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Pakistan rights group issues warning ahead of polls
by Munir Ahmed - July 17, 2018 - 1:13am
Pakistan's independent Human Rights Commission warned yesterday of "blatant, aggressive and unabashed" attempts to manipulate the results of elections set for later this month, with prominent activist I.A. Rehman...
9 dead as India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border
by Munir Ahmed - May 19, 2018 - 5:00am
Eight civilians, including an Indian husband and wife and four members of a Pakistani family, were killed when Indian and Pakistani soldiers fired at border posts and villages along the highly militarized frontier...
Pakistan swears in new senators, including Hindu woman
by Munir Ahmed - March 13, 2018 - 1:44am
Pakistan swore in newly-elected members of the Senate on yesterday, including for the first time a woman from the country's marginalized Hindu minority, as allegations swirled that others had bribed their way to...
Pakistan begins seizing charities linked to US-wanted cleric
by Munir Ahmed - February 15, 2018 - 1:27am
Amid increasing pressure from the international community, Pakistan on yesterday began seizing assets and funds belonging to Islamic charities linked to a radical cleric wanted by the US, officials said.
Islamists rally near Islamabad, demand removal of minister
by Munir Ahmed - November 10, 2017 - 9:00pm
More than 3,000 Islamists camped out on the edge of Pakistan's capital, demanding the removal of the country's law minister over a recently omitted reference to the Prophet Muhammad in a constitutional bill.
Pakistani president swears in members of new Cabinet
by Munir Ahmed - August 4, 2017 - 7:23pm
Pakistan on yesterday swore in a new Cabinet, following a week of turmoil that included the election of a new prime minister after the resignation of his predecessor, who was dismissed from office by the country's...
Pakistan PM condemns US-India 'silence' on Kashmir violence
by Munir Ahmed - June 30, 2017 - 10:41pm
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on yesterday expressed his disappointment over what he termed Washington's "silence" despite human right violations in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, where scores...
Pakistan minister quits after making overthrow plot claims
by Munir Ahmed - August 16, 2015 - 12:09pm
A Pakistani Cabinet minister resigned from his post on Saturday after claiming in an interview that the country's former spy master Gen. Zaheerul Islam wanted to overthrow Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif through violent...
Afghan leader aims to repair ties in Pakistan
by Munir Ahmed - November 15, 2014 - 5:28am
Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani on Friday visited Pakistan's military headquarters in a sign of warming ties after more than a decade of mutual distrust between the two U.S. allies.
Pakistan nabs militants linked to attack on Malala
by Munir Ahmed - September 13, 2014 - 4:08am
Pakistan's army said Friday that it has arrested 10 militants suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who won world acclaim after she was shot in the head by the Taliban...
Pakistan minister urges opposition to ease demands
by Munir Ahmed - August 28, 2014 - 2:45am
A Cabinet minister on yesterday urged Pakistan's two key opposition figures leading mass rallies outside parliament to back off their demand for the prime minister's resignation in ongoing talks with the govern...
Peace talks start between Pakistan, Taliban team
by Munir Ahmed - February 7, 2014 - 7:11am
Peace talks between the Pakistani government and representatives of the Taliban began on Thursday after a short delay, the first test for the government's controversial initiative of seeking a peaceful resolution...
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