All news on the topic: Pakistan

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Bomb blast at train station in Pakistan kills at least 24
Police say army personnel targeted in possible suicide bombing in country’s south-west and many of more than 40 injured in critical condition
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Saladin and the wonderful lamp: Why Iran truly believes Israel is using djinns to combat Hezbollah
A prominent Iranian theologian, Mustafa Karami, recently claimed that Israel’s success in eliminating Hamas and Hezbollah commanders can be attributed to an army of djinns that Israel has allegedly enlisted.
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Murder for hire: Inside Iran’s proxy war with Israel in the West
The Islamic Republic’s long shadow war with Israel is playing out in the West with a rise in alleged Iran-linked murder and kidnapping plots, often with the help of hired assassins.
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An attack on a convoy of foreign diplomats in Pakistan has resulted in the death of a police officer
A roadside bomb hit a convoy of foreign diplomats visiting northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing a police officer in their security detail, police said.
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Doctor who feared deportation after visa setback wins Home Office U-turn
Department says it has reconsidered case of Tajwer Siddiqui, whose autistic adult daughter was refused visa
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Steward gave controversial consultants an interest in Malta Company at heart of Huge Graft Scandal
Shaukat Ali, a Pakistani businessman who helped U.S.-based Steward Health Care secure a massive public contract in Malta, says he and his son were paid only normal consulting fees for their work. Leaked documents show they were promised much more.
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Gangster who cheated the taxman to build a £2.3m castle in Pakistan repays only £1,700
The scam was exposed after cops raided his Birmingham home and found plans for a palace
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Pakistani journalist’s murder sparks global outcry
Unknown attackers brutally assassinated veteran Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran, a husband and father of six, who has over the past two years covered the rise of militancy and terrorism in the country.
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Pensioner accused of murdering cop was 'mastermind' behind fatal robbery
Leeds Crown Court heard Piran Ditta Khan had a "pivotal" role in planning the robbery which lead to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in 2005
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife jailed 14 years for corruption
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was hit with a second prison sentence in as many days today as he was given 14 years along with his wife over a corruption case
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Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets
The former Prime Minister of Pakistan and cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan was ousted from power back in 2022 in a no-confidence vote and is already serving a three-year prison sentence
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Inside 'scariest corner on Earth' besieged by starvation, kidnapping and war
One of the scariest corners on the planet is home to the Baluch people, who are viewed as traitors and separatists by three separate governments in a region teetering on the brink of war
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Pakistan bombs Iran killing 7 in revenge for drone attack that killed two kids
A retaliatory Pakistani airstrike on Iran left four children and three women dead just two days after the latter bombed Pakistan, leaving two children dead, as it allegedly targeted Iranian terrorists in the country
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Social media sees trend away from arranged marriages in town they were common
A major new study has found that arranged marriages have sharply declined song the Bradford Pakistani community, with social media and a more outgoing generations touted as significant reasons
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Sara Sharif cops in Pakistan remove children from grandfather's house after raid
A post-mortem of 10-year-old Sara Sharif's body - which was found alone at her family's home in Woking - showed "multiple and extensive injuries" that had been inflicted over a "sustained and extended" period of time
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Sara Sharif's mum describes girl's horrific injuries when identifying her body
Olga Sharif said she had separated from her husband in 2015, and Sara and her older brother had been living with her until 2019 when the family court ruled they should live with their dad
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Pakistan cops 'asked to search for Sara Sharif's family 5 days after body found'
Pakistan police were reportedly told to start their search for Sara Sharif's family on August 15 after receiving a request from Interpol via the country's Federal Investigation Agency
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Pakistan police track phone and expect to arrest Sara Sharif's dad in just hours
.Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking after police were called from Pakistan on August 10 by her dad, Urfan Sharif, who is now wanted for questioning
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Fugitive dad of murdered Sara Sharif, 10, 'will be arrested in hours'
A senior officer said the net is closing in on Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik, who all left the UK after Sara Sharif died
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Police are 'closing in' on dad of murdered Woking girl, 10, after he vanished
Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool, and his brother Faisal Malik are understood to have flown to Islamabad the day before Sara was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10
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'Murdered' girl, 10, seen with 'cuts and bruises' but gave friend tragic excuse
Sara Sharif was found dead at her family's home in Woking, with police reportedly being called by her dad after he fled the country with his partner and brother
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Incredible Pakistan drone footage shows people trapped hanging in cable car
The cable car had been carrying six children and two adults, thought to be teachers, to their school in the remote mountainous region of Battagram, 120 miles north of Islamabad, when two of the cables snapped
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Boy trapped in cable car hanging 1,200ft in air 'thought we were going to die'
The cable car had been carrying six children and two adults to their school in the remote mountainous region of Battagram when one of the cables snapped on Tuesday morning
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Five children rescued in cable car horror as one still trapped 900ft in air
The army has been called in after six children and two adults were trapped, dangling precariously 900ft above the ground, in a cable car after one of the lines snapped during their journey to school
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