News: Pakistan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Pakistan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Pakistan – overview

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• December 30th 2020 – November 10th 2019
• November 9th 2019 – December 24th 2018
• December 18th 2018 – October 12th 2017
• October 9th 2017 – December 29th 2016
• December 28th 2016 – July 9th 2016
• July 7th 2016 – March 9th 2016
• March 9th 2016 – November 1st 2015
• November 1st 2015 – August 15th 2015
• August 13th 2015 – April 24th 2015
• April 23rd 2015 – February 6th 2015
• February 5th 2015 – December 3rd 2014
• December 1st 2014 – September 17th 2014
• September 17th 2014 – July 24th 2014
• July 17th 2014 – May 19th 2014
• May 15th 2014 – March 1st 2014
• March 1st 2014 – December 20th 2013
• December 19th 2013 – October 14th 2013
• October 12th 2013 – August 17th 2013
• August 16th 2013 – June 15th 2013
• June 15th 2013 – May 2nd 2013
• May 2nd 2013 – March 1st 2013
• February 28th 2013 – January 13th 2013
• January 13th 2013 – November 26th 2012
• November 26th 2012 – October 5th 2012
• October 4th 2012 – August 17th 2012
• August 16th 2012 – June 6th 2012
• June 6th 2012 – April 4th 2012
• April 3rd 2012 – February 9th 2012
• February 9th 2012 – January 16th 2012
• January 16th 2012 – November 27th 2011
• November 26th 2011 – October 6th 2011
• October 6th 2011 – August 25th 2011
• August 25th 2011 – July 8th 2011
• July 8th 2011 – May 26th 2011
• May 26th 2011 – April 28th 2011
• April 28th 2011 – March 16th 2011
• March 16th 2011 – January 31st 2011
• January 31st 2011 – December 26th 2010
• December 26th 2010 – November 7th 2010
• November 6th 2010 – September 25th 2010
• September 25th 2010 – September 1st 2010
• September 1st 2010 – August 18th 2010
• August 17th 2010 – August 3rd 2010
• August 3rd 2010 – July 21st 2010
• July 20th 2010 – June 3rd 2010
• June 1st 2010 – April 27th 2010
• April 27th 2010 – March 10th 2010
• March 10th 2010 – January 25th 2010
• January 25th 2010 – December 11th 2009
• December 10th 2009 – October 24th 2009
• October 24th 2009 – September 14th 2009
• September 14th 2009 – July 30th 2009
• July 29th 2009 – June 24th 2009
• June 24th 2009 – May 15th 2009
• May 15th 2009 – April 7th 2009
• April 6th 2009 – March 3rd 2009
• March 3rd 2009 – January 21st 2009
• January 20th 2009 – December 5th 2008
• December 5th 2008 – October 22nd 2008
• October 21st 2008 – September 11th 2008
• September 11th 2008 – July 31st 2008
• July 31st 2008 – June 12th 2008
• June 12th 2008 – April 21st 2008
• April 21st 2008 – February 15th 2008
• February 15th 2008 – December 23rd 2007
• December 22nd 2007 – November 15th 2007
• November 15th 2007 – October 18th 2007
• October 17th 2007 – September 10th 2007
• September 10th 2007 – July 25th 2007
• July 24th 2007 – June 20th 2007
• June 19th 2007 – April 26th 2007
• April 26th 2007 – March 8th 2007
• March 6th 2007 – December 28th 2006
• December 28th 2006 – October 25th 2006
• October 24th 2006 – August 30th 2006
• August 30th 2006 – June 30th 2006
• June 29th 2006 – April 2nd 2006
• March 31st 2006 – January 31st 2006
• January 30th 2006 – November 30th 2005
• November 29th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Pakistan: news

2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this'

Wednesday, December 30th 2020, 0:04
related places: Karachi

Mahnaz Rehman lost her husband during lockdown in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Daniel Pearl: Court orders release of man accused in journalist's murder

Thursday, December 24th 2020, 20:14

Omar Sheikh was acquitted earlier this year of murdering the US journalist in Pakistan in 2002.
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Karima Baloch: Pakistani rights activist found dead in Toronto

Tuesday, December 22nd 2020, 14:23

Karima Baloch, who was living in exile, was named in the BBC's annual list of 100 inspirational women.
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Covid: The countries worried they won't get the vaccine

Saturday, December 19th 2020, 0:06
related countries: Zimbabwe

Countries such as Zimbabwe, Mexico and Pakistan are likely to have to wait for the coronavirus vaccine.
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Cher on Kaavan the 'lonely' elephant's rescue, Joe Biden and Mamma Mia 3

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 19:42
related countries: Cambodia

The singer helped to relocate Kaavan from a Pakistani zoo to a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia.
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Pakistan: Covid patients die due to oxygen shortage in Peshawar

Monday, December 7th 2020, 6:59
related places: Peshawar

The Pakistan hospital runs out of oxygen for hours, with patients' relatives 'begging' staff to help.
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'World's loneliest elephant' arrives for new life in Cambodia

Monday, November 30th 2020, 13:36
related countries: Cambodia

Kaavan was rescued from a life of misery in a Pakistani zoo, with some help from the pop star Cher.
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Cher and the rescue of a lonely elephant in Pakistan

Sunday, November 29th 2020, 14:15

Singer Cher was one of those who campaigned for a better life for Kavaan the elephant who is now heading to a new home.
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Pakistan opposition seeks end to Imran Khan's 'puppet' rule

Sunday, November 22nd 2020, 14:34

Protesters in Pakistan say the PM came to power in rigged elections backed by the military.
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The judge who stood up to Pakistan's military

Friday, November 20th 2020, 0:16

Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth was a rare judge in Pakistan who challenged the military.
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Fears grow for British man detained in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Friday, November 13th 2020, 0:08
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Kashmir

Tanveer Ahmed Rafique returned to Pakistan-administered Kashmir where he has campaigned for independence.
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Police in Pakistan recover teen girl after alleged forced conversion and marriage

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 8:52

A judge had earlier ruled that the 13-year-old willingly entered the marriage with a 44-year-old.
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Churails: Why a feminist detective show was banned in Pakistan

Monday, November 2nd 2020, 0:08

A web series faces backlash in Pakistan for its bold subject matter and stereotype-smashing female leads.
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Peshawar bombing: At least seven dead in Pakistan school attack

Tuesday, October 27th 2020, 9:02
related places: Peshawar

Dozens more were injured in the attack during a Koran class in the city of Peshawar, police say.
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US election 2020: Indian and Pakistani diaspora rally together

Monday, October 26th 2020, 1:08
related countries: India, United States

The countries share a hostile history but in the US the election campaign has brought them together.
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India buzzes with fake news of 'civil war' in Pakistan

Thursday, October 22nd 2020, 23:08
related places: Karachi

Who was behind rumours that police and troops were fighting in Karachi, and what was the motive?
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Many killed and wounded in Afghanistan visa stampede

Wednesday, October 21st 2020, 14:05

Chaos broke out when thousands gathered in a stadium in Afghanistan to apply for visas to Pakistan.
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Polio campaigners battle misinformation and distrust

Thursday, September 24th 2020, 23:28
related countries: Afghanistan

Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world yet to eliminate wild polio.
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Pakistan fire: Two to hang for Karachi garment factory inferno

Tuesday, September 22nd 2020, 13:32

The men were found guilty of starting Pakistan's deadliest industrial fire, killing 260 people.
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Karachi floods: Pakistan's biggest city hit by record rain and heavy floods

Friday, August 28th 2020, 7:54
related places: Karachi

Pakistan is seeing the worst monsoon rain on record and Karachi has been hit by devastating flooding.
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Coronavirus: Youthful Pakistan appears to avoid worst of pandemic

Thursday, August 20th 2020, 23:06

Testing in Pakistan has been low, but the country seems to have suffered less than its neighbours.
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The middle-class Pakistani students fighting for a homeland dream

Thursday, July 30th 2020, 23:16

Shahdad Mumtaz died for his beliefs. Could a missing student also end up waging war on the Pakistani state?
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Coronavirus in Pakistan: Doctor's video diary of fight against pandemic

Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 23:13

A doctor in one of Pakistan’s busiest hospitals has kept a video diary of the country’s struggle with coronavirus.
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Pakistan blasphemy: Gunman shoots accused dead in court

Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 14:59
related places: Peshawar

The victim was in court in the Pakistani city of Peshawar to face charges of claiming to be a prophet.
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Coronavirus: The British-Pakistani doctors saving lives in both countries

Thursday, July 9th 2020, 23:48
related countries: United Kingdom

From his laptop in Essex, Dr Tahir Akhtar is advising Pakistani doctors on treating coronavirus patients.
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Sikh pilgrims in deadly Pakistan train crash

Friday, July 3rd 2020, 14:01
related places: Lahore

At least 21 die as an express train hits a van carrying the pilgrims near the city of Lahore.
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Sky is the limit for Pakistan's metal artist

Thursday, July 2nd 2020, 23:22

He trained in electrical engineering, but Nasim Yousufzai's life is about metal sculptures and creations.
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Pakistan attack: Deadly raid on stock exchange in Karachi

Monday, June 29th 2020, 15:20
related places: Karachi

Four armed men storm the financial hub in Karachi, killing three people before being shot dead.
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Imran Khan criticised after calling Osama Bin Laden a 'martyr'

Friday, June 26th 2020, 10:02
related countries: United States

Pakistan's opposition rounds on PM Imran Khan, who said the US "martyred" the 9/11 mastermind.
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Pakistani pilots grounded over 'fake licences'

Thursday, June 25th 2020, 17:24

Pakistan's aviation minister said a large number of pilots cheated in exams or have fake qualifications.
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India expels dozens of Pakistan diplomatic staff

Tuesday, June 23rd 2020, 16:29
related countries: India

Relations between the countries are tense after two Indian diplomatic staff were allegedly mistreated.
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Ertugrul: The Turkish TV drama enthralling Pakistan

Monday, June 15th 2020, 23:11
related countries: Turkey

Turkish drama Dirilis Ertugrul is hugely popular in Pakistan, but its violence has been criticised.
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Indian embassy staff arrested over 'hit-and-run' in Islamabad

Monday, June 15th 2020, 18:25
related countries: India
related places: Islamabad

Reports say a pedestrian was critically injured and the two High Commission employees tried to flee.
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Zahra: Pakistan couple face polygraph over child maid 'tortured to death'

Friday, June 12th 2020, 11:56

A Pakistan couple is accused of beating a seven-year-old child to death, reportedly for letting parrots escape.
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Donkey released after Pakistan police swoop on gambling race

Thursday, June 11th 2020, 12:40

A donkey was held for four days after police swooped on a planned race in rural Pakistan.
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Coronavirus: Rumours, fear and rising Covid deaths in Pakistan

Thursday, June 4th 2020, 23:05

Doctors face stretched resources and tensions raised by conspiracy theories as the lockdown is eased.
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Pakistan 'blasphemy' death row couple's plea for freedom

Tuesday, June 2nd 2020, 10:26

Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel hope judges in Pakistan will overthrow their 2014 conviction.
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Uzma Khan: An actress assaulted, a jealous wife and a viral video in Pakistan

Friday, May 29th 2020, 13:01

Uzma Khan was beaten by three rich women and their guards. Why is this not a headline in Pakistan?
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Zara Abid: Model presumed dead in Pakistan plane crash abused online

Tuesday, May 26th 2020, 5:25

Zara Abid, 28, was being mourned by friends and family, but then trolls began abusing her legacy online.
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Karachi plane crash: Pakistan International Airlines on flight from Lahore

Friday, May 22nd 2020, 15:46
related places: Karachi, Lahore

Pictures shared on social media show smoke rising from the crash site, a residential area in Karachi.
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Pakistan: Man who kissed murdered girls in video arrested

Tuesday, May 19th 2020, 12:01

Police in Pakistan also detained two others believed to be involved in the teenagers' killings.
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Pakistan girls murdered over phone video footage

Sunday, May 17th 2020, 17:52

The teenage Pakistani girls were reportedly killed by a relative after video showed them with a man.
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Remdesivir: Five Indian and Pakistani firms to make drug to 'fight coronavirus'

Thursday, May 14th 2020, 7:20
related countries: India

The deal between Gilead and companies in South Asia will help make the drug for 127 countries.
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Daniel Pearl: Parents of murdered journalist launch appeal in Pakistan

Sunday, May 3rd 2020, 7:53
related countries: United States
related places: Karachi

The US journalist was murdered in 2002 while investigating Islamist militants in Karachi.
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Sajid Hussain: Swedish police find body of missing Pakistani journalist

Friday, May 1st 2020, 14:55
related countries: Sweden

Sajid Hussain fled Pakistan for Sweden in 2012 after receiving death threats connected to his work.
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Daniel Pearl: Man acquitted of US journalist's murder is detained

Friday, April 3rd 2020, 12:35
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Pakistani officials refuse to release the British-born militant convicted of beheading Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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Sajid Hussain: Fears for Pakistan journalist missing in Sweden

Tuesday, March 31st 2020, 15:54
related countries: Sweden

Sajid Hussain went into self-imposed exile in 2012 after receiving death threats connected to his work.
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Why a media mogul was arrested in Pakistan

Friday, March 13th 2020, 15:46
related places: Jang

The detention of Jang group's editor-in-chief by an anti-corruption agency prompts deep concern.
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Pakistan Zainab murder: New law aims to catch child abusers

Thursday, March 12th 2020, 12:25

Pakistan legislates two years after the murder of a girl of seven prompts a debate on child abuse.
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Pakistan fighter jet crashes near Islamabad park

Wednesday, March 11th 2020, 11:56
related places: Islamabad

The F-16 military aircraft crashed in the Pakistani capital during a rehearsal for a military parade.
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Aurat March: Pakistani women face violent threats ahead of rally

Saturday, March 7th 2020, 0:17

Aurat March faces an online backlash, violent threats and court petitions to try to stop it.
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Asia Bibi: 'I kept thinking, what is happening to me?'

Friday, February 28th 2020, 22:00

A Pakistani Christian woman recounts the years she spent on death row for being convicted of blasphemy.
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Asia Bibi: I always believed I would be freed

Friday, February 28th 2020, 22:00

The Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after years on death row says she hopes to one day return to Pakistan.
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China may send ducks to battle Pakistan's locust swarms

Thursday, February 27th 2020, 16:30

The hungry ducks could be sent to eat the insects that are devouring crops in Pakistan, experts say.
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Teenager's remains found in lion enclosure at Pakistani zoo

Wednesday, February 26th 2020, 23:20

Muhammad Bilal's relatives said he went missing while searching for grass to use as cattle fodder.
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Solis: Pakistan music festival halted as hundreds storm venue

Monday, February 17th 2020, 7:39

Women say they were harassed in the chaos after holders of fake tickets broke through barricades.
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Crackdown on militants as US and Afghan Taliban seek deal

Saturday, February 15th 2020, 3:05
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Three key Pakistani militants based in Afghanistan have been assassinated in recent weeks.
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Hafiz Saeed: Will Pakistan's 'terror cleric' stay in jail?

Thursday, February 13th 2020, 17:47

Hafiz Saeed is the first high profile figure jailed for terrorism financing in Pakistan.
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Manzoor Pashteen: Activist who dared to challenge Pakistan army held

Monday, January 27th 2020, 15:45

The Pashtun tribesman who became the face of protests alleging rights abuses by troops is in custody.
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Nambi Narayanan: The fake spy scandal that blew up a rocket scientist’s career

Monday, January 27th 2020, 0:01

Falsely charged with selling secrets to Pakistan, Nambi Narayanan's life was knocked off course.
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Avalanche survivors in Pakistan-administered Kashmir tell of horror

Saturday, January 25th 2020, 0:01
related places: Kashmir

Journalist Sajid Mir trekked for hours to reach villagers cut off in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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Kashmir avalanches and landslides leave 62 people dead

Tuesday, January 14th 2020, 15:45
related places: Kashmir

At least 62 people have died and more are missing in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, officials say.
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Musharraf: Death penalty for ex-Pakistan president thrown out

Monday, January 13th 2020, 14:17

The Lahore High Court says the process which found Pervez Musharraf guilty was "unconstitutional".
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Tayyaba abuse case: Pakistan judge and wife's sentences cut

Friday, January 10th 2020, 11:37

Former Pakistani judge Raja Khurram Ali and his wife Maheen Zafar are currently behind bars.
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes: Urdu edition novel seized in Pakistan raids

Tuesday, January 7th 2020, 17:54

Award-winning writer Mohammed Hanif says copies of his satirical book were taken by security agents.
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Transgender in Pakistan: Maya, the woman who almost broke free

Saturday, December 28th 2019, 0:26

Maya was one of dozens of trans women killed in Pakistan in recent years, many of the murders unsolved.
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Migrant crisis: Seven die as boat sinks in Turkey's Lake Van

Thursday, December 26th 2019, 8:04
related countries: Afghanistan, Turkey

The boat with 71 migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan sank in Lake Van at night.
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Kartarpur: Temple of hope between India and Pakistan

Wednesday, December 25th 2019, 0:32
related countries: India
related places: Kartarpur

Parminder Singh Sandhu wanted to visit Kartarpur temple all his life - but couldn't until now.
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Kashmir crisis 2019: Between a rock and a hard place

Tuesday, December 24th 2019, 0:19
related places: Kashmir

The BBC's M Ilyas Khan looks back at a year in Kashmir, from the Pakistani perspective.
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Junaid Hafeez: Academic sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan

Saturday, December 21st 2019, 15:02

Junaid Hafeez was convicted of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on social media.
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Citizenship Amendment Act: Nationwide protests in India

Monday, December 16th 2019, 19:10
related countries: Afghanistan, India

Non-Muslims from three countries get citizenship under the law, which some say is anti-Muslim.
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Dua Mangi: Slut-shamed in Pakistan for being abducted

Wednesday, December 4th 2019, 0:49

Dua Mangi was kidnapped and then vilified as an immodestly dressed hate figure who deserved it.
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Hong Kong protests: 'I was born here, I'm a Hongkonger too'

Wednesday, November 27th 2019, 0:01

A Pakistani Hongkonger says the protests allow him to promote better understanding of his community.
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HIV in Pakistan: 'Our children's lives are at stake'

Monday, November 25th 2019, 2:23

After Pakistan suffered its biggest HIV outbreak this year, we look at the human cost to its children.
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Outrage in Pakistan after feminism panel includes no women

Friday, November 22nd 2019, 0:22

Pakistan's Arts Council backtracks after it's derided for inviting a men-only panel on feminism.
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Nawaz Sharif: Ex-PM leaves Pakistan for medical treatment

Tuesday, November 19th 2019, 7:00
related places: Sharif

Imran Khan's government was reluctant to release Sharif, but a court ruled in the ex-PM's favour.
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Guru Nanak: Historic Sikh celebrations take place in India and Pakistan

Monday, November 11th 2019, 19:03
related countries: India

The historic opening of a corridor to a shrine has coincided with the 550th birthday of Sikhism's founder.
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Pakistan pollution: Teens fight to save Lahore from toxic air

Sunday, November 10th 2019, 1:01
related places: Lahore

Three students launch a bid to tackle Pakistan's government head-on in the fight against pollution.
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