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Dual nationality: Pak SC disqualifies Malik, 11 lawmakers

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Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified 12 federal and provincial lawmakers including Interior Minister Rehman Malik for violating provisions of the Constitution by holding dual nationalit

Pak calls in army to quell protest over anti-Islam film

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Angry over an anti-Islam film, thousands of protesters, many of them armed with wooden clubs, on Thursday tried to breach the sensitive diplomatic enclave in the Pakistani capital as they chanted slog

Move to restart Zardari probe

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Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was on Tuesday given another week to write to the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari after Ashraf assured the co

Pak PM appears in Supreme Court to face contempt charge

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today appeared in Pakistan’s Supreme Court to face a contempt charge for failing to act on orders to reopen graft cases against the President, marking his second appe

Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable Babur missile

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Pakistan on Monday successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Babur cruise missile with a range of 700 km that could hit targets deep inside India, with the military saying the launch had consolidated and strengthened the country's deterrence capability.

11 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan

Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 Indian fishermen and seized their two boats for allegedly violating the country's maritime boundary, officials said on Sunday.

The fishermen were arrested by th

Pak: Gilani's son gets bail after being briefly arrested

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Pakistan's former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Musa was on Friday arrested and briefly detained by the army-run Anti-Narcotics Force in connection with alleged irregularities in the import

Gilani's son arrested in connection with Ephedrine scam

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Musa was on Friday arrested by the army-run Anti-Narcotics Force in connection with a case related to alleged irregularities in the import

Pakistan McDonalds bars couple sitting next to each other

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A man and his wife were not allowed to sit beside each other at a McDonalds outlet in Pakistan by managers, who told the couple that such behaviour would have a negative impact on the 'Islamic family atmosphere' of the outlet.

Pakistan blasphemy case: Christian girl moved to undisclosed place

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A young, mentally-challenged Christian girl accused of blasphemy has been moved from the police headquarters in the Pakistani capital to an undisclosed location for security reasons, days after she wa

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