South Asia

South Asia

Pakistan teen influencer killed after ‘rejecting’ man

Pakistani police yesterday said a 17-year-old TikTok star was shot dead by a man who had repeatedly contacted her online.

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Pak, India close to completing border troop reduction

Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build up along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, a top Pakistani military official told Reuters yesterday, although he warned the crisis had increased the risk of escalation in the future.

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Visit visa scandal: Nepal’s minister defends himself as calls grow for his resignation

The visit visa scam has stirred up mainstream and social media as the roles of home minister Lekhak and his private secretariat come under increasing scrutiny.

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14 people killed in Pak storms over 100 hurt

“Destructive” windstorms that raged across central and northern Pakistan after an intense heatwave have killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more, officials said yesterday.

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Pak rubbishes Modi’s bid to link Islamabad with terrorism

Pakistan’s Foreign Office yesterday categorically rejected the “baseless, provocative, and irresponsible allegations” made by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who in a heated speech accused Pakistan of carrying out terrorist attacks in his country.

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India and US at odds on Kashmir truce: analysts

A week since Trump announced a surprise truce between India and Pakistan to end a brief but intense conflict

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Pakistan FM calls for ‘composite dialogue’ with India

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for a “composite dialogue” with India to address the contentious issues between the two sides.

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Espionage row: India, Pak expel diplomats in tit- for-tat move

India and Pakistan each announced on Tuesday evening the expulsion of one diplomat from the other country, with both sides accusing the respective officials of engaging in espionage activities.

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Tourists flee India’s J&K after deadly attack

Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were conducting a major manhunt yesterday, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists and killed 26 people in the region’s worst attack on civilians in a quarter of a century.

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Pak gunmen kill two cops guarding polio vaccinators

Gunmen killed two Pakistani police officers guarding polio vaccinators in the turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said yesterday, the second attack since the launch of a nationwide inoculation drive this week.

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Karachi mob kills member of Ahmadi minority

A mob attacked a place of worship of Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority community in Karachi yesterday, killing one man, police said.

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IS claims Pakistan bomb blast killing three policemen

The Islamic State group has claimed a bomb explosion targeting police in Pakistan’s turbulent southwest that killed three policemen and wounded more than a dozen.

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Man held for allegedly stabbing wife to death over ‘honour’ in Karachi

The murder took place on the roof of a private school

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‘High time’ for refugees to return, Pakistan envoy tells Afghan Foreign Minister

Over 860,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since September 2023

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Bomb blast kills three police officers in southwest Pakistan: officials

An explosion targeting a police bus in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province killed at least three officers and wounded 16 others on Tuesday, authorities said

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Over 100 killed after heavy rain hits India, Nepal

More than 100 people have died since Wednesday after unseasonably heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal, officials said yesterday, as the weather department predicted more rain for the region.

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Kathmandu Valley toxic air is choking street dogs, too

'With hazardous pollution, there’s even the danger of new or unidentified diseases.'

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Sri Lanka's crackdown on dogs for India PM's visit sparks protest

Sri Lankan animal rights activists marched on Thursday to protest the round-up of stray dogs a day ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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