Pakistan & Kashmir

By Gordon Duff, Pakistan’s prime minister and longtime VT contributor has just survived a coup attempt by the US State Department that has funneled millions into corrupt military officers and Pakistan opposition party members. Khan has worked closely with VT since 2009 when VT first partnered with Opinion Maker and Raja Mujtaba.  Duff met with Khan then and the two have remained friends and have worked together on several issues. Haya abidi 786@haya_abidi Fir the first time in the history of Pakistan's parliament, the country's parliamentarians chanted "Death to #America" as the legislature rejected a no-confidence vote, which sought to oust #ImranKhan, saying "foreign powers" are interfering in the country's democratic process. the first time in the history of Pakista...

Officials say hostage-taker demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is serving a prison term in the US. SWAT team members deploy near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas [Andy Jacobsohn/ AFP] All four people who were held hostage at a synagogue in the US state of Texas have been safely released, more than 10 hours after a gunman disrupted a religious service and began a tense standoff with police. Members of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team stormed the Congregation Beth Israel on Saturday evening to free remaining hostages after one captive was released unharmed earlier in the day. Local reporters said they heard the sound of explosions and gunfire, shortly before Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the crisis was over....