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Fit-again Smith looking to replicate Ashes heroics in Pakistan

Islamabad (AFP) - Star Australian batsman Steve Smith said Tuesday he was "feeling good" after recovering from concussion and hopes to replicate his big scoring from the Ashes during Australia's tour of Pakistan, their first in 24 years.

AFP

Playing in country of birth 'special' for Australia's Khawaja

Islamabad (AFP) - Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja admitted Monday that playing in Pakistan will be "special" as he returned to the country of his birth for the first time as an international cricketer.

AFP

Khawaja relaxed about Pakistan homecoming

Born in Islamabad, opener Usman Khawaja admits Australia's first Test tour of Pakistan in 24 years is special in many ways but is trying to stay grounded.

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Cummins comforted by high security as Australia land in Pakistan

Islamabad (AFP) - Captain Pat Cummins said the tight security surrounding his team was "comforting" and would not be a distraction after Australia's cricketers touched down in Pakistan for the first time in 24 years on Sunday.

AFP

Australia arrive for first Pakistan tour in 24 years with security tight

Islamabad (AFP) - Australia flew into Pakistan Sunday for their first cricket tour in nearly a quarter of a century -- and into a high-security bubble that will envelop them throughout their six-week stay.

AFP

Tycoon's son sentenced to death for torturing, raping and beheading childhood friend

Zahir Jaffer, 30, the son of one of Pakistan's wealthiest families, held the woman hostage in his family's mansion subjecting her to a brutal ordeal before killing her

Daily Mirror

Pakistani-American sentenced to death for beheading girlfriend

Islamabad (AFP) - A Pakistan court sentenced the scion of a wealthy industrialist family to death Thursday, for raping and beheading his girlfriend in a murder that sparked an outcry over the brutalising of women in the deeply patriarchal nation.

AFP

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Pakistan PM flies to Moscow to advance pipeline project

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan left for Moscow on Wednesday to push for the construction of a long-delayed, multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline to be built in collaboration with Russian companies, an official said.

Reuters

India sends first consignment of aid for Afghanistan

It marks the end to months of bureaucratic wrangling between Islamabad and New Delhi; truckers hope it will lead to reopening of trade

The Hindu

Pakistani prime minister to fly to Moscow to meet Putin this week

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will fly to Moscow this week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Islamabad confirmed on Monday - the first such trip by a Pakistani leader in two decades.

Reuters

Pakistan Honors Bill Gates for Efforts on Poverty, Disease

Pakistan awarded Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates its second highest civilian honor on Thursday, in recognition of his work to alleviate poverty and diseases like polio and tuberculosis. On a daylong visit to the capital, Islamabad, Gates was given the prestigious Hilal-e-Pakistan award by President Arif Alvi in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan’s ‘good Taliban-bad Taliban’ strategy backfires, posing regional risks

For decades, Pakistan pursued a policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban while cracking down on the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP). With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, Islamabad may have won its “long game”. But its game of chicken may be backfiring with jihadists coming home to roost.

France 24

‘We are happy to fight you’: tensions rise on Afghan-Pakistani border

Five Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban-led Afghanistan resists cooperation with Islamabad

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Interior Minister Meets Pakistani President, PM in Islamabad

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif held talks with Pakistani President Arif Alvi in Islamabad on Monday. Discussions focused on bilateral relations and the current security cooperation between their countries. Later on Monday, Prince Abdulaziz met with Prime Minister Imran Khan for talks on bilateral relations and…

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Firing from Afghanistan kills 5 Pakistan troops

Islamabad (AFP) - At least five Pakistan soldiers were killed by firing from neighbouring Afghanistan, Islamabad said Sunday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.

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Pakistan army ends days-long separatist assaults

Islamabad (AFP) - Pakistani troops have put an end to four days of assaults by separatists in Balochistan province, the army said Saturday, putting the final death toll at 20 militants and nine soldiers.

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Pakistan army battles separatist militants for third day

Islamabad (AFP) - Pakistan troops battled separatists in Balochistan province for a third day Friday, with a security official saying militants timed their assaults to derail Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to China.

The Hindu

Cricket Australia approves first tour of Pakistan in 24 years

Australia will play three Tests - in Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore - three one-day internationals and a T20I during the full tour starting next month

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Pakistan swears in Ayesha Malik as first woman supreme court judge

Islamabad (AFP) - Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik as its first female supreme court judge on Monday, a landmark occasion in a nation where activists say the law is often wielded against women.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan: Suspects in 2011 Killing of Saudi Diplomat Fled to Iran

Islamabad has asked authorities in Tehran to assist in the arrest of the suspects behind the assassination of Saudi diplomat Hassan al-Qahtani in Pakistan's Karachi in 2011. Reports have said the killers had fled to Iran. The Kingdom's ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf al-Malki, told Asharq Al-Awsat that Saudi Arabia was…

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Security beefed up in Pakistan capital after deadly Lahore blast

Islamabad (AFP) - Security was beefed up across Pakistan's capital Friday, police said, a day after three people were killed and 22 wounded by a bomb in the eastern megacity of Lahore.

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Policeman killed in shoot-out at checkpoint in Pakistani capital

The Pakistani Taliban armed group has claimed responsibility for the targeted attack in Islamabad.

The Independent UK

Pakistani Taliban claim multiple overnight attacks on police

The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for multiple overnight gun attacks on police in the capital of Islamabad and the country's restive northwest

AFP

Pakistani police officer killed in gun battle with local Taliban

Islamabad (AFP) - A police officer was killed and two others injured in a shootout with Pakistan's Taliban in Islamabad, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack by the militants in the heavily guarded capital.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistani Police Officer, Two Militants Killed in Islamabad Clash

A police officer has been killed and two others injured in a rare shootout in Pakistan's capital, officials said Tuesday. The Monday night gun battle started when two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a police checkpoint in Islamabad, AFP reported. "A policeman was martyred while two others were…

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