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PAKISTAN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2019
India's bad bet in Kashmir
India's decision to withdraw Kashmir's special status threatens to be the spark that starts a war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 12, 2019
Hundreds chant anti-India slogans in seething Kashmir on eve of Eid
Hundreds of people protested in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Sunday against India's decision to curb its autonomy, despite new restrictions on travel and a seventh straight day of communications blackout.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2019
Huge Pakistan mine shows the power of coal
In the flat scrubland of Pakistan's scorching Thar Desert, hundreds of workers have been toiling for two years in the vast open pit of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Co. Taking three-hour breaks during the hottest part of the day and living in a makeshift village of shipping containers, they are digging...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2019
Media and rights groups slam India over communications blackout in Kashmir
India's imposition of an unprecedented communications blackout on Jammu and Kashmir hours before stripping its only Muslim-majority state of special rights in place for decades was sharply criticized Monday by media and rights groups.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2019
India calls off Kashmir pilgrimage over militant threat
Thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers began leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after receiving a local government alert about possible militant attacks, and India said it killed at least five militants who were trying to attack its forces.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2019
Dozens of top Kashmiri separatists still imprisoned as India bids to marginalize leaders
More than five months after they were detained without charge, dozens of separatist leaders from Indian-administered Kashmir remain imprisoned as the government in New Delhi seeks to marginalize them, according to sources and figures from a rights group.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 24, 2019
Trump touches off storm in India with Kashmir mediation offer
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never asked U.S. President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan in their dispute over the Kashmir region, the government said on Tuesday, after Trump's comments set off a storm of criticism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 23, 2019
Trump says U.S. working with Pakistan to find way out of Afghan war
President Donald Trump, speaking at a White House meeting with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, said on Monday the United States is working with Islamabad to find a way out of the war in Afghanistan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2019
India's ruling party to revive plan for Hindu settlements in Kashmir
India's ruling party will revive a plan to build secured camps to resettle scores of Hindus in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley, a senior leader said, a proposal that would almost certainly heighten tensions in the restive region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 5, 2019
Pakistan's Hazaras yearn for normalcy despite fear of attack by extremist militants
High walls around the neighborhoods of Pakistan's embattled Hazara community in the southwestern city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants, but also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2019
Pakistani Pashtun activists say arrests of their leaders herald a state crackdown
After a deadly clash between troops and activists at a security post in northern Pakistan, organizers of a rights movement that has unnerved the powerful army say a campaign of intimidation against them has intensified, with many top leaders detained.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2019
Suzuki starts minicar production in Pakistan
Suzuki Motor Corp. said Monday it has started production and sales of its all-new Alto minicar in Pakistan as the automaker seeks to boost sales in the South Asian country, where there is strong demand for compact cars.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2019
Pakistan removes ISI spy agency chief after eight months and appoints hard-liner
Pakistan on Sunday appointed a hard-liner general as new chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, replacing the agency's current head, Lt. Gen. Asim Munir, after only eight months on the job.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 13, 2019
Australia's David Warner notches century in triumph over Pakistan
Australia batsman David Warner was a happy man after returning to something like his best form with a century to lead his team to victory over Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2019
Pakistan military agrees to rare budget cut amid economic woes
Pakistan's powerful military has agreed in a rare move to cut its hefty budget for a year to help ease the South Asian country's "critical financial situation," Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 28, 2019
India won't invite Pakistan leader for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony: sources
India will not invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Thursday's swearing-in ceremony for Narendra Modi, who will start his second term as India's prime minister, two sources in the foreign ministry said, suggesting any early warming in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbors is unlikely.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 17, 2019
Nine Islamic State militants killed in southwest Pakistan raid
Pakistani security forces killed nine Islamic State militants during an hours-long raid near Quetta in the restive southwest of the country that has been hit by repeated jihadist attacks this month, officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2019
Separatist gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, killing at least one
Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan's southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside, officials and the army said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 3, 2019
Monstrous rumors stoke hostility to Pakistan's anti-polio drive
His bearded face was half-covered by a shawl, but Hameedullah Khan's fear and ignorance was on full display as he delivered a chilling message for anyone who tries to vaccinate his children against polio. "I will stab anyone who comes to my house with polio drops," Khan growled, refusing to be filmed...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 2, 2019
Deadly encounters: The night the Indian Army arrived in a village in south Kashmir
Hundreds of Indian soldiers descended on the picturesque village of Pinglan, which is surrounded by south Kashmir's apple and apricot orchards, just before midnight on Feb. 17.

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