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‘Ghost schools’ haunt Pakistan
Pakistan’s education budget has doubled in recent years — to almost as much as the military’s — but literacy and…
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Posters raise eyebrows
Posters begging Pakistan’s powerful army chief to launch a coup appeared in major cities including the capital Islamabad overnight, raising…
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Pakistani woman ‘suffocates’ lover
A Pakistani woman who was having an affair with her cousin accidently suffocated him in a trunk after hiding him…
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Pak starts crackdown on sectarian militants
QUETTA, Pakistan, June 30, (RTRS): Pakistani forces killed three militants at the start of a crackdown on sectarian militant group…
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Pak military courts challenged – SC to rule on abuse claims in coming weeks
ISLAMABAD, June 29, (RTRS): Pakistan’s Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether secret military tribunals set up in…
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Bomb kills 3 in Pakistan
A bomb blast killed at least three people and wounded 32 others in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, on Friday,…
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Pakistan mourns murdered singer in attack claimed by Taleban
Thousands of mourners crowded the funeral procession of a beloved Pakistani singer on Thursday, a day after he was gunned…
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Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri shot dead
ISLAMABAD: Motorcycle-borne gunmen on Wednesday shot dead an acclaimed Pakistani singer in the busy port city of Karachi, police said,…
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Woman in Pakistan throws acid on Boyfriend for marriage refusal
MULTAN, Pakistan, June 16, (AFP): A Pakistani woman who allegedly threw acid on her boyfriend causing life-threatening injuries after he…
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Pakistan proves slippery target for Islamic State group
ISLAMABAD, June 15, (AFP): As investigators probe connections between the Orlando killer and the Islamic State group, analysts say the…
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