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Pakistan Is the Crisis Flying Under the Radar - Foreign Policy Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:45:52 GMT

Foreign Policy

Pakistan Is the Crisis Flying Under the Radar
Foreign Policy
As the sixth-most-populous country in the world (ahead of Nigeria, and behind Brazil), Pakistan is home to more than 200 million people and, by some accounts, the world's second-largest city, Karachi. When Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was elected in May ...
South China Sea Disputes Will Soon Catch Up With Pakistan's Red Hot Stock MarketForbes
China hails Pakistan's efforts in combating terrorismDaily Pakistan
Pak-US relations under the Trump administrationPakistan Today (press release)

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Pakistan's Unending War on Civil Society - War on the Rocks - War on the Rocks Tue, 24 Jan 2017 18:19:09 GMT

War on the Rocks

Pakistan's Unending War on Civil Society - War on the Rocks
War on the Rocks
Pakistan continues to burnish its credentials as a state sponsor of terrorism abroad and as a repressive, murderous environment for dissidents at home. It.

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Pakistan Tests Ballistic Missile Capable of Carrying Multiple Nuclear Warheads - Voice of America Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:26:55 GMT

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Pakistan Tests Ballistic Missile Capable of Carrying Multiple Nuclear Warheads
Voice of America
Pakistan says it has successfully tested a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and can hit targets with precision as far as 2,200 kilometers. Tuesday's maiden flight test of the Ababeel missile was ...
Pakistan Tests New Ballistic Missile Capable of Carrying Multiple Nuclear WarheadsThe Diplomat
Pakistan conducts first flight test of nuclear-capable 'Ababeel' missileThe Indian Express
Pakistan conducts 1st test of 'Ababeel' nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missileRT
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Saris swirl at rare Pakistan transgender party - Bangkok Post Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:04:44 GMT

Bangkok Post

Saris swirl at rare Pakistan transgender party
Bangkok Post
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - At a party in Peshawar, the guests' saris twirled as they danced to the music and fed each other pieces of cake, but armed police guarding the door indicated this was no normal carefree birthday gathering. The revellers were ...

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Pakistan is about to include transgender people in their census. The US still does not. - Mic Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:15:47 GMT

Mic

Pakistan is about to include transgender people in their census. The US still does not.
Mic
On Jan. 9, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled to include the lab "transgender" as an option in the national census. At the same time, United States then-President-elect Donald Trump was assembling a Cabinet largely composed of people — mostly straight ...


Thunderstruck! Green's Pakistan payday - Perth Now Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:22:44 GMT

Perth Now

Thunderstruck! Green's Pakistan payday
Perth Now
The PSL final will be played in Pakistan and the Thunder spinner labelled it an “exciting prospect”. “Pakistan is obviously cricket mad and I'm sure they've been longing for cricket to be back in their home country,” he said. “I'm sure the players feel ...

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Pakistan stocks hit record high - Bangkok Post Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:53:29 GMT

Bangkok Post

Pakistan stocks hit record high
Bangkok Post
KARACHI, PAKISTAN - Pakistan's benchmark index briefly touched a record high level of 50,050.19 on Tuesday, before edging down, underpinned by buying in the cement sector. The Pakistan Stock Exchange's benchmark 100-share index touched the key ...

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Ministry of External Affairs grants visas to Pakistani actors - Times of India Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:41:31 GMT

Times of India

Ministry of External Affairs grants visas to Pakistani actors
Times of India
Ever since the Uri attack last September, Indo-Pakistan relations have deteriorated due to incendiary statements and cross-border firing by Pakistan. Many Pakistani artists were forced to leave India, after chauvinistic parties like the MNS threatened ...

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Bruce Riedel: How Will Trump Handle a Pakistan Surprise? - Newsweek Mon, 23 Jan 2017 06:10:05 GMT

Newsweek

Bruce Riedel: How Will Trump Handle a Pakistan Surprise?
Newsweek
Pakistan was the scene of Barack Obama's arguably greatest triumph as president when he ordered American commandos to kill Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. He made the crucial decisions about the raid including the decision not to tell ...

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Pakistani police rescue 24 from organ trafficking gang - BBC News - BBC News Tue, 24 Jan 2017 05:38:49 GMT

Pakistani police rescue 24 from organ trafficking gang - BBC News
BBC News
"We will remove your kidney, and you will receive 300,000 rupees [£2,300]." Sadi Ahmed was held hostage for three months by an organ trafficking gang.

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