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Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters

Pakistani authorities said they had arrested four Islamic State militants plotting attacks in the city of Lahore, just weeks after the military declared it had halted the Middle East-based movement's expansion into the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistani court halts Lahore metro work near monuments INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani court halts Lahore metro work near monuments

A Pakistani court on Friday banned construction of the country's first rapid mass transit system within 200 feet (61 metres) of historic buildings in the city of Lahore, in a victory for heritage campaigners.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistani clerics issue fatwa against honour killings INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani clerics issue fatwa against honour killings

An influential group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa against honour killings, with a spokesman calling them "unethical and unjustifiable" on Monday following a series of attacks on women.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistani couple murdered by family in 'honour killing' INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani couple murdered by family in 'honour killing'

A Pakistani couple were murdered in Lahore on Friday for marrying without their family's consent, according to officials, the second so-called "honour killing" in the South Asian nation this week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Husband of Pakistani teen murdered for honour seeks justice INTERNATIONAL

Husband of Pakistani teen murdered for honour seeks justice

The husband of a 16-year-old Pakistani girl who was murdered by her family for marrying him vowed on Thursday to do whatever it took to get justice for his young wife.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistani teen 'burnt alive by her mother for choosing own husband' INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani teen 'burnt alive by her mother for choosing own husband'

A Pakistani mother on Wednesday burnt her 16-year-old daughter alive for marrying a man of her own choice, before shouting on the street to neighbours that she had killed the teen for bringing shame on her family.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan appoints Inzamam as chief selector CULTURE

Pakistan appoints Inzamam as chief selector

Pakistan on Monday appointed former captain and batting great Inzamam-ul-Haq as their new chief selector, part of wholesale changes following the team's disastrous exit from the World Twenty20 in India.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan detains hundreds as militants taunt PM over Lahore blast INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan detains hundreds as militants taunt PM over Lahore blast

Pakistan has detained more than 200 people since the Easter Sunday park bombing which killed 73 people including many children, as the militants behind the attack taunted the prime minister.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan blast kills 65, injures hundreds in Lahore INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan blast kills 65, injures hundreds in Lahore

At least 65 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an apparent suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter Sunday, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan's women-only rickshaw service struggles after a year INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan's women-only rickshaw service struggles after a year

Pakistan's first women-only rickshaw service was meant to provide its staff with a new way of gaining financial independence and its passengers with the chance of a ride without being groped and harassed by male drivers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan police seize millions from fake currency factory INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan police seize millions from fake currency factory

Police in Pakistan arrested seven people and seized a huge amount of fake currency including US dollars and UAE dirhams during a raid on a factory in the eastern city of Lahore.

4:45 AM November 25 2016