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Two children killed in bomb blast in southwest Pakistan, police say

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says perpetrators of attack ‘should be identified and given exemplary punishment’. A bomb blast near a police office in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least two children and injured 16 people, authorities have said. Seven policemen were among those wounded when the remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle detonated in Pishin […]

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Hinglaj Yatra Hindu festival brings mountainous region in Pakistan to life | Religion

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The dramatic surroundings of Hingol National Park in Balochistan province are the setting for Pakistan’s largest Hindu celebration, Hinglaj Yatra, which started on Friday and ends on Sunday. Muslim-majority Pakistan is home to 4.4 million Hindus, just 2.14 percent of the population, and the ancient cave temple of Hinglaj Mata is one of the few

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Pakistan attack targets van carrying Japanese autoworkers

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Police said three people were wounded in port city of Karachi but bomber and accomplice died. A suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, police said, injuring three bystanders. The van was heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals

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‘Overspeeding’truck plunges into ravine killing 17 pilgrims in Pakistan

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Passengers were en route to a pilgrimage site in Balochistan when the crash took place during Eid al-Fitr. At least 17 pilgrims have been killed and 41 injured after their vehicle crashed while travelling to a shrine in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. The accident took place at about 10pm (17:00 GMT) on Wednesday in the

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Heavy rains kill 29 in Pakistan as houses collapse, landslides block roads

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The majority of deaths reported in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least 29 people have been killed and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that swept Pakistan in the past 48 hours, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block roads, particularly in the northwest. At least 23 rain-related deaths were

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Amid West's Avdiivka Panic, Jaishankar's Pakistan Weapons Example, Says 'Russia Never Hurt India' – Hindustan Times

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Amid West’s Avdiivka Panic, Jaishankar’s Pakistan Weapons Example, Says ‘Russia Never Hurt India’  Hindustan Times ‘Western countries long preferred to supply Pakistan, not India’: S. Jaishankar reasserts defence cooperation with Russia  The Hindu “Russia Has Never Hurt Our Interests”: S Jaishankar To German Daily  NDTV ‘Russia never hurt India’s interests, Moscow-New Delhi relations were always stable’: Jaishankar  The Indian

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It’s wedding season in Pakistan, and it has a name – ‘Decemberistan’ | In Pictures

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It is winter in Pakistan, and that means weddings. Lots of weddings. During the cooler weather between November and February, millions of people attend weddings every week. Pakistanis living abroad come home from around the world for the season, packing airport arrival halls and five-star hotels. They even have a name for it: Decemberistan. “December

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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan, wife sentenced to 14 years in state gifts case

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Verdict comes a day after another court convicted Khan for leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to the illegal selling of state gifts. An accountability

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Can Iran and Pakistan contain cross-border tensions? | Conflict News

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Pakistan launches strikes inside Iran, saying they were retaliation for attacks by Tehran on targets in Pakistan. Iran and Pakistan have launched attacks across their border into each other’s territory. Both said they are targeting armed groups and cited “national security” for their actions. Armed groups in the Balochistan region have been launching attacks in Iran

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