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Palestinian President Abbas begins visit to Pakistan

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has started his three-day visit to Pakistan, will inaugurate the newly constructed Palestine Embassy Complex in Islamabad on Tuesday, officials said.

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Chinese workers in Pakistan skip lunar new year holidays to speed up highway project

Giving up plans to return to their hometown for family reunion during the lunar New Year, hundreds of Chinese road workers stayed in the construction sites of Pakistan's Karakorum Highway (KKH), to ensure an early completion of the project.

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Pakistan vegetable market bomb kills 20 and injures 40

At least 20 people have been killed and 40 wounded after a bomb exploded at a vegetable market in northwest Pakistan.

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Pakistan may face more pressure from U.S.-Indian ties after Trump took office

Pakistan is expected to face more pressure from U.S.-Indian ties what some experts here said will be strengthened in the near future as Donald Trump was sworn in as the new U.S. president on Friday.

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Pakistani right-wingers cry ‘blasphemy’ to muzzle liberals

A virulent social media campaign to paint five disappeared Pakistani activists as blasphemers deserving execution has spotlighted how right-wing efforts to muzzle liberal voices using the country’s draconian laws have found a powerful new platform online.

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Pakistan court stays mentally ill man's execution

A court in Pakistan has stayed the execution of a schizophrenic man who was due to be hanged next week, a rights group says.

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Pakistan pressed over 'abducted’ activists

Hundreds of people have held protests across Pakistan to demand the authorities trace four activists who have gone missing in the past week.

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Pakistan 'launches first cruise missile from submarine'

Pakistan has successfully tested its first submarine-launched cruise missile, the country's military says.

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Pakistani child maid 'tortured in judge's house'

A girl aged 10 who worked as a maid for a Pakistani judge shows signs of having been tortured, a medical board says.

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Former Pakistan army chief to head Saudi-led military alliance: Pakistani media

Pakistan's recently retired army chief Raheel Sharif has been appointed to lead a new Saudi-military alliance to fight terrorism, Pakistani media have reported.

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Toxic liquor kills at least 32 in Pakistan

​At least 32 people have died and dozens have been left seriously ill after drinking toxic alcohol over Christmas in Punjab in Pakistan, officials say.

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Pakistan frees 220 Indian fishermen

​Pakistan had freed 220 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture amid tension over cross-border fire exchanges in recent weeks, state radio reported on Sunday.

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Kashmir tension: Pakistan ends ban on Bollywood films

​Major cinemas in Pakistan have agreed to end a ban on Indian films imposed when relations between the two countries deteriorated in September.

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Pakistan says it test-fired Medium-Range Cruise Missile

​Pakistan's military says it has successfully test-fired a revised version of a locally developed medium-range cruise missile, which can strike targets both on land and sea.

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Pakistan crash pilot made mayday call after engine problem

​The pilot of a flight that crashed in Pakistan made a mayday call just before losing contact, the airline said.

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Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani criticises Pakistan for "undeclared war"

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that the Taliban insurgency would not survive a month if it lost its sanctuary in neighbouring Pakistan, urging its neighbour to take on militant groups on its soil instead of giving Kabul financial aid.

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Trump offers to help Pakistan, calls PM Sharif a 'terrific guy': Islamabad

​U.S. president-elect Donald Trump offered to help solve Pakistan's problems and praised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a "terrific guy" in the first call between the two men, the Pakistani leader's office said.