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News Articles: Pakistan

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan listens to a member of the media during a talk with reporters regarding the current political situation and the ongoing cases against him at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug. 3, 2023.

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  • Asia

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan gets another prison sentence ahead of elections

A Pakistani court convicted Khan of revealing official secrets and sentenced him to 10 years — the latest in a slew of legal cases that supporters say are meant to sideline the imprisoned politician.

January 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A civil defense team carries out search-and-rescue operations in a damaged building following a missile strike launched by Iran on Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdish region, on Tuesday.

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  • World

Iran's regional flashpoints are increasing. Here's what to know

Pakistan and Iran have traded cross-border rocket attacks, stoking fears of widening conflict even farther.

January 19, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider
A Pakistani flag flies on a lookout in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 27, 2022.

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  • Asia

Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes on Iran after Tehran attack

Pakistan launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday on Iran allegedly targeting militant positions, a deadly attack that further raised tensions between the neighboring nations.

January 18, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan's Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. This endangered species is seeing numbers revive, with fisherfolk playing a role as citizen-scientists.

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  • Animals

An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk

In Pakistan, illiterate fishermen have become citizen scientists, helping to revive the fortunes of the endangered Indus River dolphin.

January 07, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
An army soldier examines damages on the site of a bombing at a police station on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

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  • Asia

Pakistan troops search for militants suspected in deadly attack on police station

The death toll from Tuesday's attack in northwest Pakistan was likely to rise as some of the officers were in critical condition, authorities said.

December 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Pakistani teacher Riffat Arif, known as Sister Zeph, is the 2023 winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. She holds a trophy presented at a dinner in her honor in Paris. She says she faced bad treatment from her teachers at school and dreamed of "a teacher who gives equal respect and love to children with no difference. I could not find that teacher, so I will be that teacher."

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  • Education

$1 million teacher prize goes to Sister Zeph. Her philosophy: 'Love is the language'

The Pakistani educator has won the largest annual prize for teachers from the Varkey Foundation. She says her teaching reflects her belief that "Love is the language that everybody can understand."

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Anya Kamenetz
A worker harvests mangrove "propagules" from a forest planted five years ago in the Indus River Delta in southern Pakistan. A propagule is basically a spear-shaped baby tree that drops off the mama tree. They're harvested and planted elsewhere as workers undertake one of the largest mangrove forestation efforts in the world – a project that will take years and cost millions.

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  • World

Pakistan is planting lots of mangrove forests. So why are some upset?

Pakistan is reforesting its river delta with mangrove forests nearly the size of Rhode Island. But why are some upset?

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
Afghan families ride on a truck heading to a border crossing in Torkham, Pakistan, Tuesday, before the expiration of a Pakistani deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. Pakistan's crackdown has worried thousands of Afghans in the country awaiting relocation to the United States under a special refugee program since fleeing the Taliban takeover.

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  • World

In a new expulsion campaign, Pakistan is forcing many Afghans out of the country

Pakistan has drawn criticism for warning those living in the country illegally to leave or be arrested and deported after Oct. 31. The U.N. says over 2 million undocumented Afghans live in Pakistan.

October 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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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  • Weather

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
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