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7/28/2023 6:01:51 PM
Millions of Shia Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday commemorated Ashoura, a remembrance of the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith.
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7/27/2023 2:53:19 PM
Saudi Arabia’s path to the 2026 World Cup being played in North America will start in a first qualifying group drawn Thursday with neighboring Jordan, Tajikistan plus either Cambodia or Pakistan.
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7/25/2023 2:52:55 PM
After spending weeks in Libya trying to reach Europe illegally, Muhammad Naeem Butt turned back -- abandoning a journey that has already cost hundreds of Pakistani lives this summer.
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International
7/23/2023 7:16:17 PM
Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighboring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides.
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Arts & Culture
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7/22/2023 9:36:48 AM
The "Barbie" film's release was delayed in Pakistan's Punjab province Friday over "objectionable content", officials said.
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Business
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Economy
7/11/2023 6:19:28 PM
Saudi Arabia has deposited $2 billion into Pakistan's central bank, the government said Tuesday, a much-needed financial boost ahead of a critical meeting of the International Monetary Fund on the new bailout package for the cash-strapped South Asian country.
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Region
7/8/2023 12:50:30 PM
A grenade attack and gun battle in Iran's southeast near Pakistan left four assailants and two Iranian policemen dead on Saturday, local media said.
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7/7/2023 2:47:40 PM
Muslims in Pakistan were holding rallies on Friday to observe a "Day of the Sanctity of Quran” after the South Asian Islamic nation’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a call for anti-Sweden protests over last week’s burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm.
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Economy
7/5/2023 4:53:21 PM
Egypt's sovereign US-dollar-denominated bonds experienced a slight increase in their returns on international markets, rising by over 1 cent, due to growing demand for bonds from frontier markets like Pakistan and Ghana, as reported from Tradeweb via Reuters.
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Business
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Economy
6/30/2023 5:30:45 PM
Pakistan could get temporary relief for its ballooning foreign debt with a new deal worth $3 billion, the IMF has announced in Washington.
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International
6/26/2023 6:33:01 PM
More than 100 people are being tried in Pakistan military courts over violence that erupted after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested last month, the army said Monday, adding that three officers had been dismissed.
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International
6/23/2023 4:23:12 PM
More than 280 Pakistani families fear they had relatives who drowned when a migrant boat sank off Greece last week, making it one of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters, the government said Friday.
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Economy
6/22/2023 5:51:38 PM
AD Ports Group of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement Thursday to take over the running of part of Pakistan's main Karachi docking facility in a deal worth an immediate $220 million, the company said.
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International
6/18/2023 6:08:30 PM
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast.
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International
6/13/2023 2:09:25 PM
More than 40,000 people have been evacuated across India and Pakistan as a cyclone approaches their coast, officials said Tuesday, with gales of up to 150 kilometres per hour predicted.
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International
6/12/2023 5:49:05 PM
Pakistan authorities on Monday began an evacuation effort to move 80,000 citizens out of the path of an approaching cyclone, which is expected to bring winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour.
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6/11/2023 12:37:04 PM
Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday.
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6/8/2023 4:59:13 PM
Pakistan failed to meet any economic growth targets for the fiscal year 2022-23, according to a key government report released Thursday, a day before the new budget is to be presented to the national assembly.
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International
6/8/2023 4:02:36 PM
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan had his bail renewed in over a dozen cases Thursday, a month after his three-day detention sparked violence, thousands of arrests, and the resignations of much of his party's leadership.
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5/31/2023 7:58:29 PM
Embattled Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan returned to court on Wednesday, as the nation's human rights watchdog warned all sides are to blame in a rapidly deteriorating democratic crisis.
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