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.

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Pakistan: news

Ajmal makes Worcs return for T20

Thursday, February 9th 2012, 8:43

Worcestershire re-sign Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal for next season's Friends Life t20.
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Pakistan PM files contempt appeal

Wednesday, February 8th 2012, 7:54

Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani files an appeal against appearing before the Supreme Court on contempt charges on 13 February.
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US drone 'kills 10' in Pakistan

Wednesday, February 8th 2012, 5:48
related countries: United States

A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say.
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VIDEO: Woman found alive in Lahore rubble

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 18:08
related places: Lahore

Rescue workers in Pakistan have found a 65-year-old woman alive in the rubble of a Lahore factory, 31 hours after the building collapsed.
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PCB moves to clarify Ajmal claims

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 14:35

The ICC denies that Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has permission to straighten his arm more than other bowlers.
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England not closed shop - Flower

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 12:24

England team director Andy Flower warns his batsmen that selection is "not a closed shop" following the series whitewash by Pakistan.
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Teams scour Lahore collapse site

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 11:55
related places: Lahore

Rescuers who worked overnight on Monday are still frantically trying to remove debris from a factory that collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
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Bell dropped from one-day squad

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 5:31
related countries: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
related places: Abu Dhabi, Dubai

England drop batsman Ian Bell from their one-day squad to face Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, but call up uncapped spinner Danny Briggs.
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England under-prepared - Strauss

Monday, February 6th 2012, 23:15
related countries: United Kingdom

Captain Andrew Strauss admits England were under-prepared following his side's 3-0 series defeat by Pakistan.
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Deaths in Lahore factory collapse

Monday, February 6th 2012, 23:07
related places: Lahore

An illegal medicine factory collapses in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people and leaving many trapped, officials say.
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VIDEO: Pakistan factory explosion

Monday, February 6th 2012, 15:48
related places: Lahore

Many people are feared trapped in the rubble of a three-storey factory in the Pakistani city of Lahore following a gas explosion.
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Pakistan seal England whitewash

Monday, February 6th 2012, 13:08
related countries: United Kingdom

England slump to a 71-run defeat in the third Test in Dubai to suffer a series whitewash by Pakistan for the first time.
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Pakistan PM Gilani in Qatar talks

Monday, February 6th 2012, 12:57
related countries: Afghanistan, Qatar

Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani is travelling to Qatar where officials indicate he will discuss peace efforts in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan set England huge target

Sunday, February 5th 2012, 13:27
related countries: United Kingdom

England face a mammoth task to avoid a series whitewash after Azhar Ali's composed 157 keeps Pakistan in control of the third Test in Dubai.
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Younus and Azhar punish England

Saturday, February 4th 2012, 13:26
related countries: United Kingdom

Younus Khan hits an unbeaten century to move Pakistan closer to a series whitewash over England on the second day of the third Test.
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Anderson denies confidence crisis

Friday, February 3rd 2012, 16:11
related countries: United Kingdom

James Anderson says there is no crisis of confidence in the England batting line-up, despite another stuttering display against Pakistan.
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England falter as wickets tumble

Friday, February 3rd 2012, 13:53
related countries: United Kingdom

England's batsmen again fail to support their bowlers as 16 wickets fall on day one of the third Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Militants kill Pakistani soldiers

Friday, February 3rd 2012, 8:28
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kurram

Militants have killed at least seven Pakistani soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint in Kurram tribal region near the Afghan border, officials say.
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No show by Pakistan's Mumbai team

Friday, February 3rd 2012, 4:49
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan fails to send a team of officials to India to investigate the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Indian officials say.
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Top court to charge Pakistani PM

Thursday, February 2nd 2012, 13:47

Pakistan's Supreme Court is to charge Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt for failing to reopen corruption cases against the president.
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Why 'vigil aunty' caused Pakistan media storm

Thursday, February 2nd 2012, 2:53

Why a walk in the park cost this TV presenter her job
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Pakistan dismisses Taliban links

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 18:40
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Nato, Taliban

Pakistan's foreign minister says her country has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, as a leaked Nato report accuses Islamabad of links to the Taliban.
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VIDEO: 'Little Brazil' in Pakistan

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 15:10
related places: Karachi

The Karachi neighbourhood where playing football helps prevent boys from joining a life of crime.
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VIDEO: Pakistan denies Afghan Taliban links

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 12:03
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Islamabad, Nato

Pakistan's foreign minister says her country has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, in response to a leaked secret Nato report on Islamabad's links to the Afghan Taliban.
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Pakistan 'backs Afghan Taliban'

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 9:55
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Nato, Taliban

The Taliban in Afghanistan are being directly assisted by Pakistani security services, according to a secret Nato report seen by the BBC.
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Pakistan jets pound 'militants'

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 8:30
related countries: Afghanistan

About 20 suspected insurgents have been killed in attacks by Pakistani jets near the Afghan border, officials say.
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Pakistan braces itself for 'game changer' elections

Tuesday, January 31st 2012, 18:07

Pakistan braces itself for crucial elections
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Obama backs Pakistan drone raids

Tuesday, January 31st 2012, 16:31
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama defends the use of unmanned drone aircraft to kill suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal areas.
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Pakistan forces killed in ambush

Tuesday, January 31st 2012, 10:10

At least eight soldiers are killed and 25 injured in a militant attack on a checkpoint in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Pakistani militia leader killed

Monday, January 30th 2012, 13:58
related places: Peshawar

A leading pro-government tribal militia leader in the Pakistani city of Peshawar is killed in a bomb blast, officials tell the BBC.
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Husain Haqqani travel ban lifted

Monday, January 30th 2012, 9:39
related countries: United States

Pakistan's Supreme Court lifts a travel ban it placed on the country's ex-US envoy, while it probed his role in a scandal over a controversial memo.
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Flower not afraid to drop batsman

Sunday, January 29th 2012, 11:47
related countries: United Kingdom

England coach Andy Flower is considering dropping a batsman for the third Test after their latest abject showing against spin.
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Grief over Pakistan heart deaths

Sunday, January 29th 2012, 9:37
related places: Lahore

Feelings run high in Lahore as heart pill deaths mount
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Boycott rues 'worst' England loss

Saturday, January 28th 2012, 15:10
related countries: United Kingdom

Former batsman Geoffrey Boycott describes England's performance in the 72-run defeat by Pakistan as the worst he has seen.
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Pakistan humiliate abject England

Saturday, January 28th 2012, 12:37
related countries: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
related places: Abu Dhabi

England are bowled out for only 72 to crumble to a 72-run defeat in the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and lose the three-match series.
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US fears for Bin Laden 'informer'

Saturday, January 28th 2012, 11:59
related countries: United States

The US defence secretary says he is concerned about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
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Musharraf delays Pakistan return

Friday, January 27th 2012, 19:13

Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf has decided to postpone his return to the country, one of his aides says.
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VIDEO: Faulty drugs given to many Pakistanis

Friday, January 27th 2012, 16:47

Lahore's Dr Akram has said many Pakistani hospitals are forced to buy the cheapest drugs - as the death toll from a batch of faulty drugs in the city rises.
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Panesar haul puts England on top

Friday, January 27th 2012, 13:21
related countries: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
related places: Abu Dhabi

Monty Panesar claims three wickets as England take a firm grip on the second Test against Pakistan on day three in Abu Dhabi.
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Iran guards 'kill six Pakistanis'

Friday, January 27th 2012, 8:09
related countries: Iran

At least six Pakistanis were shot dead and two others wounded by Iranian security forces after they crossed the border, Pakistani officials say.
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Sportsday Live - Friday, 27 January

Friday, January 27th 2012, 7:57
related countries: Aruba, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
related places: Abu Dhabi

Sportsday Live featuring the latest from Andy Murray's semi-final at the Australian Open, the second Test between England and Pakistan, golf from Abu Dhabi and transfer news ahead of deadline day.
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Live - Pakistan v England

Friday, January 27th 2012, 5:29
related countries: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
related places: Abu Dhabi

Monty Panesar takes three wickets as Pakistan battle in their second innings on the third day of the second Test against England in Abu Dhabi.
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Sportsday Live - Thursday, 26 January

Thursday, January 26th 2012, 20:04
related countries: Aruba, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
related places: Abu Dhabi

Sportsday Live featuring the latest from the Australian Open, the second Test between England and Pakistan, the golf from Abu Dhabi, transfer news ahead of deadline day and Olympics news.
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VIDEO: Pakistani's novel use for a rickshaw

Thursday, January 26th 2012, 17:40

A Pakistani man who lost his bookstore in the economic downturn now rides a rickshaw through the streets selling his books.
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Cook upbeat despite late wickets

Thursday, January 26th 2012, 15:31
related countries: United Kingdom

Alastair Cook believes England are in a strong position to push for a victory in the second Test again Pakistan.
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Pakistan heart drug deaths rise

Thursday, January 26th 2012, 14:57
related places: Lahore

At least 100 people have died in the Pakistani city of Lahore over the past three weeks because of faulty heart drugs, officials say.
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Pakistan fightback checks England

Thursday, January 26th 2012, 13:47
related countries: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
related places: Abu Dhabi

A late Pakistan revival undoes the good work of England's Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott on day two of the second Test in Abu Dhabi.
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VIDEO: New laws to protect Pakistan's women

Thursday, January 26th 2012, 2:05

Pakistan is set to introduce new laws which will make specific crimes of forced marriages and acid attacks on women.
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Faulty Pakistani drugs 'kill 70'

Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 18:09
related places: Lahore

At least 70 people are believed to have died in the Pakistani city of Lahore over the past three weeks because of faulty heart drugs, officials say.
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Broad & Swann put England on top

Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 13:28
related countries: United Kingdom

Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann both take three wickets as England have the better of the first day of the second Test against Pakistan.
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Pakistani nominee has Oscar dream

Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 12:29

Film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy tells the BBC that winning Pakistan's first Oscar nomination, for a documentary on acid attacks, is a dream come true.
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Sportsday Live - breaking news

Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 7:57
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

Sportsday Live featuring the latest on Andy Murray's quarter-final win at the Australian Open, the second Test between England and Pakistan, the Harry Redknapp trial and transfer news.
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Live - Pakistan v England

Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 5:28
related countries: United Kingdom

Pakistan win the toss and bat first against England in the second Test in Abu Dhabi - with England seamer Chris Tremlett flying home because of injury.
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Foodistan: India-Pakistan chefs fight for taste buds

Tuesday, January 24th 2012, 0:34
related countries: India

Indian and Pakistani chefs battle for culinary supremacy
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US drone 'kills five' in Pakistan

Monday, January 23rd 2012, 8:03
related countries: United States

A drone attack in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan kills at least five suspected militants, officials say.
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Pakistan man 'posed as general'

Friday, January 20th 2012, 15:43
related places: Karachi

Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi arrest an alleged confidence trickster who spent three years posing as an army general.
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England were undercooked - Flower

Friday, January 20th 2012, 11:45
related countries: United Kingdom

Team director Andy Flower admits England were "undercooked" going into the Test series against Pakistan.
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Two foreigners seized in Pakistan

Friday, January 20th 2012, 8:00
related countries: Germany, Italy
related places: Multan

Two foreigners, one Italian and one believed to be German, have been kidnapped in the central city of Multan, according to local officials.
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England will not panic - Strauss

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 14:59
related countries: United Kingdom

Captain Andrew Strauss says England will not make any dramatic changes in the wake of the 10-wicket defeat by Pakistan in the first Test in Dubai.
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England crumble to heavy defeat

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 13:33
related countries: United Kingdom

England fold to a humiliating defeat by 10 wickets as their woeful batting performance helps Pakistan go 1-0 up in the three-Test series.
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Spy chief quits in secrecy gaffe

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 11:31
related countries: Norway

Norway's head of intelligence Janne Kristiansen resigns because she said too much about Pakistan during a parliamentary hearing.
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Gilani holds firm in contempt row

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 10:16

Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani goes before the Supreme Court to defend his decision not to reopen a corruption case against President Zardari.
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Sportsday Live - breaking sports news

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 8:00
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

Sportsday Live featuring reaction to England's heavy defeat to Pakistan, the latest news from the Australian Open, and football transfer news plus more.
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Live - Pakistan v England

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 5:29
related countries: United Kingdom

Pakistan complete a huge victory over England in Dubai, winning by 10 wickets to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
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Taliban admit reporter's murder

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 18:33
related places: Peshawar, Taliban

The Taliban in Pakistan say they killed journalist Mukarram Khan Atif, who was shot on Tuesday near the city of Peshawar.
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VIDEO: The growing tension inside Pakistan

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 18:19

Tensions mount in Pakistan as it faces a crisis which involves politicians, the military and the supreme court.
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Death of Pakistan's IT girl genius

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 18:08

Death of Arfa casts spotlight on Pakistan's bright young talents
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Quick wickets needed, says Broad

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 15:01
related countries: United Kingdom

Pace bowler Stuart Broad says England need to wrap up the Pakistan tail quickly on the third morning of the first Test in Dubai.
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England fightback rocks Pakistan

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 13:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Late wickets for Graeme Swann and James Anderson round off a vastly improved England display as Pakistan close the second day of the first Test on 288-7, a lead of 96.
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Sportsday Live - breaking sports news

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 8:12
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom
related places: Amir Khan

Sportsday Live featuring updates on the future of Darlington Football Club, Amir Khan's fight for a rematch, England's progress in their Test against Pakistan, reaction from the Australian Open, and the latest football transfer news plus more.
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Pakistan puts off US envoy's trip

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 8:11
related countries: United States

Pakistan postpones a visit by US Special Envoy Marc Grossman until a parliamentary review of bilateral relations is completed.
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Live - Pakistan v England

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 5:34
related countries: United Kingdom

England take late wickets to restrict Pakistan to 288-7 at the close on day two of the first Test in Dubai.
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VIDEO: Pakistani Hindus fear forced conversion

Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 17:02

The Hindu community in Pakistan says their girls are being kidnapped, converted to Islam and forcibly married to Muslim men.
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Ajmal the key to series - Vaughan

Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 16:17
related countries: United Kingdom

Former captain Michael Vaughan suggests that unless England quickly learn how to play Pakistan spinner Saaed Ajmal they will lose the series.
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Live - Pakistan v England

Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 5:28
related countries: United Kingdom

Pakistan close on 42-0 to underline their dominance on day one of the Test series against England having dismissed Andrew Strauss's side for 192 thanks to Saeed Ajmal's career-best 7-55.
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Pakistan PM faces contempt charge

Monday, January 16th 2012, 17:43

Pakistan's Supreme Court issues a contempt order against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, raising fresh tensions between the government, courts and army.
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VIDEO: Pakistan PM faces contempt order

Monday, January 16th 2012, 15:03

Pakistan's Supreme Court has issued a contempt order against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, raising the prospect of his prosecution.
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VIDEO: Pink bus service for Pakistani women

Monday, January 16th 2012, 14:08
related places: Lahore

A bus service has been launched in Lahore for female commuters only.
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