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

Balochistan war: Pakistan accused over 1,000 dumped bodies

Wednesday, December 28th 2016, 18:33

Pakistan security forces are accused of killing hundreds of activists in restive Balochistan.
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Wedding riddle

Wednesday, December 28th 2016, 16:36

The mysterious last movements of Sarakat Bibi, who it's feared was killed for "honour" in Pakistan.
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Toxic liquor kills at least 32 in Pakistan

Tuesday, December 27th 2016, 12:32

Thirty-two people die and dozens are injured after drinking toxic alcohol in Pakistan at Christmas.
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Water wars?

Thursday, December 22nd 2016, 0:05
related countries: India

India wants to use more water from rivers it shares with Pakistan as tensions deteriorate.
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Pakistan Senate proposes scrapping 5,000 rupee note

Tuesday, December 20th 2016, 10:49

Pakistan's Senate recommends scrapping the country's 5,000 rupee (£38.50) banknote, despite government opposition.
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Pakistan International Airlines goat slaughter mocked

Monday, December 19th 2016, 15:43

Pakistan's national airline is mocked after a goat was sacrificed before one of its flights.
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Kashmir tension: Pakistan ends ban on Bollywood films

Saturday, December 17th 2016, 21:41
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

Pakistan ends an Indian film ban imposed in September amid worsening relations over Kashmir.
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Meet Sandhurst's first Pakistani instructor

Saturday, December 10th 2016, 20:50

An officer from Pakistan has returned to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst to help train its cadets fight militants.
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Pakistan crash pilot made mayday call after engine problem

Thursday, December 8th 2016, 9:09

Pakistan crash pilot made mayday call after engine problem, airline chairman says.
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Pakistan International Airways crash leaves no survivors

Wednesday, December 7th 2016, 21:45

All 48 people on board a Pakistan Airlines plane were killed when it crashed in the north.
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Qandeel Baloch: Brother indicted for murder

Monday, December 5th 2016, 17:04

The brother of slain Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch is charged with murder.
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That 'tremendous' call between Trump and Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif

Thursday, December 1st 2016, 7:57

Pakistan says Trump piled extravagant praise on "amazing" Pakistan, but his team has a sober take.
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Pakistan court delays deportation of Turkish teachers

Tuesday, November 29th 2016, 19:56
related countries: Turkey

More than 100 Turkish teachers ordered to leave Pakistan are granted a stay by a local court.
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Twin tasks

Sunday, November 27th 2016, 16:49

Pakistan's new army chief General Bajwa has two big tasks ahead of him, writes Ahmed Rashid.
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Pakistan: Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa named new army chief

Saturday, November 26th 2016, 15:33

Pakistan appoints Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as army chief, one of the country's most powerful roles.
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Defying her family in Pakistan

Thursday, November 24th 2016, 0:56

Not all acts of defiance are obvious. For Naema, simply having a job, driving a car, wearing make-up and being single have caused her to come under attack from her conservative family.
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The general

Wednesday, November 23rd 2016, 0:45

Pakistan's popular army chief is set to retire - how has the country changed under his watch?
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Hasan Sadpara dies: Pakistan mourns loss of 'hero' climber to blood cancer

Monday, November 21st 2016, 18:28

Pakistan's prime minister Nawaz Sharif says the country 'has lost its hero' as Hasan Sadpara dies.
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Kashmir 'freedom anthem' released to controversy

Monday, November 21st 2016, 8:04
related places: Kashmir

A controversial "freedom anthem" for Kashmir is released in Pakistan, causing controversy.
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Pakistan expels Turkish teachers at 'Gulen-linked' schools

Wednesday, November 16th 2016, 16:47
related countries: Turkey

More than 100 Turkish teachers are ordered to leave Pakistan as President Erdogan begins a visit.
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Kashmir clash: Pakistan says India killed seven troops

Monday, November 14th 2016, 15:18
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

Pakistan says seven soldiers were killed by shelling in Kashmir as tensions with India rise.
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Pakistan Shah Noorani shrine bomb kills 52

Saturday, November 12th 2016, 20:05

A bomb blast at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani region of Balochistan kills 52 people.
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Pakistan Shah Noorani shrine hit by deadly blast

Saturday, November 12th 2016, 18:54

Dozens are killed and wounded in an explosion at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan.
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Afghan 'green-eyed girl': Pakistan deports Sharbat Gula

Wednesday, November 9th 2016, 15:52
related countries: Afghanistan

An Afghan woman made famous by a National Geographic front cover in 1985 has been deported from Pakistan after she was found with fake ID papers.
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Sushma Swaraj scripts happy end to India-Pakistan love story

Monday, November 7th 2016, 12:16
related countries: India

A cross-border love story has a happy ending after India's Foreign Minister gets the bride her visa.
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Pakistan accuses India of running Islamabad 'spy ring'

Thursday, November 3rd 2016, 15:41
related countries: India
related places: Islamabad

Pakistan uncovers "a network of spies" working from India's mission in Islamabad as ties worsen.
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At least 17 die in Karachi train crash in Pakistan

Thursday, November 3rd 2016, 5:44
related places: Karachi

Two trains collide in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 17 people.
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Rape survivor takes to Pakistan catwalk to inspire women

Wednesday, November 2nd 2016, 15:29

Rape survivor and women's rights campaigner Mukhtar Mai takes part in Pakistan fashion week.
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'Afghan Girl': National Geographic star denied bail

Wednesday, November 2nd 2016, 13:43
related countries: Afghanistan

National Geographic's iconic Afghan refugee is denied bail in Pakistan over ID card fraud charges.
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Gadani ship-breaking yard blast kills at least 11 in Pakistan

Tuesday, November 1st 2016, 13:27

A large explosion at a ship-breaking yard in Pakistan's southwest kills at least 11 people.
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‘Hands off our children’ – fighting abuse in Pakistan

Tuesday, November 1st 2016, 0:05

In the Pakistani town of Husain Khan Wala, 'Ali' was one of hundreds of children who was subject to abuse that was filmed on mobile phones. When he was older, he decided to fight back.
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Quetta attack: Pakistan mourns police college victims

Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 17:47
related places: Quetta

Funerals are held for 61 people killed in an assault on a police college in Quetta, as two militant groups claim the attack.
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Quetta attack: Militants kill dozens at Balochistan Police College

Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 11:40
related places: Quetta

Dozens of people are killed after militants mount an attack on a police training college in the Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say.
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Pakistan court says schizophrenia 'not mental disorder'

Friday, October 21st 2016, 13:44

The Supreme Court in Pakistan says schizophrenia is not a mental illness, paving the way for the execution of a paranoid schizophrenic man for murder.
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Murdered for her selfies

Friday, October 21st 2016, 0:27

Murdered social media star Qandeel Baloch posted images of herself that few Pakistani women would dare to – but did her traditional village background catch up with her? The second of three episodes.
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Pakistani 'chai wala' turns model after finding fame

Wednesday, October 19th 2016, 15:13
related places: Islamabad

Arshad Khan, 18, is winning legions of swooning fans after a photographer snapped him working as a tea seller in Islamabad.
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Asia Bibi: Pakistan Supreme Court adjourns death row appeal

Thursday, October 13th 2016, 7:39

Pakistan's Supreme Court adjourns a hearing on a blasphemy case against a Christian woman on death row after a judge refused to hear her appeal.
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Pakistani journalist Cyril Almeida 'barred from leaving country'

Tuesday, October 11th 2016, 10:41

A top Pakistani journalist says he is barred from leaving the country, after he reported a row between military and government officials.
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'Honour killings': Pakistan closes loophole allowing killers to go free

Thursday, October 6th 2016, 17:24

Pakistan's government closes a loophole allowing those behind so-called honour killings to go free if they are forgiven by the victim's family.
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UN court throws out Marshall Islands' nuclear weapons case

Wednesday, October 5th 2016, 11:23
related countries: Marshall Islands, United Kingdom

The International Court of Justice says it does not have jurisdiction to rule in court cases brought by the Marshall Islands against the UK, India and Pakistan.
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Fleeing villagers

Tuesday, October 4th 2016, 5:54
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

Indian villagers living close to the border with Pakistan have mixed feelings about being asked to evacuate after India said it launched strikes targeting militants in Kashmir, reports BBC Hindi's Vineet Khare from Punjab.
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Kashmir tension: Pakistan cinemas ban Indian films

Saturday, October 1st 2016, 0:00
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

Major cinemas in Pakistan ban Indian films in what they call an act of solidarity with the armed forces as tension mounts over the Kashmir dispute.
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Kashmir attack: Villagers evacuate after India 'surgical strikes'

Friday, September 30th 2016, 5:11
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

Indian villagers living close to the border with Pakistan are fleeing, one day after India said it launched strikes targeting militants in Kashmir.
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Kashmir attack: India 'launches strikes against militants'

Friday, September 30th 2016, 0:26
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

India's army carries out "surgical strikes" against suspected militants along the de-facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir.
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Saints and stigma

Thursday, September 29th 2016, 7:15

Secrecy and silence surrounds the issue of mental health in Pakistan. Those with money can afford treatment but families in rural areas often fall back on ancient superstitions, reports BBC Urdu's Saba Eitizaz.
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Grim odyssey

Monday, September 26th 2016, 23:25
related countries: Afghanistan, Austria, Italy
related places: Udine

Asylum seekers - mainly Afghan and Pakistani men - leave Austria for Italy, but they face bleak conditions in the city of Udine, Bethany Bell reports.
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Pakistan PM Sharif accuses India of an arms build-up

Wednesday, September 21st 2016, 23:15
related countries: India

The Pakistani prime minister accuses India of an arms build-up in a speech to the UN and says his country will take "whatever measures are necessary".
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Kashmir attack: Pakistan hits back at India accusations

Monday, September 19th 2016, 10:32
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

Pakistan strongly condemns allegations that it masterminded a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 18 soldiers.
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US to pay '$1.2m' to Italian family of drone strike victim

Friday, September 16th 2016, 19:04
related countries: Italy, United States

The US agrees to pay compensation to the family of an Italian aid worker killed by a drone strike in Pakistan, with reports suggesting a figure of €1.1m.
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Pakistan mosque suicide bomb attack kills 23 - officials

Friday, September 16th 2016, 14:55

A suicide bombing kills at least 23 people at a mosque in north-western Pakistan, in an attack reportedly claimed by a Pakistani Taliban faction.
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Flashmob fury

Sunday, September 11th 2016, 1:02

A Pakistani advert featuring female dancers performing in a street market has upset both feminists and religious conservatives.
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Samia Shahid: Uncle arrested in 'honour killing' case

Saturday, September 3rd 2016, 14:23
related countries: United Kingdom

The uncle of a British woman who died in Pakistan in a suspected so-called "honour killing" is arrested on suspicion of falsifying medical documents.
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Pakistan blast at court leaves several dead in Mardan

Friday, September 2nd 2016, 11:07
related places: Mardan

A suicide bomber attacks a court in northern Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 50, officials say.
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Back to the tents?

Saturday, August 27th 2016, 23:17
related countries: Afghanistan

Pakistan has told all three million Afghan refugees within its borders to leave - causing chaos on its borders, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan reports.
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Costume drama

Friday, August 19th 2016, 23:18

The BBC's Pakistan correspondent asks why some object to seeing women in burkinis on the beach.
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Why you should care about violence in Kashmir

Tuesday, August 16th 2016, 11:13
related countries: India
related places: Kashmir

There's trouble on the streets of the region that is claimed by both India and Pakistan.
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Ex-husband of UK woman admits 'honour killing'

Monday, August 15th 2016, 8:46
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Bradford

The ex-husband of a Bradford woman has confessed to her murder, a police source in Pakistan tells the BBC.
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Pakistan helicopter crew freed in Afghanistan

Saturday, August 13th 2016, 8:51
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Taliban

The crew of a Pakistani helicopter forced to land in an Afghan district where the Taliban are active are freed and transferred to Pakistan.
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IS leader in Afghanistan killed, US believes

Friday, August 12th 2016, 21:27
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Hafiz Saeed Khan, leader of so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan, died in a US drone strike last month, the US now believes.
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Pakistan: 'Dead-baby-swap gang' arrested in Peshawar

Friday, August 12th 2016, 17:16
related places: Peshawar

Pakistani police arrest several hospital workers over a scheme to abduct and sell newborn babies by swapping them with dead infants, police say.
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Hanif Mohammad: Record-breaking former Pakistan batsman dies aged 81

Thursday, August 11th 2016, 15:35

Former Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad, who played the longest innings in Test history, dies at the age of 81.
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Quetta hospital bombing: Pakistan lawyers strike in protest

Tuesday, August 9th 2016, 9:39
related places: Quetta

Lawyers across Pakistan are boycotting the courts to mourn the loss of dozens of their colleagues in a hospital bombing in Quetta on Monday.
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Quetta hospital bombing: Pakistan Taliban claim attack

Monday, August 8th 2016, 17:10
related places: Quetta

A faction of the Pakistani Taliban says it carried out a suicide attack at a hospital in Quetta which killed at least 70 people.
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Pakistan hospital bomb attack kills dozens

Monday, August 8th 2016, 16:08
related places: Quetta

A suicide bomb attack has killed at least 70 people at a hospital in Quetta in south-west Pakistan.
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Pakistan hospital bomb attack kills dozens in Quetta

Monday, August 8th 2016, 15:05
related places: Quetta

A suicide bomb attack at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 70 people, many of whom had gathered to mourn a prominent local lawyer.
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Pakistan floods cause electrocution deaths

Sunday, August 7th 2016, 9:05
related places: Karachi

Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, has suffered two days of flooding that have killed at least 12 people - most of them by electrocution.
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Police say 'honour killing victim' was strangled

Wednesday, August 3rd 2016, 20:27

Police in Pakistan have confirmed that a 28-year-old woman from Bradford found dead in the Punjab at the end of July was strangled.
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Photoshopped celebrities used for Kashmir pellet gun campaign

Thursday, July 28th 2016, 14:09
related places: Kashmir

A Pakistani group has photoshopped images of celebrities with facial pellet gun injuries to highlight the recent violence in Kashmir.
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Key Islamic State leader Saad Emarati 'killed in Afghanistan'

Tuesday, July 26th 2016, 11:07
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghanistan's military says it has killed more than 120 suspected militants, including a founder of so-called Islamic State's faction in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Pakistan row over future of Bin Laden's compound

Friday, July 22nd 2016, 12:34

A row has erupted in Pakistan over what to do with the land where al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden lived - with the government saying it should be a playground.
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Parents on losing celebrity daughter at hands of son

Thursday, July 21st 2016, 15:17

The parents of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch speak of losing their daughter at the hands of their son.
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Qandeel Baloch: Murdered Pakistan celebrity's parents speak of pain

Thursday, July 21st 2016, 14:11

Pakistani celebrity Qandeel Baloch's parents tell the BBC of their closeness to her and their bitterness towards their son, who says he murdered her.
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Pakistan burned teacher's death was 'not suicide', investigation says

Thursday, July 21st 2016, 11:21

A Pakistani woman who died of severe burns, allegedly after spurning a suitor, did not take her own life, as local police claimed, a fact finding mission says.
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Pakistan top judge's kidnapped son rescued after gun battle

Tuesday, July 19th 2016, 10:45

The son of a senior Pakistani judge is rescued by security forces a month after being kidnapped by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, the military says.
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Qandeel Baloch: Cleric who appeared in selfies investigated

Monday, July 18th 2016, 17:42

Police in Pakistan investigate a Muslim cleric who appeared in photos with blogger Qandeel Baloch, murdered by her brother for "dishonouring" their family.
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Qandeel Baloch case: Brother held for Pakistan celebrity's murder

Sunday, July 17th 2016, 10:49

The brother of controversial Pakistani social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, is arrested for her murder.
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Qandeel Baloch: Pakistan social media celebrity 'killed by brother'

Saturday, July 16th 2016, 11:42

Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch is strangled by her brother in an apparent honour killing in the province of Punjab, police say.
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Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies aged 88

Saturday, July 9th 2016, 12:37

Thousands attend the funeral of renowned Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who has died at 88 after a life dedicated to the poor.
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