ZARAR KHAN | The Seattle Times

In this photo provided by the Inter Services Public Relations, people walk past vehicles trapped in a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, some 28 miles (45 kilometers) north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Temperatures fell to minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 Fahrenheit) amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan’s mountain resort town of Murree overnight, killing multiple people who were stuck in their vehicles, officials said Saturday. (Inter Services Public Relations via AP) ISL105 ISL105

January 8, 2022 at 3:13 pm

Cold kills 22 stuck overnight in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort VIEW

Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight...

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January 1, 2022 at 4:12 am

Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners, nuke assets

South Asian archrivals India and Pakistan have exchanged lists of each other’s citizens held in prison through their respective diplomats in Islamabad and New Delhi.

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October 31, 2021 at 5:09 am

Pakistan, Islamists reach agreement to end violent rally

Pakistan’s government and an outlawed radical Islamist party have reached an agreement to end a 10-day long — at times deadly violent — rally calling...

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August 1, 2021 at 4:13 am

A ‘sense of achievement’ for young Pakistani who summited K2

A young mountaineer who last week scaled the second-highest mountain on earth, says he felt a “sense of achievement” as he stood atop the K2...

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July 4, 2021 at 7:26 am

Pakistan says India was behind June bomb blast in Lahore

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's national security advisor has accused India of orchestrating last month's deadly car bombing in the eastern city of Lahore, saying...

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March 20, 2021 at 12:18 am

Police: Pakistani journalist shot dead while getting haircut

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police were investigating the killing of a local journalist by an unknown gunman at a barber shop in Pakistan's southern Sindh province,...

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March 6, 2021 at 2:10 am

Pakistan’s PM wins vote of confidence after Senate setback VIEW

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan handily won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Saturday, days after the embarrassing defeat...

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February 20, 2021 at 6:51 am

Pakistanis seeking disappeared Baluch relatives end sit-in VIEW

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Families of people who disappeared in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province ended a 10-day sit-in near parliament in Islamabad on Saturday, after a...

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February 6, 2021 at 11:30 pm

Search for 3 climbers on K2 in Pakistan to continue Monday

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The search for three missing climbers will resume early Monday on K2, the world’s second highest mountain, Pakistani officials said Sunday. Onboard...

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January 16, 2021 at 6:17 am

Nepali team first to top world’s 2nd tallest peak in winter

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A team of Nepalese climbers on Saturday made history by scaling the world's second highest peak — Pakistan's K2 — in the...

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