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Pakistan's parliament amends law to extend the tenure of military chiefs from 3 to 5 years
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliament passed legislation Monday to extend the tenures of military chiefs from three to five years, despite protests from lawmakers who said it was hastily passed without allowing comment from the opposition. The bill promoted by the administration...
Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing nine people including five nearby children, and wounding 17 other people, officials said. ...
Australian judge rules senator broke race law by telling rival legislator to return to Pakistan
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge ruled Friday that anti-immigration party leader Sen. Pauline Hanson breached a racial anti-discrimination law by crudely telling Pakistan-born Sen. Mehreen Faruqi to return to her homeland. Faruqi sued Hanson in Federal Court over a...
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Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead, local authorities said. Three of the attackers were also killed in the exchange of fire. ...
Russia's embassy in Pakistan says it is verifying reports that one of its citizens was abducted
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Russia's embassy in Pakistan said Tuesday it is attempting to verify reports that one of its citizens was abducted in the South Asian nation's troubled northwest. The embassy provided no further details in a post on the social media platform X. The...
Pakistani human rights activists condemn arrest of lawyers on charges creating a security risk
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's police on Monday arrested a Pakistani lawyer and her husband who are known for taking on human rights cases, drawing criticism from rights groups. Islamabad police announced in an X post that they arrested Amaan Mazari and Abdul Hadi on a charge of...
Pakistan begins another vaccination campaign after a worrying surge in polio cases
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in one of the two countries where it has never been eradicated. Pakistan regularly...
3 Indian soldiers and 2 civilians are killed in an alleged rebel ambush in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Three Indian soldiers and their two civilian porters were killed in a rebel ambush in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Friday. Police said rebels sprayed bullets at an army vehicle carrying troops close to the highly militarized line of control near...
Wife of Pakistan's imprisoned former premier Imran Khan freed on bail
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The wife of Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from a high-security prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, a day after a court granted her bail in a graft case, her lawyers said. The release of Bushra Bibi came six...
