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Earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 11, nine of them in Pakistan
The Chiatibo glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range is seen in Pakistan, October 16, 2019. Neil Hall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Months after Pakistan floods, millions lack safe water, UNICEF says
FILE PHOTO: A displaced woman wades through flood water with a water pot, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
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Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan to appear in court, defusing political stand-off
Supporters of former Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan block a road near Khan's residence to prevent officers from arresting him, in Lahore on March 15, 2023. - Pakistan police halted an attempt to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan on March 15, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistan security forces pause Imran Khan's arrest
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Suicide bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 10 police officers
A damaged truck is removed from the site of a suicide bombing, in Sibi, a district in the Pakistan's Baluchistan province, Monday, March 6, 2023. A suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rammed into a police truck in Pakistan's restive southwest, killing and wounding police officers in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent months, authorities said. (AP Photo/Saeed-ud-Din)
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Athlete dead in shipwreck left Pakistan to help disabled son
A view of a group photo of a soccer team that includes Pakistan women's hockey player Shahida Raza, who died when a migrant boat was shipwrecked off the coast of Italy, is displayed for media at her home in Quetta, Pakistan March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmad. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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14 passengers killed, 63 injured in bus crash in Pakistan
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Twenty-two people killed in bus, car collision in Pakistan
Cricket fans hold Pakistan flag as they wait to enter the National Cricket Stadium before start the first Twenty20 international cricket match between Pakistan and England in Karachi on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sports pitch for level playing field in cricket-mad Pakistan
Rugby players of a local club 'Islamabad Jinns' take part in a practice session, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. There is only one sport that matters in Pakistan and that's cricket, a massive money-making machine. But minors sports like rugby are struggling to get off the ground due to lack of investment and interest, stunting their growth at home and chances of success overseas. Even previously popular sports like squash and field hockey, which Pakistan dominated for decades, can't find their form. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler who backed U.S. during 9/11 wars, dies
FILE - Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Nov. 10, 2001, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. An official said Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan military ruler who backed US war in Afghanistan after 9/11, has died. (AP Photo/Beth Keiser, File)
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Pakistani troops kill two militants in raid near Afghan border
Cricket fans hold Pakistan flag as they wait to enter the National Cricket Stadium before start the first Twenty20 international cricket match between Pakistan and England in Karachi on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least 17 people killed in bus-truck crash in Pakistan
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Pakistan mosque bomber disguised himself in a police uniform, provincial chief says
Members of the media and others gather at the site of Monday's suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Feb. 2, 2023. A suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque in northwest Pakistan this week had disguised himself in a police uniform and did not raise suspicion among guards, the provincial police chief said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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Pakistan says mosque bomber may have had ‘internal assistance’
FILE PHOTO: Rescue workers and army soldiers stand as crane drills on a collapsed roof to search for victims, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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Pakistan boating accident death toll rises to 51, army says
In this picture taken on January 30, 2023, relatives and local residents prepare to offer funeral prayers for students who drowned after a boat capsized in Tanda Dam, in Kohat district of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. - The death toll from a boating accident in Pakistan over the weekend jumped to 51, police said on January 31, after a vessel overloaded with children capsized in the water. (Photo by Basit SHAH / AFP) (Photo by BASIT SHAH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistani officials blame ‘security lapse’ for mosque bombing as death toll rises to at least 100
Rescue workers conduct an operation to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The death toll from the previous day's suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistani rose to more than 85 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault on a Sunni Mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years. (AP Photo/Muhammad Zubair)
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Once aligned, Pakistan and Afghan Taliban being torn apart by violence, mistrust
Rescue workers gather to remove the rubble to look for survivors, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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Blast at mosque in northwestern Pakistan kills scores of worshippers
Security officials inspect the site of a mosque blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. - At least 17 people were killed in a mosque blast at a police headquarters in Pakistan, a hospital official said. (Photo by Maaz ALI / AFP) (Photo by MAAZ ALI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Passenger bus in southern Pakistan crashes, catches fire, killing 40
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
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Protests against Quran burning held across the Middle East
Protesters burn the Swedish flag during a protest to denounce the recent desecration of the Quran by far-right activists in Sweden, in Tehran, Iran, January 27, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Pakistani rupee plummets as markets adjust to removal of unofficial controls
Customers exchange currency at a money exchange market in Karachi on January 26, 2023. - The Pakistani rupee dived to an historic low against the US dollar on January 26 after an exchange cap was lifted as Islamabad campaigns to unlock a vital bailout from the IMF. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) (Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistan arrests senior leader from ex-PM Imran Khan’s party
Fawad Chaudhry, center, a senior leader of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, leaves after his medial checkup at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Police in Pakistan arrested a senior leader of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party on charges of threatening the chief of the elections overseeing body and other government officials. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Pakistan begins restoring power after second major grid breakdown in months
A man sits outside his shop during a country-wide power breakdown in Karachi, Pakistan January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
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Pakistani linked to 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 designated a terrorist by UN
Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari pays tribute to victims of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks on its anniversary at the police headquarters in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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Donors offer over $9-billion for Pakistan after devastating floods
France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech remotely via video call remotely during Pakistan's Resilience to Climate Change conference in Geneva on January 9, 2023. - The UN chief called on January 9 for "massive investments" to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods, saying the country was "doubly victimised" by climate change and a "morally bankrupt global financial system". (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Italian authorities identify remains of teenage victim in ‘honour killing’ case
A police car drives in front of the courthouse of Brescia on the day of a hearing to decide whether to hand over Maria Dolores Colleoni, wife of former MEP Antonio Panzeri who was arrested in Brussels on charges of corruption in the European Parliament for the benefit of Qatar and Morocco, to the Belgian authorities, in Brescia, Italy December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
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Pakistan orders malls to close early amid economic crisis
People visit a market for shopping in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Authorities on Wednesday ordered shopping malls and markets to close by 8:30 p.m. as part of a new energy conservation plan aimed at easing Pakistan's economic crisis, officials said. The move comes amid talks with the International Monetary Fund. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Women, kids among 1,200 Afghan migrants jailed in Pakistan
Cricket fans hold Pakistan flag as they wait to enter the National Cricket Stadium before start the first Twenty20 international cricket match between Pakistan and England in Karachi on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
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Soldier, militant dead in Pakistan after clash near border
Policemen collect evidence at the suicide blast site in Islamabad on December 23, 2022. - A suicide bomber killed at least one police officer on December 23 when he detonated a device after his car was stopped in the Pakistan capital, officials said, the first such attack in the city for years. Islamabad has largely been spared the low-level attacks carried out in the country's megacities of Lahore and Karachi, and also along the border areas near Afghanistan. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP) (Photo by FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ottawa urged to pressure Pakistan to stop deporting Afghans, speed up refugee claims
NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The federal NDP is urging Ottawa to intervene as Pakistan prepares to deport hundreds of Afghan detainees waiting to escape to Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Pakistani forces kill militants at anti-terrorism centre, free hostages
Smoke rises from the cantonment area in Bannu, Pakistan December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Zahid Muhammad
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Eight Pakistanis, one Afghan soldier killed in cross-border clash
A Taliban security personnel stands guard at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak on December 12, 2022. - Afghan Taliban forces opened fire at a border crossing with Pakistan on December 11, 2022 killing six civilians, the Pakistani military said. Thousands cross the border between Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, and Chaman, Pakistan, every day, including traders, Afghans seeking medical treatment in Pakistan, and people visiting relatives. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistan’s top court endorses Barrick Gold’s $10-billion mining investment
FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and gold imitation are seen in front of the Barrick logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Visa issues exclude Indigenous voices from COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The COP15 conference on biodiversity loss is underway, but hundreds of delegates from developing countries are missing out due to visa issues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson