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A third Japanese climber has died on a mountain in northern Pakistan in less than a month
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Japanese climber has died while descending one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan, the third death of a Japanese on the mountain in less than a month, officials said Thursday. Rescuers have located the body of Hiroshi Onishi, 64, who fell into...
Police say a roadside bomb has killed a former Pakistani senator and 4 others in northwest Pakistan
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A former senator in Pakistan was killed Wednesday when a vehicle carrying him and supporters struck a roadside bomb in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border, police said. Four other people were killed. The attack occurred in...
Dozens rally in Pakistan after a Christian man is sentenced to death for blasphemy
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of members from Pakistan's civil society rallied on Tuesday in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the country. ...
Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said Monday, adding he will appeal the...
UN group demands release of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan; says his detention violates international law
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A United Nations human rights working group on Monday called for the immediate release of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying he had been detained “arbitrarily in violation of international laws.” The Geneva-based United Nations...
3 civilians killed in a bomb explosion in Pakistan and 2 security personnel die in a rocket attack
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province on Monday, killing a woman and two children, officials said. Four people were walking through an area in Baluchistan's Turbat district when the bomb planted by “terrorists” went off,...
18 inmates flee a prison after overpowering guard in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Eighteen inmates, including some on death row, have escaped from a prison in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir after overpowering a guard with a pistol, Pakistani officials said on Monday. Local police chief Riaz Mughal said one of the prisoners...
Pakistani parliament denounces US congressional resolution calling for a probe into recent elections
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s lower house of Parliament on Friday denounced a U.S. congressional resolution that called this week for an independent investigation into allegations that Pakistan's parliamentary elections earlier this year were massively rigged. The Pakistani...
An appeals court in Pakistan upholds conviction of Imran Khan and his wife for unlawful marriage
ISLAMABAD (AP) — An appeals court in Pakistan Thursday upheld the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife for their 2018 marriage which was found to be unlawful, officials said. The decision drew strong condemnation from Khan's...
From DVF to Star Wars, filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy charts her own path in Hollywood
Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s oeuvre defies simple categorization. She’s made documentaries about acid attack victims and child refugees. She’s focused her lens on the extraordinary life of designer Diane von Furstenberg. She’s spearheaded animated films for and about...