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World
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International
1/25/2023 10:44:56 AM
An aide to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Wednesday for criticising election officials, police said, the latest case brought against the opposition as it tries to force early polls.
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World
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International
1/23/2023 4:58:08 PM
Much of Pakistan was left without power Monday as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The outage spread panic and raised questions about the cash-strapped government's handling of the country's economic crisis.
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World
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International
1/23/2023 12:57:43 PM
A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on Monday affected most of the country's more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore.
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World
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International
1/21/2023 8:51:41 PM
Militants attacked a police checkpoint in northern Pakistan late Saturday, killing two officers and wounding another, authorities said.
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World
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International
1/9/2023 10:21:15 AM
The United Nations is hosting a conference on Monday to help Pakistan cope with the fallout of last summer's devastating flooding that killed more than 1,700 people and displaced about 8 million, a disaster blamed in part on the impact of climate change.
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World
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International
1/1/2023 12:21:23 PM
An army operation in Pakistan's northwest targeting militants triggered a firefight that left a soldier and four fighters dead, the army's media wing said Sunday.
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World
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International
12/29/2022 6:50:43 PM
Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who had entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documents, officials said Thursday.
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World
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International
12/27/2022 10:00:51 AM
Pakistani forces on Monday expanded their search for the perpetrators behind multiple attacks that killed six troops and wounded 17 civilians in a restive southwestern province the previous day.
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World
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International
12/25/2022 5:41:17 PM
The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on Sunday warned its staff of a possible attack on Americans at a top hotel in Pakistan's capital as the city was already on high alert following a suicide bombing earlier in the week.
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World
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International
12/20/2022 10:42:46 PM
All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend were killed and their hostages freed in a clearance operation by special forces on Tuesday, the defence minister said.
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World
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International
12/11/2022 5:42:24 PM
Deadly shelling from Afghan forces killed 6 people in a border town on Sunday, Pakistan's military said, as relations continue to sour between the neighboring countries.
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World
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International
11/30/2022 9:20:00 PM
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers near Quetta, Pakistan on Wednesday, killing a police officer and three family members traveling in a car nearby.
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World
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International
11/30/2022 11:05:02 AM
Three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban.
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World
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International
11/29/2022 2:02:17 PM
Pakistan's new military chief took command of the country's armed forces on Tuesday amid a deepening political rift between the government and the popular opposition leader, as well as a renewed threat from a key militant group that has been behind scores of deadly attacks over 15 years.
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World
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International
11/29/2022 2:00:57 PM
A leading Afghan women's group urged a Pakistan minister not to forget their plight as she visited Kabul Tuesday to discuss relations with the country's Taliban rulers.
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World
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International
11/28/2022 4:09:38 PM
Pakistan's Taliban have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country, a statement from the group said Monday.
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World
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International
11/27/2022 11:35:13 AM
Pakistan's former premier Imran Khan said Saturday his party was quitting the country's regional and national assemblies, as he made his first public appearance since being wounded in a gun attack earlier this month.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/20/2022 7:43:45 PM
A breakthrough funding deal at the COP27 conference to help poor countries ravaged by climate change was welcomed Sunday by Pakistan, a nation devastated this year by record-breaking monsoon rains.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 8:54:00 PM
COP27 host Egypt scrambled to salvage UN climate talks Saturday with the European Union and Pakistan signalling a breakthrough over the contentious issue of "loss and damage" funding for climate vulnerable nations.
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COP27
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Focus
11/18/2022 1:09:22 PM
One of the world's first cities came close to being wiped off the map during tragic floods this summer in Pakistan. Though Mohenjo Daro survived, it has become a symbol of the threat global warming poses to humanity's cultural heritage.
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