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Pakistani Christian woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed
The release of Asia Bibi, a mother of five, prompted immediate anger from a hard-line Islamist party that has threatened to paralyse daily life countrywide with street protests if her acquittal is not reversed.
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Pakistan's Azhar Ali retires from one-day internationals
The 33-year-old averaged 36.90 with the bat in his 53 one-day appearances for Pakistan, the last of which was against New Zealand in Dunedin in January.
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Saudis offer Pakistan $6bn rescue package to ease economic crisis
Finance Minister Asad Umar this month requested talks with the IMF for the country’s second bailout in five years.
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Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan to attend controversial Saudi conference
The decision comes a day after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and senior ministers from Europe announced plans to skip the conference.
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Pakistan's Azhar sees lighter side of brain-fade run-out
Azhar and his batting partner Asad Shafiq suffered a collective brain-fade only six runs into their partnership at Abu Dhabi on Thursday, convening for a mid-pitch chat after Azhar sent a shot racing past gully toward the boundary.
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Pakistan hangs child killer after death sparked riots
Chilling CCTV footage broadcast on television following the killing purportedly showed the young girl, Zainab Fatima Ameen, walking hand-in-hand with an unidentified man, in what may have been her last moments.
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Pentagon cancels aid to Pakistan over record on militants
US officials had held out the possibility that Pakistan could win back that support if it changed its behaviour.
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India's Modi and Pakistan's Khan discuss regional peace in post-election call
Khan, widely seen as Pakistan’s prime minister-in-waiting, is now courting independent candidates and minor parties to form a coalition government in a nation that has fought three wars with India.
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‘No SA nationals affected’ in deadly Quetta attack
Deputy High Commissioner Manzoor Chaudhry says they hope the incoming government will bring peace to the country.
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[UPDATE] Suicide bomber kills 29 as Pakistanis vote in cliffhanger election
Geo TV put the death toll at 18, while rival Samaa TV put it at 20, adding a 'suicide attacker' was responsible.
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Pakistan's Imran Khan seeks election win over jailed ex-PM's party
Wednesday’s vote features competing narratives of democracy amid Sharif’s accusations elements of the powerful army are working to throw the race to Khan, which he denies.
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Death toll in Pakistan election rally attack rises
The bombing was the deadliest attack in Pakistan in over three years and is the third incident of election-related violence this week.
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[UPDATE] Suicide bomber kills 85 in attack on Pakistani election rally
The bombing was the most deadly attack in Pakistan in over a year and is the third incident of election-related violence this week.
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Pakistan to hold general election on 25 July – officials
Pakistan’s government and parliament is due to be dissolved on 31 May, when a new interim prime minister and an interim administration is meant to take over.
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Gun attack on minister deepens political divisions as Pakistan nears elections
A gunman on Sunday shot interior minister Ahsan Iqbal as he was leaving a constituency meeting in Punjab province.
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Pakistan bars former PM Sharif from holding office for life
Sharif, 67, resigned in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office over an undeclared source of income.
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Joy in Nobel winner Malala's hometown, though some Pakistanis decry her
Yousafzai flew into Swat on Saturday by helicopter during her first visit to Pakistan since the Pakistani Taliban - now on the run but still able to launch attacks - shot her in the head in 2012 over her advocacy for girls’ education and opposition to Islamist militancy.
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Nobel winner Malala in tears on emotional return to Pakistan
Malala Yousafzai, traveling with her father and younger brother, met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the capital, Islamabad, before giving a brief speech on national television.
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Polish team rescues French climber from Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'
Revol and Polish climber Tomasz Mackiewicz had called for help on Friday from about 7,400 meters up Pakistan’s second-highest peak, the 8,126 meter (26,660 feet) Nanga Parbat.
