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‘Like living in a cage’: Islamabad stuck in lockdown as city waits on US-Iran talks
Pakistani capital in pandemic-style limbo as people work from home, public transport is closed and businesses …
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Pakistan targets Balochistan separatists after ‘unprecedented’ assaults
Officials say calm restored to province day after dozens killed in suicide and gun attacks in at least 10 citi…
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Imran Khan’s health in ‘grave danger’ after eye blockage diagnosis, party says
PTI reports Pakistan’s jailed former PM being denied proper medical treatment and visits from family and lawye…
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Accelerated glacial melt and monsoon rains trigger deadly floods in Pakistan
Record temperatures and seasonal downpours raise fears of a repeat of the devastating flooding in 2022Glaciers…
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At least 32 people killed as flash floods hit northern Pakistan
Family dies in Swat River, with witnesses saying they waited to be rescued for more than an hourAt least 32 pe…
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Pakistan debates Trump Nobel peace prize nomination after US strikes on Iran
Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with In…
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‘India can starve us’: farmers in Pakistan decry suspension of crucial water treaty
Indus treaty, which had survived 65 years and three wars between countries, has been paused after Kashmir atta…
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Pakistan operation to free hostages after train hijacking ends with dozens killed
Security services claim to have rescued about 190 people being held by Baloch Liberation Army in remote areaAn…
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Militants say 214 people taken hostage as train hijacked in Pakistan
Baloch Liberation Army claims to have killed 30 military personnel after blowing up tracks in Balochistan regi…
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At least 30 children die from drug shortages in Pakistan after sectarian violence
Key roads closed in Kurram, a hotbed of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims for decadesAt least …
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Pakistan’s government seeks to ban party of former PM Imran Khan
Move comes after supreme court ruling makes PTI largest party in parliamentPakistan’s government is seeking to…
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Record number of journalists killed in Pakistan already this year
Seventh and most recent victim was ambushed while driving, as most cases thought likely to be work-relatedSeve…
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Pakistani poet was abducted because of human rights activism, says wife
Ahmad Farhad was pushed into vehicle hours after posting about threats from country’s spy agency, says Syeda U…
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‘I only protest. I want to go to school’: the childhoods lost in Pakistan when loved ones are ‘disappeared’
The families of thousands of people who have gone missing in Balochistan province spend their lives in sit-ins…
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Pakistani judges say intelligence agency threatened them over Imran Khan
High court members allege ISI put cameras in their bedrooms and tortured a relative to make them hear an appea…