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Pakistan court upholds death for 16 convicts
Aug 29, 2016 09:12Pakistan's highest court of justice has upheld death sentences in the cases of 16 people convicted of terrorism-related offenses.
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Iran, Pakistan must work to secure common border: President Rouhani
Aug 28, 2016 13:57President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and Pakistan should improve cooperation to secure their common border against acts of terror.
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US aid to Pakistan shrinks amid frustration with Taliban
Aug 27, 2016 05:59Pakistan’s strategic importance as an ally to the US has sharply diminished due to Islamabad’s continued support for resurgent militant groups hostile to Washington, as well as warming American military and business relations with India, according to US officials and outside experts.
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Pakistan charges MQM leader Altaf Hussain with treason
Aug 23, 2016 15:48Altaf Hussain, the political leader of Pakistan’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), has been charged with treason and inciting terrorism, as more party leaders move to distance themselves from the powerful leader who lives in exile.
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Pakistani protesters launch deadly attack on TV station in Karachi
Aug 22, 2016 14:49At least one person has been killed and several others wounded after supporters of a key political party clashed with police and ransacked a private television station in the southern port city of Karachi.
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Eleven militants killed in Pakistan's restive northwest
Aug 18, 2016 14:55Pakistan’s military forces have killed about a dozen militants in the country's restive northwestern tribal region along the border with Afghanistan.
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Imran Khan leads another huge rally in Islamabad
Aug 14, 2016 04:17Pakistani political opposition Leader Imran Khan has led a rally of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) movement in the capital, Islamabad.
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Crew of crashed Pakistani chopper held in Afghanistan freed
Aug 13, 2016 08:57Pakistan says six crew members of a government helicopter, who were taken hostage last week after the aircraft crash-landed in Afghanistan, have been released.
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India blames Pakistan for rise of tension in Kashmir
Aug 12, 2016 14:58India blamed Pakistan Friday for the rise of tension in Indian-controlled Kashmir as pressure mounts on New Delhi to cool down the situation.
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Iran urges swift global action on terrorism
Aug 10, 2016 00:56Iran has censured a terrorist attack at a hospital in the restive city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, urging swift international action to fight terrorism and stop the brutal killing of civilians.