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Pakistani premier hits out at Western envoys' joint letter on Russia

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out on Sunday at Islamabad-based Western envoys who last week urged Pakistan to condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine, asking them if they thought Pakistan was their "slave".

Reuters

Islamabad-based diplomats call on Pakistan to condemn Russia

The top diplomats of 22 countries, including European Union member states, on Tuesday jointly called on the government of Pakistan to support a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Reuters

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.

AAP

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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

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

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

The Hindu

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Policeman killed in shoot-out at checkpoint in Pakistani capital

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

Al Jazeera

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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

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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