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Pakistan protests & the state’s battle for control | TV Shows

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Pakistan has once again been shaken by protests, with Imran Khan, the country’s jailed ex-prime minister, at their epicentre. This time, the state has responded with a technologically sophisticated crackdown, with digital blackouts and restrictions on social media. Contributors:Shahzeb Jillani – Journalist, Dawn NewsRabia Mehmood – Managing editor, New Wave GlobalMunizae Jahangir – Editor, voicepk […]

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Muqeem takes five wickets as Pakistan defeat Zimbabwe to win T20 series

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Pakistan wins by 10 wickets to take a 2-0 lead with one match to play in the three-game series. Pakistan wrist spinner Sufiyan Muqeem has starred in a series-clinching, 10-wicket Twenty20 international rout of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. The 25-year-old took five consecutive wickets for the loss of only three runs as Zimbabwe crumbled to 57

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At least 14 dead after bus plunges into Indus river in northern Pakistan

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The driver lost control at high speed, veering off a bridge into the icy Indus river in northern Pakistan, according to local reports. At least 14 people have been confirmed killed and many more missing and presumed dead after a bus crashed into the Indus river in northern Pakistan, according to local authorities. The driver

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Pakistan train station suicide blast: Dozens killed as Balochistan militants claim responsibility

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CNN  —  A suicide bombing at a train station in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed at least 25 people, as a separatist militant group in the region said it carried out the attack. Another 53 people were injured in the attack in the city of Quetta, Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat said in a statement. “Explosion at

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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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