Pakistan News
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Paris -
Former French defence minister Francois Leotard has been placed under formal investigation in a probe into an arms corruption scandal dating to the 1990s, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday.
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Abuja -
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she visited the country and met some of the Chibok schoolgirls whose cause she championed.
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Srinagar -
Government forces threw tear gas and clashed with stone-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, as the volatile Himalayan region marked the anniversary of a hugely popular rebel leader's death.
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Srinagar -
India on Saturday imposed a widespread curfew, cut off all internet services and deployed thousands of troops in Kashmir as the volatile Himalayan region marked the anniversary of a hugely popular rebel leader's death.
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Srinagar -
In a crowded hospital in Kashmir a 17-year-old student is recovering from gunshot wounds, one of thousands of civilians injured in protests against Indian rule that have exploded since the death of a popular rebel leader a year ago.
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Kabul -
US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its support to eliminate militancy and in particular the Haqqani network, responsible for numerous attacks on Afghan territory.
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Islamabad -
A high-level US Senate delegation met Pakistan's top foreign affairs official and powerful military chief in Islamabad to discuss regional security as Washington gears up to send more troops to neighbouring Afghanistan.
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Quetta -
At least 11 people were killed and scores more people were injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said Sunday.
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Islamabad -
The chances of survival for two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain" have faded as bad weather hampers search and rescue efforts, police said Friday.
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Islamabad -
Pakistan Tuesday strongly criticised the US decision to impose sanctions on Syed Salahuddin, senior leader of the Kashmiri militant group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
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Panjeri -
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still unconscious on the tables.
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Panjeri -
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still unconscious on the tables.
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Panjeri -
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still unconscious on the tables.
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Peshawar -
Shiites in Pakistan's restive northwest protested Monday as the death toll from twin blasts three days earlier rose to 69, marking a grisly Eid for the town worst hit by militancy so far in 2017.
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Bahawalpur -
Pakistan began Eid in mourning Monday as the death toll from an oil tanker explosion rose to 153, with scores more injured after they were caught in a fireball while scooping up spilt fuel.
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Islamabad -
Pakistan has deployed a 15,000-strong military force to protect Chinese nationals working on energy and infrastructure projects in the country, the president said Sunday, after the abduction of a Chinese couple raised safety concerns.
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At least 123 people were killed and scores injured in central Pakistan early Sunday when a fire erupted after crowds rushed to collect fuel from an overturned oil tanker.Here are the most serious such incidents around the world over the past decade.
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Multan -
An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 139 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said.
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Islamabad -
At least 123 people were killed and scores injured in a fire that broke out after an oil tanker overturned in central Pakistan early Sunday and crowds rushed to collect fuel, an official said.
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Peshawar -
The death toll from multiple attacks in Pakistan rose to 57, officials said Saturday, a day after the bomb and gun assaults in three cities shook the country as it prepared to mark the end of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month.
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Peshawar -
Pakistan has issued its first third-gender passport to a transgender activist, who hailed the move as a step forward for the marginalised community in the deeply conservative South Asian country.
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Washington -
The United States abolished the role of its special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday, just as it prepares to send thousands more troops to the region.
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Peshawar -
Multiple blasts and a gun attack killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 170 in three Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, as officials warned the toll could rise.
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Peshawar -
At least 11 people were killed and 24 wounded on Friday when twin blasts tore through a market crowded with shoppers preparing for the Eid holidays in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's tribal belt.
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Quetta -
An explosion targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city on Friday killed at least 11 people and injured around 20 others, officials said.
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New Delhi -
Indian police said Thursday that 15 Muslims arrested for celebrating a recent Pakistani cricket victory over India would not be charged with sedition, but could still face prison for cheering the rival side.
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Srinagar -
A civilian was killed and several wounded Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir when security forces opened fire on a crowd gathered for the funeral of three rebels slain overnight in clashes with soldiers, police said.
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Srinagar -
A civilian was killed and several wounded Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir when security forces opened fire on a crowd gathered for the funeral of three rebels slain overnight in clashes with soldiers, police said.
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Srinagar -
A civilian was killed and several wounded Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir when security forces opened fire on a crowd gathered for the funeral of three rebels slain overnight in clashes with soldiers, police said.
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Istanbul -
Saudi Arabia detained two Pakistani reporters for Turkey's state-run English language channel TRT World for some 10 hours during a visit by the Turkish foreign minister, before releasing them, reports said Saturday.
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Pakistan Image
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013: Azra, 68, looks at her pet bird, which died in its cage after her home was burned by a mob in the Pakistani city of Lahore With permission by Reuters /
Muafia Bibi's family, seen here in the back of a police van, turned themselves in to police after murdering the newlywed and her husband. Radha H
Mechanized troops patrolling outside the cordoned area in North Wazirastan Agency ISPR – Pakistan Army
An 18 year old Pakistani women is taken to the hospital after she set herself on fire upon learning her alleged rapist had been freed by police. Screen Capture
Muslim mobs burned houses, businesses, and churches Christians in Pakistan
An American Cobra Gunship sold to Pakistan in 2007 is armed and prepared to fly on an airstrike mission. Pakistan Army Photo (ISPR)
Scenes from a Paksitan earthquake in 2006 Scott Christian
Chinese investments will help Pakistan to construck a dozen coal-fired power plants over the next 15 years. Peabody Energy
In one video , seized at the secret compound in Pakistan where Bin Laden was shot dead by US Navy Seals last week, the world's most wanted terrorist is seen watching television. U.S. Department of Defense
NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Phet on June 4 at 2:40 a.m. EDT showed the lack of an eye, indicating that the storm had weakened after making landfall in Oman NASA Goddard/MODIS Rapid Response Team
Scene from documentary filmed at Islamabad's Pakistan Sweet Homes orphanage in 2012. Rafiq Parwana
After the brutal attack on their neighborhood, Christians peacefully protested in Lahore, Pakistan Christians in Pakistan
A Pakistani Security Force soldier shows a manual on building IEDs at one of the IED factories they captured. Pakistan Army
An angry mob drives a Christian community from their homes in Lahore, Pakistan Christians in Pakistan
File photo: Pakistan International Airlines PIA
Osama Bin Laden watches television in a video released on May 7, 2011, provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. U.S. Department of Defense
FBI list of most wanted terrorists. U.S. Department of Justice
Pervez Musharraf. Screen-capture from ZemTV on YouTube. ZemTV
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