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Pakistan says Facebook vows to tackle concerns over blasphemous content - CNBC Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:51:36 GMT

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Pakistan says Facebook vows to tackle concerns over blasphemous content
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Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, quoting from what he said was a letter from Facebook's vice president received a day earlier, told reporters: "I wanted to reiterate that Facebook takes the concerns raised by the Pakistani government very ...
Facebook blocks 85% 'blasphemous' content in Pakistan, Islamabad high court still unhappyTimes of India
Pakistan Orders Facebook to Police 'Blasphemy' Online, Facebook ObeysCBN News
Facebook Kowtows to Pakistan, Removes 85% of 'Blasphemous' Anti-Islam PostsHeat Street
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Censorship in Pakistan hits home in the US - LA Daily News Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:30:56 GMT

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Censorship in Pakistan hits home in the US
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This month, the rulers of Pakistan stepped up a campaign against blasphemy, frightening news from an Islamic nation where insulting the official religion is a capital crime. From an American perspective, this would merely be another, distant nation's ...

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India wants to seal its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh - CNN Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:36:47 GMT

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India wants to seal its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh
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Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh reaffirmed the country's intent Saturday to completely shut its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. The government said says around 90% of the border is currently fenced, but they claim that there are still ...

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Former Pakistan Army Chief Set to Take Command of 'Muslim NATO' - Voice of America Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:04:54 GMT

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Former Pakistan Army Chief Set to Take Command of 'Muslim NATO'
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Pakistan's former army chief, Raheel Sharif, is set to become the first commander of a new Saudi-led counterterrorism coalition of mostly Sunni Islamic states, a move frustrating neighboring Shi'ite Iran in addition to prevailing domestic opposition ...
Pakistan hunting with the fox and running with the hareBusiness Standard
Gen Raheel's new role puts Pakistan in testing situationThe Nation

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Pakistan's 'last Jew' wins right to convert from Islam - RT Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:50:20 GMT

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Pakistan's 'last Jew' wins right to convert from Islam
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However, Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) reportedly has little track record of accepting religious conversion requests such as Benkhald's. The conversion could potentially be interpreted as committing apostasy, which ...

Pakistan extends secret military courts - Daily Mail Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:38:00 GMT

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Pakistan extends secret military courts
Daily Mail
An expired Pakistani law allowing secret military courts to try civilians on terror charges was extended by the Senate for another two years Tuesday, despite stringent criticism from rights groups. The law expired in January with the controversial ...
Pakistan to reinstate special military courtsgulfnews.com
Pakistan's Senate approves extension of military courtsAnadolu Agency

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'Foreign spies' can no longer enter Pakistan as diplomats: Minister - Economic Times Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:13:00 GMT

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'Foreign spies' can no longer enter Pakistan as diplomats: Minister
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has tightened its visa regime to prevent the entry of foreign intelligence agents as diplomats and make sure that the country is not being used as a 'Banana Republic', the Interior Minister said today. The Interior Ministry was ...
Spies can no longer enter Pakistan as diplomats: NisarThe News International
Spies can't enter Pakistan as diplomats now: NisarThe Nation
Govt denotified ambassador's powers to issue visas in 2014, says NisarGeo News, Pakistan

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Pakistan TV's Aamir Liaquat Hussain must apologise for 'hate speech' - BBC News Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:14:27 GMT

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Pakistan TV's Aamir Liaquat Hussain must apologise for 'hate speech'
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Pakistan's media regulator has ordered a controversial televangelist to apologise on air for hate speech. Aamir Liaquat Hussain had accused liberal activists, bloggers and journalists of blasphemy and treachery. He and the Bol television channel which ...

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Market tourism potential of Pakistan - Pakistan Observer Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:15:35 GMT

Market tourism potential of Pakistan
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ACCORDING to Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation, Chaudhary Abdul Ghafoor, a number of initiatives are in the offing to attract tourists not only in the Federal Capital but also in Galyat and other destinations. Projects for ...

Has Pakistan Abandoned US For China And Russia? - ValueWalk Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:02:45 GMT

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Has Pakistan Abandoned US For China And Russia?
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Pakistan is entering a new era of relations with both China and Russia – no doubt about that – but what does it mean for relations with the U.S.? One can argue that given the pace of Pakistan's growing ties with Beijing and Moscow – Washington's ...

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