Pakistan
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Five security personnel killed in terror attack in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Karachi: At least five security personnel were killed and more than a dozen injured in a terrorist attack by suspected Baloch militants in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Sunday. Four terrorists, including…
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Senior cleric killed, 3 injured in blast at seminary cum mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: A senior cleric was killed while three others injured in a blast at a seminary cum mosque in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, less than 24 hours after a…
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Pakistan tightens security around Rawalpindi’s Afghan refugee detention centre
Rawalpindi: Pakistan has tightened security around an Afghan refugee detention centre in Rawalpindi even as the operation to detain Afghan refugees in the country continues. The Pakistani government has set a deadline…
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PIA flight lands at Lahore airport with a missing wheel
Lahore: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) domestic flight landed on the Lahore airport with one of its wheels missing, an official said on Friday. However, no untoward accident was reported due to…
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Pakistan train hijack: Siege over; 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed
Karachi/Islamabad: Twenty-one passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed by militants who seized a train in Pakistan’s Balochistan, a general said on Wednesday, declaring that the army operation was over. Army spokesman…
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Pakistan train hijack: 155 hostages rescued, 27 BLA militants killed
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have rescued over 150 hostages after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked a train carrying more than 400 passengers in Balochistan’s Kacchi district, sources said. So…
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Pakistan: 16 terrorists killed in hostage rescue operation after train attack
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have killed at least 16 terrorists during an operation to rescue hostages following a train attack in the Kacchi district of the country’s southwest Balochistan province, security sources…
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Militants derail train, take 100 hostages in Pakistan
Islamabad: The targeted attack of Jaffar Express passenger train by militants of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) at Mashkaf, Dhadar, Bolan, has now become a standoff between the security forces and the…
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US issues advisory cautioning against travel close to India-Pak border
New York: The US has issued an advisory cautioning against travel to the immediate vicinity of the India-Pakistan border and the Line of Control due to terrorism and the potential for armed…
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China extends repayment period of USD 2 bn loan to Pakistan by one year
Islamabad: China extended the repayment period of Pakistan’s USD 2 billion loan by one year, easing pressure of the International Monetary Fund on the dollar-deficit country. The loan was originally due for…
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Bangladesh, Pakistan officials hold talks ahead of visit by Pak deputy PM
Dhaka: Top officials of Bangladesh and Pakistan held talks here on Wednesday ahead of a possible visit by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in April. The ties between…
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9 dead in suicide attack on cantonment in NW Pakistan, 6 terrorists nuetralised
Peshawar: At least nine persons were killed and 16 injured as two explosive-laden vehicles rammed into the boundary wall of the main cantonment in Bannu in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday while the…
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Imran Khan must reform himself for Pakistan’s progress: Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister and Awam Pakistan Party (APP) convener Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan must reform himself or the country will struggle to progress, a…
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10 injured in bomb blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Karachi: A bomb blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday injured ten people including a security official, according to officials. The explosion took place on a main road in Quetta near a…
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India slams Pakistan over Kashmir remarks at UN
New York: India has hit out at Pakistan at the seventh meeting of the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, calling it a failed state thriving on international aid. Kshitij…
