Monthly Archive:: August 2014

Life of a coal miner in Punjab:   Workers at this mine in Choa Saidan Shah dig coal with pick axes, break it up and load it onto donkeys to be transported to the surface. Employed by private contractors, a team of four workers can dig
Two Shia Hazara men shot dead in Quetta – by Syed Ali Shah: A Pakistani policeman (L) stands guard at the site of an attack by unknown gunmen in Quetta. — File photo by AFP QUETTA: Two members of the Shia Hazara community were gunned down on Wednesday in Spini road area
Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent – by David D. Kirkpatrick:     CAIRO — Battling Palestinian militants in Gaza two years ago, Israel found itself pressed from all sides by unfriendly Arab neighbors to end the fighting. Not this time. After the military ouster of the Islamist government in