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Migrants who survived capsize off African coast begin returning to Pakistan

Jan. 30, 2025 05:30 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A group of migrants who survived the capsizing of a boat off the coast of West Africa earlier this month began returning to Pakistan on Thursday, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Some 50 people died when a boat carrying them to the Canary Islands...

Pakistani man accused of killing US-born daughter over TikTok videos appears in court

Jan. 30, 2025 03:43 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani man suspected of killing his U.S.-born 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she apparently refused to stop sharing videos on TikTok appeared in court Thursday in the southwestern city of Quetta, police said. The man, who was...

2 Pakistani soldiers and 6 militants are killed in a raid in the northwest, the military says

Jan. 30, 2025 03:18 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest, triggering an intense shootout in which two soldiers and six militants were killed, the military said Thursday. The raid was...

2 soldiers, 5 militants killed in southwest Pakistan during attack on security post

Jan. 28, 2025 07:47 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A group of militants attacked a security post in southwest Pakistan, triggering an intense shootout in which two soldiers and five insurgents were killed, military and local officials said on Tuesday. The overnight attack happened in Qila Abdullah, a...

Afghan refugees urge Pakistan to ease visa regime after Trump pauses US resettlement programs

Jan. 24, 2025 08:04 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan refugees on Friday appealed to Pakistan's premier to ease a visa regime on humanitarian grounds after President Donald Trump paused the U.S. refugee programs. Many Afghans whose visas have either expired or will expire soon fear arrest and deportation. ...

Pakistan's parliament passes bill with sweeping controls on social media

Jan. 23, 2025 07:44 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a controversial bill that will give the government sweeping controls on social media, including sending users to prison for spreading disinformation. The bill was quickly passed after lawmakers from the...

Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension

Jan. 22, 2025 12:10 PM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.S. troops. An estimated...

Lawmakers in Pakistan's Punjab impose total ban on kite fliers over safety concerns

Jan. 21, 2025 07:06 AM EST

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan's most populous Punjab province on Tuesday passed a law permanently banning kite flying. The measure, which includes enhanced prison terms and heavy fines on kite fliers and kite manufacturers, comes ahead of the decades-old festival of...

Pakistan's largest airport becomes operational, part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative

Jan. 20, 2025 06:06 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s largest airport, funded and built in the country's restive southwest by Beijin g, has become operational, officials said Monday. Gwadar airport is in the province of Balochistan, which has for decades been the scene of an insurgency by...

Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case

Jan. 17, 2025 07:51 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said. It's yet another blow for the former...