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Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. CBC | World News
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan gets 10-year jail term for leaking state secrets
A Pakistan court handed former prime minister Imran Khan a 10-year jail term on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the former premier’s media team said, his second conviction in recent months and just 10 days before the country’s general election. CBC | World News
Read More »Pakistan retaliatory airstrikes on Iran kill at least 9 people
Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes in Iran early Thursday allegedly targeting militant hideouts, an attack that killed at least nine people and further raised tensions between the neighbouring nations. CBC | World News
Read More »Pakistan says two children killed in Iranian missile strike, recalls ambassador
Officials in Pakistan called the missile attack a “blatant breach” of its sovereignty and reported that a 6-year-old girl and an 11-month-old boy had been killed. Iran says its missiles targeted separatist militant group Jaish al-Adl, which seeks an independent Baluchistan in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. CBC | World News
Read More »Six Afghan families with ties to Canada have been deported from Pakistan, veterans group says
Six Afghan families with ties to Canada have been deported from Pakistan back to Afghanistan, a Canadian veterans group says. CBC | World News
Read More »Miller still hopes to see Afghans from Pakistan arrive in ‘next few weeks’
The federal government is still speaking to counterparts in Pakistan and planning for flights of Afghans to arrive here from Islamabad in the next few weeks, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told journalists at a news conference in Toronto on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Pakistan begins mass deportations of Afghans living there illegally
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday rounded up, detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after a government-set deadline for them to leave expired, authorities said. CBC | World News
Read More »74 dead after train catches fire in Pakistan
A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province on Thursday, killing 74 people. CBC | World News
Read More »Pakistan raises death toll from train fire to 71
A Pakistani official says the death toll from a horrific train fire that broke out after a cooking gas stove used by passengers for cooking breakfast exploded has risen further to 71. CBC | World News
Read More »India vs Pakistan: Indian army accuses Pakistan of breaking ceasefire after ‘shots fired’
VIOLENCE has erupted in the volatile Kashmir region with reports of Pakistani and Indian troops exchanging fire across the disputed border in violation of a ceasefire. Daily Express :: News Feed
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