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28Jul/17

Pakistan PM resigns after court order to disqualify him: statement

July 28, 2017PoliticsAsian people, Country: Pakistan, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Kashmiri people, London, Maryam Nawaz, Muhajir people, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistani coup d'état, Pakistani people, Pakistani politicians, Panama Papers case, Politics, Prime Minister, Prime Ministers of Pakistan, Punjabi people, Ryan Brooks, Sharif family, Supreme Court of Pakistansmbale

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns from his post hours after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family. Ryan Brooks reports. Continue reading →

08Jul/17

Facebook meets Pakistan government after blasphemy death sentence

July 8, 2017InternetAli Khan, Articles, Asia, Blasphemy, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Company: Facebook, Country: Pakistan, Facebook, Human activities, Internet censorship in Pakistan, Islam and blasphemy, Islamabad, Islamic jurisprudence, Joel Kaplan, Karachi, Lahore, Nisar, Pakistan, Politics, Religionsmbale

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (JULY 7, 2017) (INTERIOR MINISTRY HANDOUT) – A senior Facebook official met with Pakistan’s interior minister on Friday (July 7) to discuss a demand that the company prevent blasphemous content or be blocked.
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10Apr/17

Malala receives highest U.N. honor to promote girls education

April 10, 2017EducationActivism, Activists, Antonio Guterres, Burundi, Charlize Theron, Islamabad, Kenya, Leonardo di Caprio, Malala Yousafzai, Malala's Magic Pencil, Michael Douglas, Muzoon Almellehan, Nationality, Pakistan, Pakistani people, Pakistani refugees, Pashtun people, Rwanda, Social Issues, Somalia, Swat District, United Kingdom, Violence against women in Pakistan, We Are Displaced, Women, Women and education, Ziauddin Yousafzaismbale

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is appointed a U.N. Messenger of Peace to promote girls education.
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08Dec/16

Investigators seek answers after deadly plane crash in Pakistan

December 8, 2016WorldAbbottabad District, Aviation, Aviation accidents and incidents, Havelian, Irshad Khan, Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, Subdivisions of Pakistansmbale

Investigators search for answers after 46 people were killed in Pakistan’s deadliest plane crash in four year near the town of Havelian.

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26Oct/15

Powerful earthquake strikes Afghanistan, causes deaths in neighbouring Pakistan

October 26, 2015EnvironmentAfghanistan, Afghanistan earthquake, Anum Khan, Earthquake, Geology, India, India and Pakistan, Islamabad, Kabul, Kashmir earthquake, Lithosphere, mobile networks, Mohammad Ali, Natural Disaster, Nature, Nepal, New Delhi, northeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Peshawar, Seismology, Sikkim earthquake, Structure of the Earth, Tahir Iqbal, u.s. geological survey, Virginia earthquakesmbale

Strong earthquake from Afghanistan rattles northeastern Pakistan as well, leaving at least 12 dead, scores injured.

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