• Guantanamo Bay prisoner sues British government claiming MI6 was 'complicit in his torture'
  
  Abu Zubaydah, once described by George W Bush as 'al-Qaida's chief of operations' has been detained without trial by the US authorities since his capture in Pakistan in 2002.
  Daily Mail.  Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:49:04 +0000.
• French ex-PM Balladur goes on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickback allegations
  
  Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur goes on trial Tuesday on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a failed presidential run, a case known as the "Karachi affair".
  France 24.  France 24.  Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:11:06 GMT.
• Christian girl chained up in cattle pen for five months after forced marriage to Muslim
  
  A Christian girl has been taken into care in Pakistan after allegedly being abducted by a Muslim man who forced her to marry him and then kept her chained up in a cattle pen.The girl spent five months chained up in the pen in ...
  New Zealand Herald.  Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:17:29 +1200.
• Dirty old town: tackling air pollution in Karachi
  
  Government officials put green stickers on vehicles fit for the road while owners of unfit vehicles are fined and given red stickers
  Amar Guriro.  The Independent.  Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:27:42 GMT.
• Pakistan top court moves to hear #MeToo case against singer Zafar
  
  Supreme Court to hear charges by leading singer and actress Meesha Shafi against another singer and actor, Ali Zafar.
  Al Jazeera.  Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:03:43 +0000.
• Afghan Shiite leader in Pakistan after killings of miners
  
  
  Yahoo.  2021-01-12T08:03:39Z.
• Hindu shrine desecration: Can Pakistan protect its religious minorities?
  
  The destruction of a sacred shrine by a mob has left Pakistan's Hindu minority feeling vulnerable.
  BBC News.  Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:32:21 GMT.
• Pakistan vaccination blitz aims to protect 40 million children against polio
  
  Pakistan has started a five-day vaccination campaign to try to protect tens of millions of children against polio.
  Sky News.  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:49:00 +0000.
• Pakistan power cut plunges country into darkness
  
  Electricity is gradually being restored after a huge outage triggered by a power station fault.
  BBC News.  Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:45:47 GMT.
• Massive power outage leaves Pakistan in the dark
  
  A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness.
  Sydney Morning Herald.  Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:40:27 +1100.
• Much of Pakistan Loses Power in Massive Blackout
  
  The capital, Islamabad, and most major cities were affected in what was one of the biggest power failures to hit the country of 200 million people.
  Salman Masood.  New York Times.  Sun, 10 Jan 2021 06:37:06 +0000.
• Minister: Massive power outage leaves Pakistan in the dark
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) - A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness overnight, the energy minister said. ...
  Zarar Khan.  Washington Times.  Sun, 10 Jan 2021 01:00:29 -0500.

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