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  Pakistan imposes Eid holiday shutdown as Covid cases soar

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 09:48pm on May 08, 2021

  Pakistan on Saturday began a nine-day shutdown affecting travel and tourist hotspots in a bid to prevent a surge in Covid cases during the Muslim...

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  Pakistan parliament defers on French envoy’s expulsion

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 10:59am on April 23, 2021

  Pakistan’s parliament will resume debating the fate of the French ambassador on Friday after the government appeared, for now, to put a lid on bloody...

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  Pakistan PM battles fallout in France blasphemy row

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 10:28am on April 20, 2021

  Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan had hoped a fight over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed would result in an easy win – placating the ultra-conservative...

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  Pakistan orders temporary social media shutdown

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 12:16am on April 17, 2021

  The Pakistan government on Friday ordered an hours-long shut down of social media and instant messaging platforms after days of violent anti-France protests. In a...

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  French embassy advises citizens to leave Pakistan

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 07:04pm on April 15, 2021

  The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country, after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts...

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  Malala signs Apple TV deal

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 11:11pm on March 09, 2021

  Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize as a teenager after surviving a Taliban assassination attempt, has signed a deal with Apple TV+...

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  Pak PM survives confidence vote

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 01:35am on March 07, 2021

  Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan survived a vote of confidence by the country’s parliament on Saturday, days after his party lost a key Senate seat...

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  Pak lawyers seek review of acquittals in Daniel Pearl murder

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 09:52pm on January 29, 2021

  Lawyers have filed a last-ditch attempt to overturn the acquittal of a British-born militant convicted of masterminding the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in...

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  China to donate 5,00,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 11:58pm on January 22, 2021

  China will donate 5,00,000 doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan, the country’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday. It comes as the number...

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  Historic K2 team make it back to base camp

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 10:33am on January 18, 2021

  The triumphant team of Nepali climbers who made history when they became the first to summit Pakistan’s K2 in winter arrived safely back at base...