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Pakistan, China sign deals worth nearly US$500 mln ahead of BRF

PakistansignednewdealswithChinaonSaturdayworthnearly500millionUSdollarsaheadoftheBeltandRoadForum(BRF)thatopensonSundayinBeijing,thePakistanigovernmentsaid.Them

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Bank of China gets license to open first branch in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD,May13(APD)--TheStateBankofPakistan(SBP)hasissuedalicensetoBankofChina(BoC)toopenitsfirstbranchinPakistan,anofficialstatementsaidonSaturdayevening.Acco

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Xi calls for boosting China-Pakistan Economic Corridor construction

ChinesePresidentXiJinpingonSaturdaycalledfortheconstructionoftheChina-PakistanEconomicCorridortobepushedforward.XimadetheremarkswhenmeetingwithPakistaniPrimeMin

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Pakistan’s top delegation leaves for Beijing’s Belt & Road Forum

ISLAMABAD,May12(APD)—AhighleveldelegationofPakistanledbyPrimeMinisterNawazSharifleftforChinaonFridaytoattendthetwo-dayBeltandRoadForumforInternationalCooperatio

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Indian firing kills 1 civilian, injures 2 others: Pakistan ministry

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Analysis: Pak-Afghan border tension not in bilateral, regional interest

ByAPDWriterMuhammadSohailISLAMABAD,May11(APD)—SinceMay5,borderbetweenPakistanandAfghanistanisclosedforbothindividualsandcargos,tensionisathigherlevelafterborder

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Spotlight: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor benefits Pakistani people

With the smooth implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, the people of Pakistan are gaining tangible benefits.

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Spotlight: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor benefits Pakistani people

WiththesmoothimplementationoftheChina-PakistanEconomicCorridor(CPEC),aflagshipprojectoftheChina-proposedBeltandRoadInitiative,thepeopleofPakistanaregainingtangi

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Pakistani, Afghan military officials agree to defuse border tension

ISLAMABAD, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Senior Pakistani and Afghan military officials have agreed to defuse tensions along the border after an earlier exchange of cross-border firing that killed nine Pakistanis and injured around 40 others.

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Stranded Afghans queue to leave Pakistan

Thousands of stranded Afghans and Pakistanis have been queuing to get home after Pakistan temporarily opened two main border crossings.

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Afghan envoy wants reduction of tension with Pakistan

Afghanistan ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal has called for reduction of tension with Pakistan, after a series of recent terrorist attacks here killed over 100 people in just five days.

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Pakistan 'kills 100 militants' after Sufi shrine attack

Pakistan says it has killed more than 100 militants in a security crackdown following Thursday's attack on a shrine that left at least 80 people dead.

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Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State

A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 72 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest of a wave of bombings across the South Asian nation this week.

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Seven blasts kill 101 in four days as Pakistan witnesses surge in terror attacks

At least 101 people were killed and over 300 others injured in seven bomb blasts during last four days across Pakistan as the country witnessed a sudden surge in terror attacks after a visible tendency of drop in such attacks since the launch of military operation in 2014.

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Pakistan capital bans Valentine's Day

A court in Pakistan has banned public celebrations of Valentine's Day in the capital, Islamabad, on the grounds that it is not part of Muslim culture.

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You Can No Longer Celebrate Valentine's Day in Pakistan

Sorry, love birds: If you live in Pakistan, your Valentine's Day plans just got squelched.

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Magnitude 6.3 quake hits off Pakistan coast

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Pakistan early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.