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The Pakistani servant girl tortured to death

YoopyaJanuary 11, 2014December 31, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 11, 2014December 31, 202303

The case of a 10-year-old girl in Pakistan’s Punjab province, whose employers confessed to beating her to death last week, has highlighted concerns about child...

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Exclusive: China commits $6.5 billion for Pakistani nuclear project

YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 202406

(Reuters) – China has committed $6.5 billion to finance the construction of a major nuclear power project in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi as it seeks to strengthen ties with its...

Health News

Pakistani doctor wins $1M to fight child deaths

YoopyaDecember 11, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 11, 2013January 31, 202400

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani doctor won a $1 million grant on Tuesday to fight early child mortality in a small fishing village in southern...

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Pakistani doctors angered by failure to halt abductions

YoopyaOctober 29, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 29, 2013February 14, 202401

On the evening of 17 September Dr Abdul Manaf Tareen, a renowned heart specialist in Pakistan, was about to go home when a group of...

Education News

Malala inspires school curriculum

YoopyaOctober 21, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 21, 2013February 14, 202403

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 16-year-old Pakistani teen targeted for a Taliban assassination because she championed education for girls has inspired the development of a school...

Health News

Pakistan polio outbreak puts global eradication at risk

YoopyaOctober 19, 2013March 24, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 19, 2013March 24, 202407

(Reuters) – A Taliban ban on vaccination is exacerbating a serious polio outbreak in Pakistan, threatening to derail dramatic progress made this year towards wiping out...

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Pakistan tells U.N. at least 400 civilians killed by drone strikes

YoopyaOctober 19, 2013June 27, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 19, 2013June 27, 202301

(Reuters) – Pakistan has confirmed that of some 2,200 people killed by drone strikes in the past decade, at least 400 were civilians and an additional 200...

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Pakistan province orders Skype suspended over security concerns

YoopyaOctober 3, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 3, 2013March 17, 202404

(Reuters) – Pakistani authorities have banned instant messaging and internet telephony services including Skype, Watsapp and Viber in the province of Sindh for three months...

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New major earthquake rocks southwest Pakistan

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 202400

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A major earthquake rocked Pakistan’s southwest Saturday, sending people running into the street in panic just days after another quake in the...

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Militant Sunni group takes aim at minorities

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 202402

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Sunni militant group known for targeting rival Muslims has emerged as a dangerous new player in Pakistan, sending a pair of...