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Sikh pilgrimage transcends Pakistan-India tensions - Aljazeera.com Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:51:35 GMT

Sikh pilgrimage transcends Pakistan-India tensions
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Nankana Sahib, Pakistan - If Balwant Singh, a 73-year-old retired teacher from India, had the option seven decades ago, he would never have left Pakistan. When British India was partitioned in 1947 to create two new nations - India and Pakistan, Singh ...

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Pakistani bride arrested in mass poisoning warned against forced marriage - CBS News Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:27:00 GMT

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Pakistani bride arrested in mass poisoning warned against forced marriage
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BASTI LASHARI, Pakistan -- Aasia Bibi had warned her parents time and again that if they forced her to marry her cousin, a man she disliked, she would be capable of going to any length to exit the union. She was already in a relationship, she said, and ...
Pakistani police arrest aunt in family poisoning caseSeattle Times
Aunt arrested over family poisoning case in PakistanThe National

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In Pakistan, North Korean diplomat's alcohol stash raises bootlegging suspicions - Reuters.com Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:00:17 GMT

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In Pakistan, North Korean diplomat's alcohol stash raises bootlegging suspicions
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Neighbors say when three men kicked down the doors and burgled the home of a North Korean diplomat in Islamabad last month, it took them more than three hours to lug out their booty: thousands of bottles of Scotch whisky, beer ...

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22 killed in Pakistan bus crash - The Hindu Thu, 09 Nov 2017 02:16:00 GMT

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22 killed in Pakistan bus crash
The Hindu
At least 22 people were killed and 51 others injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Attock district of Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday night, police said. Zeeshan Afzal, an officer from Punjab Highway Patrolling Police, told Xinhua ...
Pakistan bus crash kills 15Miami Herald
Pakistan: At least 24 killed in bus accidentAnadolu Agency

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To Catch Up With India, Pakistan Needs Modi's Magic - Forbes Wed, 08 Nov 2017 01:31:00 GMT

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To Catch Up With India, Pakistan Needs Modi's Magic
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India and Pakistan have made good progress in recent years in lifting their economies up in key international rankings. But Pakistan's progress lags far behind that of India's. Pakistan, for instance, ranks 114 in global competitiveness ranking, while ...

A ban on adverts defending human rights? TfL must think again - The Guardian Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:27:00 GMT

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A ban on adverts defending human rights? TfL must think again
The Guardian
Transport for London appears to have caved in to pressure from the Pakistan government and banned London taxi advertisements that draw attention to its human rights abuses in the war-torn disputed province of Balochistan. Islamabad denounced the ...

Pakistan to help Indian pilgrims - The Hindu Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:16:00 GMT

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Pakistan to help Indian pilgrims
The Hindu
The Pakistani declaration came days after Islamabad allowed 2,600 Indian pilgrims to visit Nankana Sahib to celebrate the annual festivities around the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in Talwandi Sahib, Pakistan, during November 2-11, 2017.
BJP delegation visits Pakistan High Commission in New DelhiThe Nation

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Pakistan gets a grip on a region known as a nexus of terror — but ... - Los Angeles Times Sun, 05 Nov 2017 10:02:18 GMT

Los Angeles Times
Pakistan gets a grip on a region known as a nexus of terror — but ...
Los Angeles Times
For three years, he had lived outside his home province of North Waziristan, one of the most dangerous places in the world. One night in January, 22-year-old ...

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Hockey: Australia leave Pakistan red-faced with 9-1 - Pakistan Today Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:07:14 GMT

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Hockey: Australia leave Pakistan red-faced with 9-1
Pakistan Today
MELBOURNE: Pakistan lost their opening match of the International Festival of Hockey against host Australia by a big eight goals in a 9-1 defeat at the State Netball and Hockey Centre here in Melbourne on Wednesday. Blake Govers scored a hat-trick ...

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Pakistan debates how to fill education gaps - TODAYonline Thu, 09 Nov 2017 02:41:41 GMT

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Pakistan debates how to fill education gaps
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MURREE, Pakistan — Two young boys kneel over small white tables, intently studying the Quran at a madrassa in Pakistan. The Al-Nadwa Madrassa in the hill station of Murree, 30 km from the capital, Islamabad, is part of an established alternative ...

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