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Alleged gang-rape of woman on moving train sparks anger in Pakistan
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The alleged gang-rape of a woman on a moving train has sparked anger in Pakistan, putting the spotlight on the South Asian nation's poor record with women's rights. Drie mans -- one of them a ticket checker -- het ...
India and Pakistan heatwave is ‘testing the limits of human survivability,’ kenner sê
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Delhi Temperatures in parts of India and Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the lives of millions at risk as the effects of the climate crisis are felt across the subcontinent. The average maximum temperat...
Chinese teachers among 4 killed in Pakistan university blast
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Three teachers from China and a driver have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing near a Chinese language learning center in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. The four were in a van near the University of Karac...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan calls for early election after parliament dismisses no-confidence vote against him
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Imran Khan survived an attempt to oust him as Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday, after a no-confidence vote was blocked in parliament by the deputy speaker. Khan, who is facing the toughest challenge of his politi...
Pakistan demands joint probe into ‘accidental’ missile fired by India
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Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into a missile India said it accidentally fired into its territory, rejecting New Delhi's decision to hold an internal inquiry into the incident and calling on the internat...
Priest killed by gunmen in Pakistan attack
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Peshawar, PakistanGunmen killed a Christian priest and wounded another as the clerics drove home from church in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, polisie gesê. Two attackers on a motorcycle opened fi...
Pakistan appoints first female Supreme Court judge
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Islamabad, PakistanPakistan appointed its first female Supreme Court judge on Monday, after a nomination process that proved unusually contentious. Justice Ayesha Malik, 55, had been selected by a commission that dec...
Pakistan PM calls mob killing ‘day of shame’ for the country
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Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has called a violent mob killing of a Sri Lankan national on Friday "a day of shame for Pakistan." Khan's comments come after a Sri Lankan nationa...
Pakistan passes anti-rape bill allowing chemical castration of repeat offenders
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Islamabad, Pakistan Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration in Pakistan after lawmakers on Wednesday passed new anti-rape legislation that aims to speed up convictions and impose toug...
Pakistan government and local Taliban agree to ‘complete ceasefire’
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The Pakistani government and the armed militant group the Pakistani Taliban have agreed to a one-month ceasefire while negotiations get underway to end years of bloodshed. Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chau...
Indië beskuldig Pakistanse vloot van moord ná visserman se dood
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Indië beskuldig 'n wagtak van die Pakistanse vloot van moord, ná die dood van 'n 32-jarige visserman Saterdag op see, Die Indiese polisie in die kusstaat Gujarat het Maandag aan CNN gesê. Die voorval het plaasgevind...
Die polisie arresteer Kashmiri-Moslems vir die viering van Pakistanse krieketspan se oorwinning oor Indië
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Indiese polisie het drie Kasjmiri-Moslems gearresteer omdat hulle na bewering Sondag Pakistan se oorwinning oor Indië in die T20 Wêreldbeker-toernooi gevier het.. Polisie-superintendent Vikash Kumar in Agra -- 'n stad in die noordelike Indiese stad...
Indian captain Kohli vows to rectify mistakes after T20 World Cup loss to Pakistan
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India captain Virat Kohli denied his team underestimated Pakistan in Sunday's high-profile Twenty20 World Cup contest and said they know what went wrong in the thumping by their arch-rivals. India went into the matc...
Father suspected of burning daughters and grandchildren to death in Pakistan marriage feud
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Lahore, PakistanA father in Pakistan is suspected of killing his two daughters and their four children by setting their house ablaze because one of the women married against his wishes, polisie gesê. Manzoor Hussain i...
New Zealand pulls out of cricket tour of Pakistan citing security alert
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New Zealand's cricket team is pulling out of its first tour of Pakistan in 18 years following a New Zealand government security alert. New Zealand Cricket said in a statement that "following an escalation in the New...
Afghanistan withdraws diplomats from Pakistan following alleged kidnapping of ambassador’s daughter
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Islamabad Afghanistan is withdrawing its diplomats from Pakistan following the alleged abduction of the ambassador's daughter in the capital Islamabad, according to the Afghan foreign ministry. Silsila Alikhil, the d...