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The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

Wes Streeting challenges SNP leadership favourite for missing key gay marriage vote

‘Everyone knows Hamsa Yousaf was in the Scottish Parliament that day,’ says Streeting

The Independent UK

Pressure is all on South Africa: Danni Wyatt relaxed ahead of T20 semi-final

England go into Friday’s match on the back of four wins from four in the group stage and a dominant performance against Pakistan.

The Independent UK

Afghanistan reopens key Pakistan trade route, Islamabad to follow

Decision to reopen Torkham crossing came a day after high-level Pakistani delegation met Taliban officials in Kabul.

Al Jazeera

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Pakistan’s fresh £580m loan from China intensifies debt burden fears

Loan is on top of £25bn that cash-strapped Islamabad already owes Beijing and Chinese commercial banks

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistahn's Taliban reopen key trade route with Pakistan

Officials say Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have reopened the key Torkham border crossing with Pakistan after keeping it shut for four days

The Independent UK

Fly economy: Pakistan’s belt-tightening begins in high places

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani ministers can no longer fly business class or stay in five-star hotels abroad. And the government thanks them for taking salary cuts.

The Times of India

Microsoft lobbies EU to approve Activision Blizzard deal

Microsoft is lobbying European regulators to approve its $69 billion takeover bid for video game giant Activision Blizzard. To allay concerns about competition, it's agreed to let Nintendo and Nvidia users access some of its titles. But there are still plenty of roadblocks for what could be the tech industry's…

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Pakistani family — living in limbo on bridging visa fear for safety if deported — push for permanency

A Pakistani family who consider Australia home say they live in fear of being deported at any time to a place where they no longer feel safe. More than 1,000 people have signed a petition supporting the Newcastle family's push for permanent residency.

ABC News

Pakistan to cut government expenses by 15% in austerity drive

Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Pakistan’s defence and spy chiefs discuss security with Taliban

High-level delegation visits Afghanistan’s capital, days after closure of major border crossing between two countries.

Al Jazeera

Pakistani ex-PM Imran Khan's supporters rally, taunt police

Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan are defying a ban on rallies in a commercial area of the city of Lahore, taunting police and asking to be arrested en masse

The Independent UK

Pakistan defense minister in Kabul over shut border crossing

Pakistani officials say the country's defense minister is in Afghanistan and has met with Taliban officials in an effort to resolve the closure of a key border crossing between the two neighboring states

The Independent UK

Imran Khan’s party launches ‘fill the jails’ protest in Pakistan

PTI begins drive from eastern city of Lahore, where authorities impose restrictions on public gatherings in some areas.

Al Jazeera

Joyland review – subtle trans drama from Pakistan is remarkable debut

Saim Sadiq’s film explores the unsettled social and sexual identities of a widower and his children with delicacy and tenderness

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Javed Akhtar reacts to viral clip slamming Pakistan for 26/11 attack; says 'They agreed with me'

Bollywood veteran Javed Akhtar won over the internet for boldly addressing the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, while on his visit to Pakistan for a literary festival.

Reuters

Pakistan seeks breakthroughs in high-level U.S. trade talks

Pakistan is looking for breakthroughs in agriculture and information technology during the first ministerial level meeting of a U.S.-Pakistani trade and investment body in seven years, Pakistan's commerce minister said on Tuesday.

ABC News

Pakistan's resurgent militancy is a 'Frankenstein monster' of its own creation, experts say

Experts fear the return of a vicious and bloody cycle of militancy as two terrorist assaults within weeks claim more than 100 lives in a country grappling with economic meltdown.

The Independent UK

England relished ‘free chance to show off’ admits Nat Sciver-Brunt

England beat Pakistan in record fashion in their final Women’s T20 World Cup group match

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The Independent UK

England seal record-breaking win in final Women’s T20 World Cup group game

Nat Sciver-Brunt led England to the highest total and winning margin in Women’s T20 World Cup history against Pakistan

The Times of India

Women's T20 World Cup: England crush Pakistan by 114 runs

NEW DELHI: Nat Sciver-Brunt scored a blistering 81 off 40 balls as England crushed Pakistan by 114 runs in a dead rubber of the Women's T20 World Cup at the Newlands stadium in Cape Town on Tuesday. Nat Sciver-Brunt was adjudged Player of the Match.

Evening Standard

England smash record score for Women’s T20 World Cup in crushing win over Pakistan

Tournament’s highest total and biggest winning margin racked up in Cape Town

The Guardian - UK

Nat Sciver-Brunt shines as England thrash Pakistan to secure top spot

England have topped Group B after a resounding 114-run victory against Pakistan on Tuesday, setting a Women’s T20 World Cup record in the process

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s president slammed for declaring poll date in provinces

Arif Alvi’s unilateral decision to announce April 9 elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa triggers new controversy.

The Guardian - UK

England beat Pakistan by 114 runs: Women’s T20 World Cup – as it happened

Nat Sciver-Brunt and Danni Wyatt lift England to a record World Cup total in their win over Pakistan – and into the semi-finals

The Independent UK

Traders troubled after Taliban shut Afghan-Pakistan crossing

The main crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border is shut for the third straight day after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers earlier this week closed the route and exchanged fire with Pakistani border guards

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