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Pakistan PM calls on Trump to lift Iran sanctions as country fights virus outbreak
Mar 22, 2020 23:50Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged US President Donald Trump to lift unilateral sanctions that his administration has imposed on Iran as Tehran is engaged in a diligent fight against the ongoing pandemic of the deadly new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
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Coronavirus cases surge in South Asia as countries try to stem epidemic
Mar 18, 2020 13:35The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Indian subcontinent has topped 500 amid fears that inadequate health facilities could be overwhelmed in a region home to nearly 1.9 billion people.
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Pilot killed in Pakistan Air Force F-16 crash in Islamabad
Mar 11, 2020 07:08A Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday in a parade ground in the capital, Islamabad, killing the pilot as he was rehearsing for a Pakistan Day air show, the Air Force said.
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Pakistan supports Iran’s censuring of organized anti-Muslim violence in India
Mar 04, 2020 05:52Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has supported Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s condemnation of organized violence against Muslims in India.
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Pakistan court convicts Mumbai suspect in terrorism case
Feb 24, 2020 09:52A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the 2008 attacks in the port Indian city of Mumbai, to 11 years prison in a case related to terrorism financing, a government prosecutor and defense lawyer say.
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Pakistani Senate adopts resolution against Trump’s Palestine plot
Feb 19, 2020 05:04The Upper House of the Pakistani Parliament — the Senate — has unanimously adopted a resolution against a US-devised proposal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the scheme seeks the Palestinian people’s “humiliating surrender” before their oppressors.
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At least 14 dead in apparent toxic gas leak in Pakistan
Feb 18, 2020 11:57An apparent gas leak killed at least 14 people near the Pakistani port city of Karachi, officials said Tuesday, as investigators worked to determine the source of the deadly emission.
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Gas leak kills six people in Pakistan’s Karachi
Feb 17, 2020 12:34At least six people were killed and 50 were hospitalized after a suspected poisonous gas spread overnight in a neighborhood near the seaport in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, rescue officials said on Monday.
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Iraqis, Pakistanis pay tribute to General Soleimani
Feb 14, 2020 13:16Tens of thousands of people in Iraq and Pakistan have held ceremonies to mark the 40th day after the martyrdom of Iran's Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi comrade, Hashd al-Shaabi's Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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Pakistani official lauds far-reaching impacts of Islamic Revolution
Feb 14, 2020 03:12Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony said the positive impacts of victory of the Islamic Revolution have not been confined to Iran, but have buoyed up the spirits of people in all Muslim countries.