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Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi security-checked at JFK airport; country's media reacts angrily

A video of Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi showing him undergoing a security check at New York’s JFK airport during a recent US visit has gone viral.

Son of former Pakistan cricketer Aamer Hanif commits suicide over non-selection in under-19 team

Hanif said his son "was forced to commit suicide by coaches and people overseeing the affairs of Under-19 cricket in the country".

Sushma Swaraj at UNGA: Across the border, media terms EAM speech 'vicious attack on Pakistan'

Sushma Swaraj</a>’s speech at UN calling Pakistan an “export factory for terror” drew sharp reactions from the country’s media calling it a “vicious attack on Pakistan”.

Peshawar blast: 2 killed, 18 injured in hospital suicide attack

At least two people were killed and 18 others injured today when a motorcyle-borne suicide bomber struck a government vehicle in this restive northwestern Pakistani city.

Pakistan has deported 6,00,000 Afghans in 8 months, says Human Rights Watch report

Pakistan has deported around 6,00,000 Afghan refugees in eight months since July 2016, making it the "world's largest unlawful mass forced return of refugees", New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a report.

'Pakistan's national identity is to hate others': Hina Rabbani Khar, please tell us something new

Pakistan cannot "conquer Kashmir through war" and the issue can only be handled in an environment of mutual trust with India, former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said during an interview with Geo News recently.

Nawaz Sharif tells David Cameron that Pakistan is ready for dialogue with India: Geo News

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has indicated that Pakistan is ready for a dialogue with India without pre-conditions for sustainable peace, according to Pakistani TV channel Geo News.

One mediaperson killed in Pakistan after gunmen fire at GEO News van

An employee of a leading media group in Pakistan was killed and another injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) van.

US 'concerned' over declining media freedom in Pakistan

We have very clearly said that we are concerned about the space for media freedom in Pakistan," the State Department Deputy Spokesperson, Marie Harf, told reporters yesterday.

Geo TV suspended for 15 days for defaming Pakistan Army, ISI

The defence ministry had demanded that the licence of Geo News be suspended after it reported that the ISI was behind the attack on journalist Hamid Mir in Karachi.