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Pakistan deploys more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces ahead of Eid al-Fitr
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces at mosques and marketplaces across the country ahead of the massive Eid al-Fitr holiday, officials said Tuesday. Eid al-Fitr, which means feast, will be celebrated in Pakistan on...
1 police officer killed and 6 others wounded in grenade attack at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A police officer died and six other officers were wounded in a grenade attack Monday at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan, authorities said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack near Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. Local...
Motorcycle bomb kills 2 people and wounds 5 in Pakistan's restive southwest
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A motorcycle bomb killed two people and wounded five in Pakistan's southwest, a police official said Sunday. It's the latest unrest to hit Baluchistan province, where militants have tried to target a naval facility and a government building in recent weeks....
Pakistani court suspends sentence for ex-PM Khan and wife in a graft case but couple won't be freed
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani appeals court on Monday suspended a 14-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a corruption case, but the couple won't be released because they are already serving prison terms in other cases, officials said. However,...
A bomb blast kills 1 person and wounds 14 in Pakistan’s southwest
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb blast killed one person and wounded 14 in Pakistan’s southwest on Saturday, including three soldiers, a police official said. The blast occurred in Hernai district, which is northeast of Quetta city in Baluchistan province. Javed...
Pakistani police say 5 Chinese nationals and their local driver were killed in a suicide attack
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle Tuesday, killing five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, police and government officials said. The attack happened in Shangla, a district in the Khyber...
New finance minister says Pakistan will seek a long-term IMF loan to stabilize the economy
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan plans to seek a long-term loan from the International Monetary Fund to help stabilize the country's ailing economy after the end of the IMF's current $3 billion bailout package, the country's newly appointed finance minister said Friday. Muhammad...
Pakistan repulses attack near Chinese-funded port in southwest, killing 8 insurgents, officials say
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces Wednesday killed at least eight insurgents as they repulsed an attack by a separatist group on a sprawling government building outside the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in the volatile southwest, officials said. Three security forces...
Pakistan and IMF reach preliminary deal to release $1.1 billion from bailout fund, IMF says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund reached a preliminary agreement for the release of $1.1 billion from a $3 billion bailout following dayslong talks in Islamabad, the IMF said Wednesday. Under the deal, Pakistan will receive the final tranche from the...
IMF to hold crucial talks with Pakistan over release of final $1.1B tranche of $3B bailout
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund will hold a crucial round of talks with Pakistan's newly elected government this week to determine whether the country has met conditions for receiving the much needed final $1.1 billion tranche of a $3 billion bailout, officials said Wednesday. ...
