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Pakistan blasphemy suspect 'denied meeting with lawyer'

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A lawyer for a young Pakistani Christian girl arrested on blasphemy charges in a poor suburb of Islamabad claimed on Thursday he had been refused a meeting with her.

Police arrested the girl, Rimsha

Cellular services suspended in 4 Pakistan cities over terror threat

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Cellular services were on Sunday night suspended in four major Pakistani cities, including Lahore and Karachi, to prevent terrorist attacks using bombs triggered with mobile phones, Interior Minister

Northeast exodus: Pak rejects India's assertion; seeks evidence

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Pakistan has rejected as 'unfounded' India's assertion that elements in this country were using social media networking sites to whip up communal sentiments and create a scare among people from nor

‘Pak will cooperate if India gives proof’

Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik on Sunday said he had asked India to provide evidence that elements in Pakistan are using social media networking sites to whip up communal sentiments and creat

Train driver averts bombing attempt in Pakistan

Hundreds of passengers on board a Rawalpindi-bound train had a narrow escape when the driver stopped the train before it hit a bomb planted on the tracks in the restive Balochistan province, officials

Down's Syndrome Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy

A Christian girl with Down's Syndrome has been arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, accused of burning pages inscribed with verses from the Koran, police and activists said on Sunday.

Police ar

Akhtar ready to become Pak’s next bowling coach

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Former Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said he is ready to serve as the bowling coach of the national cricket team, provided the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) agrees.

Pakistan have been hunting for

Taliban stormed air base that stored nuclear weapons

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Heavily armed Taliban militants wearing suicide vests under military uniforms stormed a key Pakistan Air Force base believed to have nuclear weapons, triggering a fierce gunbattle that left nine atta

Terror attack at major Pak air base; 8 terrorists, 10 soldier killed

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A group of terrorists on Thursday stormed a key Pakistan Air Force base at Kamra in Punjab province, triggering an intense gun battle with security forces.

Pak frees 55 Indian fishermen

Pakistan on Wednesday freed 55 Indian fishermen from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi as a gesture of goodwill on the occasion of India's Independence Day. The fishermen were released from

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