Shooting of Pakistan girl activist sparks outrage
ISLAMABAD — Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils Wednesday to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate...
View ArticlePakistan parents killed daughter for eyeing boy
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani couple accused of killing their 15-year-old daughter by pouring acid on her carried out the attack because she sullied the family’s honor by looking at a boy, the couple said in...
View ArticleAhmadi students hold blood drive to raise awareness of religious persecutions
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Organization held an on-campus blood drive Thursday that will continue Friday in response to persecution of Shiite and Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan.The organization and a...
View ArticleWoman runs for Pakistani office
KHAR, Pakistan — A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country’s deeply conservative tribal region bordering Afghanistan.Badam...
View ArticlePakistani author uses satire to address controversial issues
Not every author can claim his works of fiction are credible enough to dupe the heads of intelligence agencies, but according to Mohammed Hanif, his novels have done just that.Hanif, a Pakistani author...
View ArticleGovernment professor discusses human rights issues in Pakistan
In the final event of an on-campus human rights lecture series, government professor Paula Newberg said, despite the efforts of Pakistan’s human rights activists, the country still faces significant...
View ArticleAn international student’s perspective on life at UT
As a senior in high school, even in Karachi, Pakistan, I, like many others, spent hours researching, selecting and applying to various colleges. Throughout the process, I realized this would be an...
View ArticleUT professors debate U.S. involvement in Afghanistan
Paul Miller, associate director of the University’s Clements Center for History, Strategy and Statecraft, and Eugene Gholz, public affairs associate professor, presented opposing views on U.S....
View ArticleICC Cricket World Cup helps bring together diverse UT communities
This past Saturday, while some may have been celebrating Valentine’s Day, the Longhorn Cricket Club hosted its annual match screening for the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup in the...
View ArticleGlobal music bridges gaps
The rich culture of Pakistan still thrives thanks in part to the Butler School of Music here at UT, and the school’s three-year partnership with the National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi,...
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