ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Congratulations! That is the only appropriate response to Malala Yousafzai’s marriage announcement. But the world – or Twitterati at least…
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Two policemen killed, six injured in Pakistan attacks near Afghanistan
PESHAWAR/QUETTA (REUTERS) – Two policemen were killed and six injured, including a young girl, in attacks in northern Pakistan near Afghanistan on Saturday (Nov 13)…
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Unequal and ill with Covid-19: Dawn contributor
ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The world could not have been more unequal in contemporary history than what it is today. It has always been…
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Earthquake Kills at Least 20 in Pakistan
At least 20 people were killed after a predawn earthquake hit Pakistan on Thursday as most residents slept, according to disaster officials and local news…
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Flight from Pakistan to Heathrow makes emergency landing in Uzbekistan
BA Boeing 777 flight from Pakistan to Heathrow makes emergency landing in Uzbekistan: Woman falls ill on board and dies on arrival BA260 left Islamabad,…
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Pakistan calls for unfreezing of Afghan assets ahead of UN talks
NEW YORK (AFP) – Pakistan on Monday (Sept 20) called on world powers to unblock billions of dollars in Afghan assets frozen after the Taliban…
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NEW YORK (AFP) – Pakistan on Monday (Sept 20) called on world powers to unblock billions of dollars in Afghan assets frozen after the Taliban…
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Twin orphaned bear cubs given shelter near India-Pakistan border
DAWARIAN, PAKISTAN (REUTERS) – Years of hostilities and an electric fence along a de facto border between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have taken a…
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Pakistan province to block phones of those that refuse Covid-19 vaccines
KAHORE, PAKISTAN (AFP) – A Pakistan province said Friday (June 11) it will block the mobile phones of people refusing to get Covid-19 jabs, in…
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Hospital patient in Pakistan dies after security guard performs surgery
LAHORE (AFP) – A woman died after an ex-security guard at a Pakistani hospital posed as a doctor and performed surgery on her, police said…
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Pakistan court overturns blasphemy conviction of Christian couple
LAHORE (REUTERS) – A Pakistani court on Thursday (June 3) overturned the death sentence of a Christian couple in a blasphemy case, acquitting them for…
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Pakistani girl feared dead in Italy after refusing arranged marriage
ROME (AFP) – Police in Italy are searching for the body of an 18-year-old girl suspected to have been killed by her Pakistani family after…
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Pakistan’s Private Vaccine Sales Highlight Rich-Poor Divide
An inoculation push, plagued with limited supplies and red tape, makes doses available to those who can pay for them. In a country with a…
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Pakistan teen dies in TikTok fake suicide stunt gone wrong
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (AFP) – A young Pakistani was killed as he pretended to shoot himself while being filmed by friends for a TikTok video, police…
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