Pakistan
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Pakistan woman in Arabic print dress saved from mob
An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistakenly…
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Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead
The final results in Pakistan’s general election have put independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s PTI party in…
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Pakistan election: Imran Khan’s party wants to form government, threatens protests
Candidates backed by the party of jailed Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan plan to form a government, a senior aide…
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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi jailed for illegal marriage
A Pakistani court has jailed Imran Khan and his wife for seven years after voiding their marriage, in the latest…
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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan jailed as election looms
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he…
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Pakistan’s ex-president Musharraf dies aged 79
Pakistan’s former president General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999, has died in Dubai aged 79.…
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59 killed, 150 injured after explosion in Pakistan mosque
At least 59 people have been killed by a bomb that apparently targeted policemen praying in a mosque in Peshawar,…
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UN chief visits areas of Pakistan devastated by floods
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a…
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Pakistan floods: Death toll reaches 1,033 as 119 more die in a day
Pakistan is appealing for further international assistance as floods devastate the country, leaving people searching for higher, drier ground. The…
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Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif emerges new prime minister
Pakistan’s parliament has selected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister, after Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence…