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Death Toll Rises to 63 After Horrific Train Collision in Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan shocked by the horrific accident'

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 08 Jun 21

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US Sends Pakistan Health Supplies to Combat COVID-19

Pakistan has inoculated 9 million of its 220 million people

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 05 Jun 21

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Pakistan PM: Normalizing Ties with India Would Be Betrayal' to Kashmiris  

Khan said that if New Delhi reversed its controversial steps in Kashmir, only then would his country be willing to resume talks and discuss the Kashmi

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 May 21

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Afghanistan Asks Pakistan to Take Practical Steps' Against Taliban Ahead of US Pullout 

Verbal sparring tests relationship between Central Asian neighbors as US withdraws troops from Afghanistan

VOA News • 28 May 21

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Pakistan Tightens Border to Stem Influx of New Coronavirus Variants  

The restriction will take effect late Tuesday and remain in place until May 20 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 May 21

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Pakistan Tightens Border Controls to Curb Import of New Coronavirus Variants  

The restriction will take effect late Tuesday and remain in place until May 20 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 May 21

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Villagers Relish Peace as India and Pakistan Adhere to Kashmir Cease-fire

A surprise late-February truce has effectively halted years of frequent exchanges of artillery, mortars and small arms between Indian and Pakistani mi

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 27 Apr 21

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Pakistan Offers Key Medical Supplies to India

Offer comes amid months of ongoing backchannel talks involving top intelligence officials of nuclear-armed neighboring countries seeking to reduce ten

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 25 Apr 21

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Rocky US-Pakistan Ties Scrutinized as Foreign Troops Set to Exit Afghanistan

Officials in Pakistan appear upset over US military assessments warning of a possible resurgence of terrorism in the South Asian country and calling i

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 24 Apr 21

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Pakistan Calls in Army to Help Contain COVID-19 Spread

PM warns country may soon face health crisis similar to India unless current tide of infections is reversed

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 23 Apr 21

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Pakistan Parliament to Resume Debate on French Envoy's Expulsion

Resolution calls for debate on whether to expel the French envoy, for the national assembly to condemn Western blasphemy, for Muslim nations to unite

VOA News • 23 Apr 21

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France Advises Citizens to Leave Pakistan for Security Reasons

Move follows violent protests by activists of radical Islamist party, which has been demanding that Islamabad expel French ambassador over publishing

VOA News • 15 Apr 21

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Japanese Government Approves Plan to Release Radioactive Water from Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Fukushima has stored over 1 million tons of contaminated water since 2011 meltdown triggered by massive earthquake and tsunami

VOA News • 13 Apr 21

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IMF, World Bank Begin Push to Swap Debt Relief for Green Projects

Concrete proposals expected in time for a global climate summit this fall

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 11 Apr 21

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'Security Threat' Prompts Afghans to Turn Back Plane Carrying Pakistan Lawmakers

The large Pakistani delegation was to stay in the Afghan capital for three days

VOA News • 09 Apr 21

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World Bank, IMF Eye Ways to Link Debt Relief to Climate Change Spending

The initiative reflects growing recognition that pandemic-caused economic turmoil has hampered some countries' conservation and climate efforts

VOA News • 08 Apr 21

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Russia, Pakistan Agree to Boost Military Cooperation Against Terror, Sea Piracy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concludes landmark two-day official visit

VOA News • 07 Apr 21

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Pakistan, Russia Agree to Boost Military Cooperation Against Terror, Sea Piracy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concludes landmark two-day official visit

VOA News • 07 Apr 21

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Russia's Lavrov in Pakistan to Discuss Bilateral Ties, Afghan Peace 

Russian foreign minister meeting with counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 06 Apr 21

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Pakistan 'Defers' Plans to Resume Trade with India

Foreign Minister Qureshi says Cabinet meeting did not endorse Economic Coordination Committee decision, and it was set aside for further deliberation

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 01 Apr 21

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Pakistan Struggles to Contain Third COVID-19 Wave

Officials say variant of the virus detected last month likely behind flare-up

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 27 Mar 21

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IMF Approves $500M Disbursement to Pakistan

IMF says payment brought total disbursements under Extended Fund Facility to $2 billion since loan program was approved in July 2019

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 25 Mar 21

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Pakistan Urged to Probe Killing of Journalist

New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the country's authorities to conduct an independent investigation and hold perpetrators to ac

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 20 Mar 21

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Pakistan to India: Time to Bury the Past' for Regional Peace

Military chief says disputes 'dragging the region back to the swamp of poverty and underdevelopment'

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 19 Mar 21

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Pakistan to India: Time to Bury the Past;' No Immediate Comment from India

Military chief says disputes 'dragging the region back to the swamp of poverty and underdevelopment'

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 19 Mar 21

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China Approves Changes to Hong Kong's Electoral Process, Further Tightening Control of City

Ceremonial legislature unanimously approves measure that will install more pro-Beijing 'patriots' in legislature, eroding numbers of pro-democracy pol

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 11 Mar 21

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Pakistan-Iran-Turkey Cargo Train Service to Resume This Week  

Officials say first freight train will leave Istanbul Thursday and is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on March 16 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 Mar 21

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Pakistan Urges US to Quickly' Complete Review of Peace Deal with Afghan Taliban

Biden administration is urged not to alter peace agreement without consulting insurgent group

VOA News • 27 Feb 21

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Pakistan, India Reach Rare Deal to Restore Kashmir Truce

The move is being hailed as an important development to promote regional peace

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 25 Feb 21

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Australia Approves Law to Make Facebook and Google Pay to Carry News Content

Law's passage comes after Facebook blocked Australian news content during negotiations with Canberra

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 25 Feb 21

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Russian Envoy Visits Pakistan as Part of Effort to Jumpstart Stalled Afghan Peace Process

Zamir Kabulov says he hopes to take Islamabad onboard for a meeting this month of an enlarged troika,' with five countries most influential in Afghan

VOA News • 19 Feb 21

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Britain Approves First Human Challenge Trial to Study Effects of COVID-19

Up to 90 healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with virus with goal of developing more effective vaccines and treatments

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 17 Feb 21

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Pakistan Approves Temporary Extension in Afghan Transit Trade Pact

The arrangement allows Afghanistan access to Pakistani seaports, as well as land routes, to conduct international trade and export Afghan goods to Ind

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 09 Feb 21

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Pakistan to Host Russia, NATO Members for Joint Naval Drill

Officials said 45 countries, including the US, China and Russia, will participate in the AMAN-21 exercise

VOA News • 08 Feb 21

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PM Khan: Pakistan to Allow Kashmiris to 'Choose Independence'

Bombings near rallies in Baluchistan killed two people and injured over two dozen

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 05 Feb 21

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Pakistan Petitions Supreme Court to Review Acquittal of Prime Suspect in US Journalist's Murder

The court cleared Ahmed Omar Sheikh, a British national, and his three Pakistani accomplices in the case of all the charges

VOA News • 29 Jan 21

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IMF Expects COVID-19 Vaccines to Fuel Global Economic Growth

International Monetary Fund forecasts the world economy will grow 5.5% this year

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 26 Jan 21

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China to Gift Pakistan 500K COVID-19 Vaccine Doses 

Foreign Minister Qureshi says Sinopharm vaccine will be in Pakistan by January 31 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 21 Jan 21

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Pakistan Fires 12 Police Officers Who Failed to Prevent Demolition of Hindu Temple

high-powered investigation into the incident found that the enraged mob had entered the Hindu place of worship without any intervention by police pers

VOA News • 15 Jan 21

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US State Department Approves Potential Sale of 3,000 Smart Bombs to Saudi Arabia

The sale comes in the final days of US President Donald Trump's term; President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia in a pu

VOA News • 29 Dec 20

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Pakistan Court Orders Authorities to Free Man Convicted of Murdering US Journalist

Ruling cancels temporary detention order that had prevented British-born Ahmed Omar Sheikh from leaving prison

VOA News • 24 Dec 20

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Spain's Lower House of Parliament Approves Bill to Make Euthanasia Legal

The bill, which allows doctors to deny requests, is awaiting Senate approval or amendments

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 17 Dec 20

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Pakistan Voices Opposition to US Sanctions on Turkey

Sanctions could undermine Islamabad's defense purchases from Turkey under ongoing deals between the two countries

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 16 Dec 20

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Afghan Taliban Delegation in Pakistan to Discuss Peace Negotiations

Pakistan's foreign minister says Afghan Taliban have expressed a desire to end war; Kabul says visit had its blessings but should yield concrete resul

VOA News • 16 Dec 20

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Pakistan Enacts Law to Ensure Swift, Severe Penalty for Rapists   

The law requires the government to establish fast-track courts across the country to hear cases of sexual assaults against women and children 

VOA News • 15 Dec 20

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Thousands Gather in Pakistan, Seeking End to Imran Khan's Government

Opposition promises to march on the capital, Islamabad, if the prime minister does not resign by the end of January; Khan describes them as looters an

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 14 Dec 20

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Britain Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine, Raising Hopes of Return to Normality

Poorer health systems may struggle to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 03 Dec 20

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Cher Visits Pakistan to Mark Freedom for 'Loneliest Elephant'

For past three months, Kaavan, who has lived in Pakistani zoo for 35 years, has been on a diet and learning to be less fidgety so he can make trip to

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 27 Nov 20

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Cher in Pakistan to Help 'World's Loneliest Elephant'

For past three months, Kaavan, who has lived in Pakistani zoo for 35 years, has been on a diet and learning to be less fidgety so he can make trip to

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 27 Nov 20

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Pakistan: No Plans to Recognize Israel

Prime Minister Khan recently admitted his government is under diplomatic pressure to establish relations with Israel

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 24 Nov 20

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Pakistan Vows to Help Afghanistan Achieve Cease-Fire

During visit to Afghan capital, Prime Minister Imran Khan says his government will do its utmost to help Kabul reduce Taliban-led violence

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 19 Nov 20

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Pakistan PM Set to Undertake Maiden Visit to Afghanistan

Imran Khan will hold delegation-level talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during Thursday's daylong visit

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 18 Nov 20

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Pakistan Claims 'Irrefutable Evidence' of Indian Links to Terrorism on Pakistani Soil

Islamabad accuses New Delhi of running dozens of training camps in Afghanistan for multiple globally outlawed militant groups to plot terrorism on Pak

VOA News • 14 Nov 20

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Pakistan, Bosnia Seek Interfaith Dialogue to Stem Islamophobia in West

Pakistan's Imran Khan is against using freedom of speech as instrument to hurt feelings of Muslims, warning of further radicalization and violence

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 04 Nov 20

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2 Sentenced to Death in 2012 Pakistan Factory Fire

Families of victims say if the factory had safety mechanisms like fire exits or extinguishers, lives could have been saved; the owners claim they had

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 22 Sep 20

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Millions of Children in Pakistan Return to School Post-virus Crisis

The largest return to school in the world comes as daily infections and deaths from the outbreak in the country of 220 million have steadily declined

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 15 Sep 20

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Pakistan Prepares to Free Female Prisoners Amid Calls for Jail Reforms

Move follows warning issued by the Supreme Court in April that inmates in the country's overcrowded prisons could become victims of the coronavirus

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 07 Sep 20

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Pakistan Sees Taliban as Buffer to India in Future Afghanistan, Experts Say

Pakistan has said that it is only facilitating the peace process, but experts say that Islamabad, by bringing the Taliban to the table, aims to increa

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 29 Aug 20

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Pakistan Army Chief to Visit Saudi Arabia in Quest to Smooth Ties

Two countries are traditionally close and Saudi Arabia in 2018 gave Pakistan a $3 billion loan and $3.2 billion oil credit

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 13 Aug 20

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Pakistan's Media Crackdown Expands to Cyberspace

Country's independent media has been gagged in recent years by bans, shutdowns, and the sacking of prominent reporters; now social media have become a

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 06 Aug 20