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Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif dismisses graft report as 'slander'
Jul 13, 2017 16:34Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has for the first time explicitly rejected a report from a corruption investigation that raised questions about the source of his family's wealth.
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Gunmen kill four policemen in attack in southwest Pakistan
Jul 13, 2017 09:12At least four policemen, including a senior officer, have lost their lives in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Baluchistan Province.
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Pakistan PM’s family rejects findings in corruption probe
Jul 11, 2017 07:32Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family and allies have rejected a damaging report by a judicial body investigating the Pakistani premier’s assets.
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Seven Hindus killed in crossfire between Kashmir militants, India troops
Jul 11, 2017 04:32At least seven Hindus have died in reported crossfire between Indian forces and suspected militants in New Delhi-controlled Kashmir amid tensions in the disputed Himalayan region.
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Pakistan summons India diplomat over Kashmir killings
Jul 09, 2017 09:10Pakistan has summoned a senior Indian diplomat to protest recent deaths of five civilians who were allegedly killed in shelling by Indian forces along the de facto border in the disputed region of Kashmir.
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Cross-border shelling leaves seven people dead in Kashmir
Jul 08, 2017 15:47Seven people have been killed in the volatile region of Kashmir when India and Pakistan engaged in cross-border shelling.
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Pakistan test-fires short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Jul 05, 2017 15:59Pakistan has successfully tested a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, its military says.
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Flash floods kill 11 in SW Pakistan: officials
Jul 03, 2017 00:29At 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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Pakistani army starts fencing border with Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2017 12:22Pakistan’s military has begun erecting fencing along the country's porous border with Afghanistan in order to stop cross-border infiltration and improve security in the region.
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Four killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Jul 02, 2017 04:11At least four people lost their lives after a bomb, concealed in a plastic bag, went off in a semi-autonomous tribal area in northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border, officials say.