globe. April 18, 2011
• US-Pakistan relationship increasingly strained - Associated Press. March 20, 2011
• Victims of rape and violence denied justice in Pakistan - Agence France Presse. March 8, 2011
• Minister's killing plunges Pakistan toward an abyss - Reuters. March 3, 2011
• Minister slain in Pakistan for opposing laws on blasphemy - Associated Press. March 3, 2011
• Pakistani arrested for 'blasphemous' exam answer - Associated Press. February 1, 2011
• 40,000 Pakistani Muslims protest against blasphemy law reform - Agence France Presse. January 9, 2011
• Pakistani governor who opposed blasphemy law slain - Associated Press. January 5, 2011
• Pakistan crisis as ruling coalition unravels - Melbourne Age. January 4, 2011
• Pakistani government in dire straits as key party quits - Associated Press. January 3, 2011

• Pakistan on strike over blasphemy law change bid - Agence France Presse. December 31, 2010
• Turmoil in Pakistan as party quits Cabinet - Associated Press. December 28, 2010
• Pakistan arrests doctor for blasphemy: police - Agence France Presse. December 12, 2010
• Pakistan flood victims 'forgotten' - Melbourne Age. December 4, 2010
• Pakistan PM sees no chance of military coup - Associated Press. November 2, 2010
• Pakistan: 4-day death toll rises to 51 in Karachi -  Associated Press. October 20, 2010
• Flood victims - human and animal - share tent life - Associated Press. October 4, 2010
• Military turns up heat on Pakistan leaders - New York Times. September 30, 2010
• Flood refugees threaten Pakistan political stability - Reuters. September 22, 2010
• In flooded Pakistan, a graver threat draws near - Associated Press. September 20, 2010
• Many desperate Pakistanis still wait for flood aid - Associated Press. September 4, 2010
• Flood victims' protests hamper Pakistan aid efforts - Agence France Presse. September 3, 2010
• Pakistan economy to suffer prolonged flood damage - Reuters. September 1, 2010
• Pakistan floods just one of its water woes - Associated Press. August 28, 2010
• Pakistan orders nearly half a million to evacuate - Agence France Presse. August 26, 2010
• Millions still without shelter as Pakistan becomes living hell - The Australian. August 19, 2010
• Pakistan flood survivors protest slow aid - Associated Press. August 16, 2010
• Disease threatens Pakistani flood victims anew - Associated Press. August 13, 2010
• No help for flood victims in southern Pakistan - Associated Press. August 9, 2010
• Pakistan evacuates half-a-million flood victims - Agence France Presse. August 5, 2010
• Devastating Pakistan floods now threaten food crisis - Reuters. August 4, 2010
• Flood victims' anger with Pakistani government grows - Associated Press. August 2, 2010
• Extremist fears fade in Pakistan - Melbourne Age. July 31, 2010
• In Pakistan, Islamic schools for women thrive - Associated Press. June 27, 2010
• Pakistan brewery's recipe for surviving alcohol ban - Washington post. April 29, 2010
• Pakistan rolls back military powers - Agence France Presse. April 10, 2010
• A historic gathering of workers and peasants in Pakistan - Labour Party Pakistan. February 1, 2010

• Pakistan travel bans spark fears of coup - The Australian. December 19, 2009
• Corruption scandal set to swamp Pakistani politicians - The Telegraph. November 28, 2009
• Difficulties in building alternative civic movements on war and war memory - Labour Party Pakistan. November 26, 2009
• Pakistani secret service given millions by CIA - Los Angeles Times. November 16, 2009
• Pakistan: What to do about religious fundamentalism? - Labour Party Pakistan. October 28, 2009
• Whither Pakistan! - Labour Party Pakistan. October 26, 2009
• Growing questions on death of Benazir Bhutto - The Australian. September 19, 2009
• Anti-Taliban groups in Pakistan resist cultural crackdown - Radio Australia. August 25, 2009
• US war on Pakistan continues - Front Page. January 15, 2009
• CIA drones 'using Pakistani air base' - Sydney Morning Herald. February 19, 2009
• Pakistan facing fresh political turmoil - The Australian. February 26, 2009
• Pakistan: Defending despotic decisions is problematic - Labour Party Pakistan. February 27, 2009
• Pakistan's media hawks blame raw for Lahore attacks - Front Page. March 6, 2009
• Police detain protesters amid turmoil in Pakistan - Agence France Presse. March 12, 2009
• Pakistan extends crackdown ahead of rally - Associated Press. March 12, 2009
• Labour Party Pakistan activists arrested and beaten up - Labour Party Pakistan. March 13, 2009
• Pakistan extends protest crackdown - Agence France Presse. March 13, 2009
• Pakistan blocks anti-government demonstrators - Associated Press. March 13, 2009
• Army on alert as protest marchers head for Pakistan capital - Sydney Morning Herald. March 13, 2009
• 'Long marchers' defy shaky Zardari in Pakistan - The Australian. March 13, 2009
• Pakistan government urges talks to ease political crisis - Associated Press. March 14, 2009
• Pakistan tension rises as Zadari aide quits, protests mount - Bloomberg. March 14, 2009
• Pakistan detains opposition leader Nawaz Sharif - Associated Press. March 15, 2009
• Report on Long March in Lahore and Karachi - Labour Party Pakistan. March 15, 2009
• Pakistan police battle protesters as crisis grows - Associated Press. March 15, 2009
• Pakistan to reinstate top judge, defusing crisis - Associated Press. March 16, 2009
• Defiant protesters take to Pakistan streets - Sydney Morning Herald. March 16, 2009
• The Lahore rebellion - Labour Party Pakistan. March 16, 2009
• More LPP members arrested in Faisalabad - Labour Party Pakistan. March 16, 2009
• Big win for Pakistan protesters - Christian Science Monitor. March 17, 2009
• Pakistan: A victory hard won - Labour Party Pakistan. March 17, 2009
• Pakistan's Chaudhry faces huge challenges - Agence France Presse. March 17, 2009
• Pakistan celebrates sweet victory as chief justice is reinstated - Sydney Morning Herald. March 18, 2009
• Reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice ends a crisis, but it might lead to another - International Herald Tribune. March 18, 2009
• Reconciliation urged in Pakistan crisis - Washington Post. March 19, 2009
• Pakistan denies military forced backflip on judges - Sydney Morning Herald. March 19, 2009
• Time for the restoration of the basic rights of the people of Pakistan - Labour Party Pakistan. March 21, 2009
• Democracy teeters in Pakistan as President falters - Sydney Morning Herald. March 21, 2009
• Factory workers strike in TobaTek Singh, Pakistan - Labour Party Pakistan. March 23, 2009
• Pakistan's ousted chief justice back at work - Agence France Presse. March 23, 2009
• Pakistan's Chaudhry pleads for end to corruption - Agence France Presse. March 24, 2009
• Pakistan government in crisis after a year in office - Agence France Presse. March 25, 2009
• Report on peasant conference in Pakistan - Labour Party Pakistan. March 27, 2009
• Pakistan court investigates woman's flogging - Sydney Morning Herald. April 6, 2009
• Life in Swat after the peace deal - The News. April 15, 2009
• Hoisting red the flag amid green shadows - Peasant movement going from strength to strength - Labour Party Pakistan. April 19, 2009
• A complete victory at Hamza Board - Labour Party Pakistan. April 22, 2009
• Pakistan: Women peasants' heroic struggle coining new gender relations - Labour Party Pakistan. April 22, 2009
• Alarm grows at Taliban sweep into Pakistan - Sydney Morning Herald. April 25, 2009
• Sanitation workers strike against privatization - Labour Party Pakistan. April 27, 2009
• In Pakistan, US courts leader of opposition - New York Times. May 1, 2009
• Fear and defiance brewing at Pakistan's ground zero - The Australian. May 4, 2009
• Thousands flee fighting in Pakistan's Swat region - Associated Press. May 6, 2009
• Taliban tighten hold on Pakistan as army backs off - Sydney Morning Herald. May 6, 2009
• US backs Pakistani president as crunch talks loom - Associated Press. May 6, 2009
• Beyond Swat, a conflict rages in people's minds - Washington Post. May 11, 2009
• Trade Union activities on the upsurge in Lahore - Labour Party Pakistan. May 13, 2009
• Humanitarian catastrophe looms in Pakistan's Swat valley - Agence France Presse. May 26, 2009
• Former president ignores top court - Agence France Presse. July 31, 2009
• Tariq Mehmood in Toba Tek Singh jail - Labour Party Pakistan. August 18, 2009. (See International campaign for the release of Tariq Mehmood)

• Labour Party Pakistan mobilises thousands at May Day rallies - Farooq Tariq. May 3, 2008
• 'Mr Ten Percent' is the new Pakistani president - Agence France Presse. September 7, 2008
• Pakistan's Zardari prepares for presidency - Agence France Presse. September 7, 2008
• LPP on the first anniversary of Benazir Bhuto's assassination - By Farooq Sulehria. December 29, 2008