Pakistanis distressed as Uighur wives vanish in China dragnet
- 25-Mar-2018
Every autumn on the mountainous Karakoram Highway, part of the ancient Silk Road, groups of Pakistani merchants living in China’s far west would wave goodbye to their Chinese wives and cross the border to spend winter in their home country. As the snow piled high, the men would stay in touch with their families by […]
"Almost all" Uighur militants eliminated from Pakistan, says President Mamnoon
- 02-Sep-2015
BEIJING: Almost all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) have been eliminated from Pakistan, President Mamnoon Hussain said on Wednesday during a visit to Beijing.
Three get death for China train station attack
- 12-Sep-2014
BEIJING: A Chinese court sentenced three people to death and one to life in prison on Friday for an attack at a train station in southwestern China that triggered a sweeping crackdown on what Beijing calls militant violence.
China executes eight for “terrorist” attacks in Xinjiang
- 24-Aug-2014
BEIJING: China has executed eight people for "terrorist" attacks in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, including three who "masterminded" a dramatic car crash in the capital's Tiananmen Square in 2013, state media said.