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Uncommon tongue: Pakistan's confusing move to Urdu - BBC News Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:51:08 GMT

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Uncommon tongue: Pakistan's confusing move to Urdu
BBC News
While many nations are adopting English, Pakistan is going the opposite way, with the Supreme Court ruling for it to be replaced with Urdu as the official language. Urdu is beautiful, vastly expressive, and the medium of some of the most powerful ...

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Seeking justice for deadly Pakistan factory blaze - Aljazeera.com (blog) Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:19:00 GMT

Aljazeera.com (blog)
Seeking justice for deadly Pakistan factory blaze
Aljazeera.com (blog)
When the fire broke out at the Ali Enterprises factory in Karachi, Pakistan, there was no way for workers to escape the flames - no firefighting equipment, no safety procedures in place, and steel bars blocked windows. Workers who managed to ...

Analysts Skeptical Over Pakistan-Russia Su-35 Negotiations - DefenseNews.com Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:32:55 GMT

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Analysts Skeptical Over Pakistan-Russia Su-35 Negotiations
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ISLAMABAD — Analysts are generally skeptical at present of reports Pakistan and Russia are engaged in negotiations for the delivery of a number of Su-35 Flanker E fighter aircraft, though there is a potential requirement for such a heavy fighter. The ...
Russian Deputy FM terms Pakistan as Russia's 'closest partner'DunyaNews Pakistan

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Pakistan's film industry is back in business—and not just because of Bollywood - Quartz Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:29:07 GMT

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Pakistan's film industry is back in business—and not just because of Bollywood
Quartz
“There wasn't such a trend in the past of releasing x number of 'international standard' films, but with many prominent names from our television working on films now, there's a bright future ahead,” a spokesperson at Geo TV, one of Pakistan's biggest ...

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How safe is Pakistan for journalists? - Deutsche Welle Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:11:42 GMT

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How safe is Pakistan for journalists?
Deutsche Welle
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), have strongly condemned the killings of two Pakistani journalists within a day in the southern city of Karachi. Aftab Alam, a senior ...
Nexus of banned outfits, criminals 'Channel-2' unearthed in KarachiGeo News, Pakistan

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Pakistan: Work on delayed gas pipeline to start this year - U.S. News & World Report Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:00:03 GMT

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Pakistan: Work on delayed gas pipeline to start this year
U.S. News & World Report
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister said Friday that Turkmenistan will begin construction on a much-delayed gas pipeline stretching from Central Asia to South Asia by the end of the year, a project that once completed is expected to help his ...
Pakistan: Work on delayed pipeline to startSalt Lake Tribune

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India, Pakistan border chiefs agree to lower tensions in Kashmir - Reuters Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:01:43 GMT

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India, Pakistan border chiefs agree to lower tensions in Kashmir
Reuters
The heads of India's Border Security Force and the Pakistani Rangers met in New Delhi to find ways to de-escalate tensions along the border as part of a series of measures agreed by the leaders of the two countries in July. The border chiefs agreed to ...
Why Pakistan's army is targeting the MQM partyDeutsche Welle
India-Pakistan DG-level talks: Cordial and a few takeawaysThe Indian Express
India, Pakistan Move Toward Cease-fire EnforcementVoice of America
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Saudi Arabia to review relations with 'untrustworthy' Pakistan - Business Standard Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:29:24 GMT

Saudi Arabia to review relations with 'untrustworthy' Pakistan
Business Standard
After Pakistan failed to join the Saudi-led Operation Decisive Storm, in which numerous airstrikes were conducted throughout Yemen against Houthi forces between March 26 and April 21 this year, Saudi Arabia has now decided to review its military and ...

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Instead of helping refugees, Pakistan is pushing them into a war zone - Washington Post Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:31:48 GMT

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Instead of helping refugees, Pakistan is pushing them into a war zone
Washington Post
Every day, hundreds of Afghan refugees arrive at the bus tops of Kabul and other Afghan cities from Pakistan, where most have lived for years, if not decades, in teeming camps. This year, the hundreds have swelled to the tens of thousands. They arrive ...
US drone strike kills 15 Pakistani Taliban in AfghanistanReuters
US airstrike kills 15 Pakistani Taliban fighters in eastern AfghanistanLong War Journal

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Chinese Embassy Fails to Address Plight of Uyghur Family in Pakistan - Radio Free Asia Fri, 11 Sep 2015 21:36:32 GMT

Chinese Embassy Fails to Address Plight of Uyghur Family in Pakistan
Radio Free Asia
Asiye Kerim, 48, married Pakistani businessman Abduljalil Abdulwahab in 1995 in Korla, in the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The couple had two children in Xinjiang before ...

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