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BSF apprehends Pakistani infiltrator at international border in Gujarat

A Pakistani infiltrator was apprehended by Border Security Force personnel on Tuesday at the International Border in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, according to an official statement. Read further on Dynamite Niws:

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UN Human Rights Council Extends Mandate of Iran Rapporteur on Human Rights

The United Nations Human Rights Council extended Tuesday the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, for an additional year. The extension was passed with 23 of the council's 47 members, as 16 members abstained from voting, and eight were against, including…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Deadly chaos as Pakistanis scramble for scarce donations

Seven-year-old Saad Umer joined a crowd in a poor neighbourhood in the Pakistani city of Karachi rushing to get a handout of flour and a little cash from a charity trying to help the most vulnerable cope with runaway prices.

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Sir Alastair Cook backs England's 'Bazball' approach to rock Australia during Ashes

England's new approach has so far worked against India and Pakistan and four-time Ashes winner Cook sees no reason why it can't rip apart the Aussies

Daily Mirror

Babar Azam returns to lead Pakistan in home series against New Zealand

KARACHI: Babar Azam on Tuesday returned to the Pakistan team as captain of the ODI and T20 squads for the home series against New Zealand beginning April 14.

The Times of India

Foreign veterinarians visit ailing elephant in Pakistani zoo

Foreign veterinarians have visited a sickly elephant at a southern Pakistani zoo amid widespread concern over her well-being and living conditions, One vet says her chances of surviving are unclear

The Independent UK

Pakistan court orders provincial votes in win for ex-PM Khan

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday that elections in two provinces should go ahead by May 15 despite government reluctance to hold the votes now as it struggles with an economic crisis and a political challenge from the opposition.

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders Punjab election on May 14

Supreme Court orders the government to hold snap polls in the country’s most populous province of Punjab on May 14.

Al Jazeera

AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

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The Independent UK

‘We lay like corpses. Then the raping began’: 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out

In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told

The Guardian - UK

‘I need a life’: Afghans stuck in Pakistan hotels living in fear as they await evacuation to UK

Some of those who have been stranded in hotels in Islamabad for months talk of their anxiety and distress

The Independent UK

Pakistan’s Army: 4 Troops Killed by Iran-based Militants

A militant attack from across the border with Iran left four Pakistani soldiers dead Saturday in southwestern Baluchistan province, the army said. The soldiers were part of a routine border patrol operating along the Pakistan-Iran border when the militants struck in the Jalgai sector of Kech district, the military said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Abandoned by the country they served: Hundreds of Afghans eligible for UK stranded in Pakistan

Exclusive: The government has stopped evacuation flights from Islamabad and tells those waiting they must find their own place to live or face a year-long delay

The Independent UK

Pakistan says 'terrorists' operating from Iran kill four soldiers

Pakistan's army said on Saturday that four of its border patrol soldiers had been killed by a group operating from Iran, in an attack which was condemned by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

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Pakistani police arrest 8 after deadly Ramadan food stampede

Pakistani police say they have arrested eight people following a deadly Ramadan stampede in the southern city of Karachi

The Independent UK

Stampede at food distribution center kills 11 in Pakistan

Pakistani police say 11 women and children have been killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food distribution center in the southern port city of Karachi

Al Jazeera

Stampede at Ramadan food distribution centre kills 11 in Pakistan

Women and children die when people panic and push each other to collect food in Karachi, officials say.

Reuters

At least two killed in stampede for food aid in southern Pakistan

At least two people were killed in a stampede at a distribution site for food aid in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, a health official said, one of several such incidents in recent weeks as the country's economic crisis bites.

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Pakistani parliament approves new law to curtail chief justice's powers

Pakistan's parliament has passed a new law to curtail the powers of the Supreme Court's chief justice, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Friday, a move that comes amid a row between the higher judiciary and the government.

The Times of India

Punjab Congress leaders making big preparations for Navjot Sidhu’s release from jail

AMRITSAR: Congressmen in Amritsar have made big preparations to visit Patiala to receive Navjot Singh Sidhu who is likely to be released from jail on April 1.

The Times of India

Najam Sethi never spoke to ICC about playing World Cup matches in Bangladesh: PCB

LAHORE/NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday clarified that its chairman Najam Sethi never floated the idea at the ICC Board meeting about the national men's team intending to play its World Cup matches in Bangladesh instead of India.

Reuters

China rolls over $2 billion loan to Pakistan as it struggles with external liquidity

Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday China had rolled over a $2 billion loan that matured last week, providing relief during the South Asian nation's acute balance of payment crisis.

The Independent UK

Herefordshire doctor suspended after making ‘porky sausages’ comments to Muslim colleague

Tribunal rules doctor’s behaviour was inappropriate and had potential to cause offence

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s female agriculture workers suffering since 2022 floods

Seven months after catastrophic deluge destroyed homes and crops, millions of women continue to live in debt and penury.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Appoints New Ambassador to Somalia

US President Joe Biden has nominated Richard Riley to be the next US Ambassador to Somalia, according to the Somali National News Agency. Riley will serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, replacing Larry Andre, who has served as the US Ambassador to Somalia since January 2022. Previously, Riley worked at…

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