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Pakistani users hit 200,000 download mark of Asia Pacific Daily App

As of Monday, more than 200,000 Pakistani users have downloaded Asia Pacific Daily (APD) NEWS App since it was launched in July 2015.

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Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold dialogue on advancing two-way border management, security issues

Senior officials and military officers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to meet in Kabul on Tuesday under the high level consultation mechanism for coordination on border management and related security issues, the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said.

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US drone strike kills Pakistan militant mastermind behind school attack that killed 150

A Pakistani Taliban militant wanted for his role in a school massacre has died in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, Pakistani and American military officials said on Wednesday.

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Campaigners, victims' families in Pakistan reject U. S. figures on drone strike casualties

Campaigners and families who lost their loved ones in controversial American covert drone missions in Pakistan have strongly disputed the claim by the United States its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) only killed 116 civilians in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya between January 2009 and the end of 2015.

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Posters appear in major Pakistan cities begging for military coup

Posters begging Pakistan’s powerful army chief to launch a coup appeared in major cities including the capital Islamabad overnight, raising eyebrows in a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half its history.

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U.S. drone strikes destroying families in Pakistan as indiscriminate attacks kill thousands

People have been busy celebrating the annual Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr in Pakistan's southwest city of Taftan except the family of one local taxi driver Muhammad Azam who was killed along with Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a U.S. drone strike on May 21 this year in Pakistan.

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Pakistani army chief asks commanders to stop militants from crossing into Afghanistan

Pakistan Army Chief, General Raheel Sharif, on Wednesday ordered military officials not to allow any anyone to cross the border into neighboring Afghanistan for violence.

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Pakistan’s “jihad university”given millions in aid from local government

After terrorists killed more than 100 Pakistani school children 18 months ago, the country’s leaders vowed to crack down on religious seminaries that are recruiting grounds for domestic and international Islamist militant groups.

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Pakistan says firmly supports China on South China Sea issue

Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain said here Thursday that his country firmly supports China's principles and positions on issues concerning the South China Sea as well as Taiwan and Tibet.

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Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over cross-border shelling

​Pakistan on Monday summoned Afghan charge d'affaires to lodge protest over cross-border shelling by Afghan troops that injured at least two soldiers and nine civilians, the Foreign Ministry said.

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Pakistan says U.S. failed to explain logic behind drone strike

​Pakistan's top foreign affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, said on Sunday that senior U.S. officials, who visited Pakistan on Friday, could not explain logic behind the recent drone strike in Balochistan province that killed the Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

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Pakistan to raise U.S. drone attack issue at UN: adviser

​Pakistan will raise the issue of U.S. drone attacks in the United Nations as they are against the country's sovereignty, the country's top foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz said on Thursday.

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China donates 505 vehicles and office equipment to Pakistan

China on Thursday handed over free assistance of 505 vehicles, including 425 pickups and 80 ambulances, in addition to office equipment to Pakistan.

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Drone attack damaged Pak-US mutual trust

A high-level meeting between the civil and military leadership at the General Headquarters (GHQ) on Tuesday resolved to protect the core national interests and effectively counter any negative outside influence.

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Role of Russia in forging Community of Common Destiny for all Mankind

The idea of hammering out the Community of Common Destiny for all Mankind or CCDM concept is being positively regarded in Russia and such approach rests on an understanding that the key principles of this goal fully correspond with Moscow’s national perceptions and views, expert said.

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Pakistan, Afghanistan need consensus on border management system to squeeze militants

​Pakistan enforced a new mechanism on one of its busiest border crossing points with Afghanistan last week that requires every Afghan to carry legal travel documents for entering the country.

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Don't needle on Kashmir: India to Pakistan

India on Thursday hit out at Pakistan, asking it to vacate the parts of Jammu and Kashmir which it has illegally occupied and to not needlessly internationalise the issue.