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News Articles: Pakistan

A view of the Pakistani territory of Baltistan from the heights of the mountain above the village of Chunda. The patches of white in the foreground are snow and water. The patches of silver in the distance are clouds that shroud the peaks of most mountains in Baltistan. The territory boasts towering peaks, including K2, the world's second highest mountain.

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  • Environment

A glacier baby is born: Mating glaciers to replace water lost to climate change

Residents of Pakistan's Himalayan region turn to science and folklore, with backing from the U.N. They're erecting ice towers, harvesting avalanches and performing an ancient glacier ritual.

September 04, 2023
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  • Diaa Hadid
Rescue workers evacuate villagers through a boat from a flooded area of Pakpattan district of Pakistan's Punjab province, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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  • Asia

Millions of children need aid a year after Pakistan's devastating floods, UNICEF says

Dozens of countries and institutions pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan rebuild from last summer's floods. But most of the pledges are for project loans still in the planning stages.

August 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo released by Rescue 1122 Emergency Department, rescue workers help a villager as he and others are being evacuate from a flooded area of Bahawalnagar district in Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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More than 100,000 people have been evacuated over 3 weeks from flooding in Pakistan

Pakistani authorities are still struggling to overcome the damage caused by massive floods last summer that affected 33 million people and killed 1,739.

August 23, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
In this image taken from video, a cable car carrying six children and two adults dangles hundreds of feet above the ground in the remote Battagram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Tuesday. A rescue mission is underway.

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  • World

All 8 people who were trapped in a dangling cable car in Pakistan have been rescued

A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of feet above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke. Army commandos rescued them after an hourslong operation.

August 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo provided by district police office, a police officer pours water into a burning house in a Christian neighborhood in Jaranwala, near Faisalabad, Pakistan, Wednesday. A mob burned a church and damaged at least four others, police and local Christians said. The mob also demolished a man's house after accusing him of desecrating Islam's holy book, and attacked other Christian homes.

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  • World

A mob in Pakistan burned a church and Christian homes after blasphemy accusations

A Pakistani Christian leader appealed for help on social media, asking authorities to "assure us that our lives are valuable in our own homeland that has just celebrated independence and freedom."

August 16, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lawmakers of the National Assembly arrive for a group photo with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the end of the last session of the current parliament, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.

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  • Asia

Pakistan's parliament is dissolved to pave way for elections

Pakistan's president on Wednesday dissolved the lower house of parliament as the country's top opposition leader is fighting to overturn a corruption conviction.

August 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Local residents examine damaged cars of a passenger train which was derailed near Nawabshah, Pakistan. Railway officials say some passengers were killed and dozens more injured when a train derailed near the town of Nawabshah.

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  • Asia

The injury toll climbs from a train derailment in Pakistan that has left dozens dead

Ten cars of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned, near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah, trapping many passengers, said a senior railway official.

August 06, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Police officers prepare to take position outside the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023.

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  • Asia

Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, arrested following court conviction

Pakistani police arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in the city of Lahore after a court convicted him in an asset concealment case and handed him down a three-year prison sentence.

August 05, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A vendor in Old Delhi mixes a pink beverage of Rooh Afza diluted with milk.

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  • World

Across South Asia, this sweet drink is synonymous with summertime refreshment

Invented in 1907 to beat the effects of extreme heat, Rooh Afza — a ruby-red, plant-based concentrate — is diluted with water, milk or ice and is a summertime favorite in India, Pakistan and beyond.

August 05, 2023
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  • Sushmita Pathak
A Pakistani police officer stands guard at the site of Sunday's suicide bomber attack in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Monday, July 31, 2023.

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  • Asia

The death toll in the Pakistan suicide bombing rises as families hold funerals

No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, which killed dozens and wounded nearly 200 people.

July 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Syed Ali Raza and Rukhsana Jafri hold up a photograph of their son, Zain, who is missing after the migrant shipwreck. The family lives in Budho Kalas village, Punjab province, where Zain was a police officer. He had quit his job to start a business that wasn't profitable enough, then set off on an illegal migration to Europe for more lucrative employment.

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  • Global Health

They set sail with dreams and met disaster: Stories from the ill-fated migrant ship

Hundreds of illegal migrants from Pakistan and other nations were aboard, hoping to land lucrative jobs in Europe. We talk to family members, some still awaiting news of the fate of their loved ones.

June 27, 2023
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  • Betsy Joles
Pakistan's law and justice minister, Azam Nazeer Tarar, seen here in April in Islamabad, said in an interview with NPR that Pakistan's use of an anti-terrorism law is "fully compliant with international guarantees for free trial" and said those accused have the right to "engage counsel of their choice." He expects it will take "a few months" for trials to wrap up.

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  • World

Pakistan's law minister defends putting protesters on trial in military courts

Pakistan's law and justice minister Azam Nazeer Tarar defends his government's decision to use an anti-terrorism law and military courts to try some civilians who were involved in protests last month.

June 27, 2023
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  • Vincent Ni
Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, during an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 2.

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  • World

When Pakistan's politics get tough, Pakistanis respond with memes and humor

Political humor in Pakistan has evolved over the years to evade censorship and other restrictions. After ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest in May, the internet exploded with memes and jokes.

June 16, 2023
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  • Betsy Joles
Police officers patrol around the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday. Pakistani police kept up their siege around the home of Khan as a 24-hour deadline given to the former premier to hand over suspects allegedly sheltered inside was about to expire on Thursday.

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  • World

Pakistani forces surround Imran Khan's home as political crisis escalates

The security forces' action came after authorities demanded that Khan hand over dozens of protesters believed to have been among those who smashed and set fire to army installations last week.

May 18, 2023
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on Friday.

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  • World

A Pakistani court orders former Prime Minister Imran Khan to be released on bail

A Pakistani court has granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan bail in multiple cases against him, allowing for his release following his dramatic arrest earlier this week.

May 12, 2023
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  • Diaa Hadid,
  • Vincent Ni,
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