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In this photograph taken on June 15, 2017, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks to media after appearing before an anti-corruption commission at the Federal Judicial Academy in Islamabad. (AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI)
July 28, 2017, 11:09 am
Pakistan court disqualifies prime minister from office
Nawaz Sharif barred from premiership and parliament amid corruption probe sparked by Panama Papers leak
By AFP
Pakistani rescue workers gather near burned bodies after an oil tanker caught fire following an accident on June 25, 2017. (AFP/ STR)
June 25, 2017, 8:15 am
Over 120 killed in Pakistan highway blaze after tanker overturns
Scores who gather at scene to collect spilling fuel are burned beyond recognition; death toll expected to rise
By AFP
A view of Islamabad, Pakistan in 2016 (CC BY-SA Taimur Dee/Wikimedia Commons)
June 10, 2017, 9:30 pm
Pakistani gets death sentence for blasphemy on Facebook
Taimoor Raza found guilty of insulting the prophet Muhammad during online argument about Islam; will appeal ruling
By AFP
The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (CC BY-SA Thorkild Tylleskar/Wikipedia)
May 27, 2017, 1:20 am
Britain, US oppose UN health body’s resolution singling out Israel
Critics say it is hypocritical of WHO to support motion, which speaks of need to improve services for Palestinians, that was co-authored by Syria
By JTA
An employee from SESAME stands next to the particle accelerator in Allan, Jordan. (Sharing Knowledge Foundation)
May 16, 2017, 2:27 pm
Open SESAME: At Middle East’s CERN, regional cooperation at light speed
Israel and its neighbors, including Iran and Pakistan, join forces to build the region’s first particle accelerator
By Dov Lieber
Pakistani border security force personnel prepare to deploy to the Afghan border at a camp on the Chaman border on late May 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / BANARAS KHAN)
May 7, 2017, 6:44 pm
Pakistan says heavy losses inflicted on Afghan border forces
More than 50 soldiers and civilians said killed while officials conduct census count, the first in 20 years
By AFP
Pakistani citizens Fischel (Faisal) Benkhald and older brother Mohammad Iqbal at a rare in-person meeting in Jeddah, August 2012. (courtesy)
April 7, 2017, 4:08 pm
Denounced by his brothers, Pakistani Jew says he’s being thrown to an ‘apostate lynch mob’
As Faisel Benkhald awaits his new Pakistani ID card officially recognizing him as a Jew, his siblings call his claims their mother was Jewish 'insane'
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Pakistani security officials and residents gather at the site of a powerful explosion at a market in Parachinar, capital of the Kurram tribal district, on March 31, 2017. (AFP)
March 31, 2017, 2:05 pm
At least 22 dead, 57 wounded in Pakistan market blast
Taliban claims responsibility for bombing, which follows wave of attacks that rocked the country in February
By AFP
Once Faisel Benkhald, now Fishel, this Pakistani's Jewishness is unrecognized by his country. (courtesy Fishel Benkhald)
March 30, 2017, 10:13 pm
Pakistan allows man to register as country’s first Jew in decades
Fischel Benkhald, born to Jewish mother in Karachi, allowed to record faith on national ID card, after telling Times of Israel in 2014 he would attempt dangerous move
By JTA and TOI staff
Iranian demonstrators hold a portrait of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and a central figure in the violent spread of Iran's revolution. Photo taken in Tehran's Azadi Square, February 11, 2015. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)
March 27, 2017, 7:34 pm
Pakistani convicted in Germany for staking out Israeli targets for Iran
German intelligence believes Iran's al-Quds Force is gearing up for possible conflict with the US and Israel
By AFP
Pakistani Syed Mustufa H. (R) stands behind his lawyers Thomas Penneke (L) and Michael de Saavedra-Mai at the start of his trial in Berlin on March 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Odd Andersen)
March 8, 2017, 7:48 pm
Pakistani accused of compiling Israeli targets for Iran in Germany
Intelligence service suspects Revolutionary Guards were preparing 'asymmetrical warfare' for possible conflict with the US, Israel
By AFP and TOI staff
In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Iranian armed forces members march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
March 7, 2017, 12:05 pm
2,100 Iranian fighters said killed in Iraq, Syria
Figure doubles earlier death count from November, which only included Syria fighting
By AFP
Illustrative image of a Pakistani woman covering her face in Saudi Arabia (screen capture: YouTube)
March 2, 2017, 1:41 pm
2 trans Pakistani women beaten to death by Saudi police
The pair, identified as Amna and Meeno, arrested in a raid with 33 others under law banning cross dressing
By Jacob Magid
Pakistani para-military soldiers stand alert after a deadly suicide attack at the shrine of famous Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
February 17, 2017, 10:11 am
Pakistani raids kill 39 suspects after deadly IS attack
Security forces act a day after Islamic State group killed 75 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine
By ADIL JAWAD and Munir Ahmed
Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a bomb explosion at a vegetable market in Parachinar city, the capital of Kurram tribal district on the Afghan border on January 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ALI JAN)
January 21, 2017, 12:06 pm
Pakistan market bomb kills 20, injures dozens
Blast reportedly caused by an improvised explosive device hidden in a vegetable box
By AFP
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