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The article discusses consequences of a June 8, 2014 attack by members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban militant group on an airport in Karachi, Pakistan that killed 28 people. It is believed the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose government had been holding peace talks with the Taliban, is likely to order a military attack by the army on Taliban refuges in North Waziristan.

The article discusses the control Pakistan's militant Taliban group exerts over the country's commercial center in Karachi. The publication estimates the Taliban control almost one-third of Karachi's territory, where they impose taxes on residents and businesses and set allowable levels of theft from power companies. Information is presented about a policing initiative of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to stunt the Taliban's influence in Karachi.

The article reports that the disclosure that terrorist group Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was dead has created a rift in the organization, with some challenging the appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mansour as successor.

The article reports that the Islamic extremist group, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) have dug wells in Orangi Town, Pakistan as part of their campaign to deliver public services and solidify support.

This section offers world news briefs as of May 2015, including India's gross domestic product (GDP) rising by 7.5 percent in the first quarter of 2015 and 20 people killed in an alleged separatist insurgents' attack on a bus in Pakistan.

The article focuses on human rights campaigner Mama Qadeer Baloch who sparks the wrath of the Pakistani military as he alleges them of abducting people from his native Balochistan province despite the armed forces' efforts to battle a secular separatist insurgency in the province.

This section offers world news briefs as of April 17, 2015 including the graft charges filed against former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato, the shooting of an American woman in Pakistan, and the expansion of the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

The article reports on Iran's claim that Sunni militants from Jaish ul-Adi crossed over from Pakistan and killed several border guards a day before Iran's foreign minister will visit Pakistan to ask the latter to keep away from the Yemen conflict.

The article reports on the temporary stay of execution granted to convicted Pakistani assassin Saulat Ali Khan in 2015 following the release of his video claiming he was ordered by the head of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to carry out the crime.

The article reports that the office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Karachi, Pakistan was raided by paramilitary forces, seizing weapons and arresting some of its activists, and the arrest alleged jihadist symphathizer Jahanzab Malik in Toronto, Ontario.

This section offers world news briefs as of January 31, 2015 including the bombing of a Shiite mosque in Shikarpur, Pakistan, Italian legislators' failure to choose a new president in their third round of voting, and Belgian police's arrest of four people suspected of planning to join terrorist groups in Syria.

The article discusses statements made through a video by Khalifa Omar Mansoor belonging to the Pakistani Taliban where he vowed of more school raids in the country, details regarding the video and the offensive against Taliban by the Pakistani military.

The article reports on the alleged area chief of the South Asia wing of the Islamic militant group al Qaeda, Shahid Usman, in Karachi, Pakistan who has been arrested by police along with several of his alleged accomplices as they were planning out an attack on the main Karachi naval dockyard.

The article discusses the appointment of Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar as the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, focusing on the duties of the ISI chief and the role of the ISI in internal security and dealing with neighboring countries.

The article reports that antigovernment protest movements led by Pakistani politician Imran Khan moved to Karachi, Pakistan with mention of the election of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Khan's opposition to Sharif.

The article reports that militants of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda attempted to hijack the Pakistan Navy warship PNS Zulfriqar in their plan to use the frigate to attack U.S. Navy vessels patrolling the northwestern Indian Ocean in counterterrorism defense.

The article discusses a report which claims that Pakistan launched a series of airstrikes against alleged militant group hide-outs in the nation's tribal areas in June 2014, focusing on the Taliban Islamist group's alleged assault on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan.

The article reports that Pakistani militants exchanged fire with security forces in their raid of the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan on June 8, 2014 with speculation on the militants association with the Pakistani Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist organization.

The article reports that Pakistani politician Altaf Hussain was arrested as of June 2014 on suspicion of money laundering from his London, England base and speculates on the effects of his arrest on his foundation Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Karachi, Pakistan.

The article discusses the arrest of Pakistani politician and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party Altaf Hussain on June 3, 2014 for suspected money laundering, sparking panic and violent unrest in Karachi by Hussain supporters.

The article presents world news briefs as of April 26, 2014 on topics including a bombing in Karachi, Pakistan that targeted a bus carrying members of the minority Shiite Muslim sect, and an order for U.S. Department of Defense employees in the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador to leave Ecuador.

The article presents world news briefs as of April 25, 2014 on topics including a decline in Venezuela's gross domestic product growth, the deaths of a Pakistani counterterrorism officer and three others from a suicide bombing, and the replacement of South Sudanese Army General James Hoth Mai.

The article reports on the Pakistani Supreme Court's attempt to prosecute Pakistani military officials over missing persons, focusing on the political implications of the case and the power of the country's military.