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Pakistan PM orders ‘blasphemous’ content be removed from social media
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Pakistan PM orders ‘blasphemous’ content be removed from social media

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered that "blasphemous" content on social media websites be removed or blocked and…
Sufi Muslim leader killed in Bangladesh amid surge in attacks
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Sufi Muslim leader killed in Bangladesh amid surge in attacks

Unknown gunmen killed a Sufi minority spiritual leader and his house help in northern Bangladesh on Monday, police said, amid…
US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials
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US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials

A US drone on Thursday killed two men riding a motorbike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, officials said, the first…
Pakistani hosts 10-nation regional economic summit
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Pakistani hosts 10-nation regional economic summit

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif opened a key economic summit Wednesday aimed at improving regional trade ties and calling for…
Wailing, anger at Sufi shrine in Pakistan after bomber kills 77
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Wailing, anger at Sufi shrine in Pakistan after bomber kills 77

Wailing Sufi devotees thronged a blood-stained shrine in southern Pakistan on Friday, shouting at police a day after a suicide…
Forbidden love: Valentine’s Day banned for some in Asia
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Forbidden love: Valentine’s Day banned for some in Asia

Valentine's Day celebrations on Tuesday were banned by authorities in parts of Indonesia and Pakistan, home to Asia's largest Muslim populations, saying…
Pakistan mourns Lahore victims of Taliban attack
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Pakistan mourns Lahore victims of Taliban attack

Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and…
Dozens killed as heavy snow hits Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Dozens killed as heavy snow hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend.In eastern Afghanistan,…
Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden
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Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden

Pakistan has denied identity cards to the family of Shakeel Afridi, the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA…
Protests expected after Pakistan detains Islamist leader over Mumbai attack
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Protests expected after Pakistan detains Islamist leader over Mumbai attack

Pakistani police confined Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, the accused architect of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, to house arrest on Tuesday,…
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