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- Pakistan Appoints New Special Envoy For Afghanistan
Pakistan has appointed a new envoy to Afghanistan in a fresh bid to ease tense bilateral relations.
Radio Liberty. Sat, 06 Jun 2020 10:45:27 +0000. - After Pakistan's lockdown gamble, COVID-19 cases surge
Four weeks ago, with its most important festival coming up and millions of people facing starvation as economic activity dwindled, Pakistan lifted a two-month-long coronavirus lockdown. ...
Yahoo. Fri, 05 Jun 2020 02:17:29 -0400. - Carry-on COVID-19: plane passengers unknowingly importing the virus
Australians flying home predominantly from Pakistan and India are the only confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded in NSW for more than a week.
Kate Aubusson. Sydney Morning Herald. Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:01:00 +1000. - The Latest: Pakistan, India coronavirus cases, deaths spike
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan reported a record single-day spike in coronavirus-related deaths with 82 new fatalities and 4,688 cases that it says resulted from increased testing in the past 24 hours. ...
The Associated Press. Washington Times. Thu, 04 Jun 2020 02:15:27 -0400. - Girl, eight, is 'tortured to death' in Pakistan by couple who employed her to babysit
Zahra Shah sustained injuries to her face, hands, rib cage and legs, in Rawalpindi in Punjab on Sunday and later died.
Daily Mail. Wed, 03 Jun 2020 16:51:27 +0100. - Pakistan 'blasphemy' death row couple's plea for freedom
Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel hope judges in Pakistan will overthrow their 2014 conviction.
BBC News. Wed, 03 Jun 2020 09:16:14 GMT. - Couple torture and murder 8-year-old maid for letting parrots free, Pakistan police say
Girl had marks on cheek, ribs and thighs, according to medical report
Raza Hamdani. The Independent. Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:53:00 GMT. - India expels Pakistan embassy officials for 'espionage'
India declares officials 'persona non grata' and both were expected to leave the country within 24 hours.
Al Jazeera. Sun, 31 May 2020 20:11:55 GMT. - India expels two Pakistani officials for 'espionage'
India on Sunday expelled two officials working at the Pakistan embassy in New Delhi after they were held for espionage, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Reuters. Sun, 31 May 2020 14:03:29 -0400. - Huge locust swarms hit India, East Africa amid coronavirus pandemic
As the world attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, India, Pakistan and a number of countries in East Africa are also battling invasions of desert locusts.
James Rogers. Fox News. Tue, 26 May 2020 14:46:31 GMT. - Zara Abid: Model presumed dead in Pakistan plane crash abused online
Zara Abid, 28, was being mourned by friends and family, but then trolls began abusing her legacy online.
BBC News. Tue, 26 May 2020 05:25:15 GMT. - Indian officials claim Pakistan 'spy' pigeon captured
A pigeon suspected of being trained to "spy" by Pakistan has been captured in India along one of the world's most contested borders, Indian officials said.
Sky News. Tue, 26 May 2020 03:55:00 +0100.
Facts About Pakistan
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is an Asian country, located between
India to the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the west, and China to the
north. Its capital city is Islamabad, and its largest city is
Karachi. Pakistan's currency is the Pakistan Rupee.
The primary languages used in Pakistan are Urdu and English, and in 2007, Pakistan's estimated population was 164,742,000. Approximately 55% of Pakistanis are Punjabi, 14% are Pashtun, 14% are Sindhi, 8% are Mohajir, and 9% are other ethnicities.
For more news and information about Pakistan, visit the official Pakistan government website.
Click on the small Pakistan map shown at right to display a full-size map of Pakistan.