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PAKISTAN

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2023
Hidden graves: India's crackdown on Kashmir rebel funerals
'Martyrs' graveyards,' as they are known locally, have traumatized the families of slain young men and outraged Kashmiris chafing under a broader clampdown on dissent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2023
Dollars smuggled from Pakistan bring lifeline for Taliban but pain for Islamabad
Outflows to Afghanistan are exacerbating a rapidly developing economic crisis for Pakistan while softening the impact of U.S. and Europe sanctions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 5, 2023
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam, dies at 79
The four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in 1999, attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 3, 2023
Can Pakistan break the cycle of destruction in flood rebuilding?
More than 1,700 people were killed and 8 million were displaced by recent flooding, which also destroyed about a million homes and businesses across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2023
Library thrives in Pakistan's 'wild west' gun market town
Literacy in tribal areas is low as a result of poverty, patriarchal values and other issues, but attitudes toward education are slowing changing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2023
How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir
India's ruling BJP Party hopes to get rewarded at the polls for scrapping policies that denied millions of people in Jammu and Kashmir many of the same rights as other Indians.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2022
Pakistan pleads for help with floods after ‘cameras have gone’
Pakistan's unprecedented floods in the summer killed more than 1,700 people, inundated third of the nation and cut the nation's growth by half.
Japan Times
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Nov 27, 2022
England cricketers land in Pakistan for first test series in 17 years
The three-match series, part of the World Test Championship, will commence in Rawalpindi beginning Thursday, with the second and third tests set for Multan and Karachi later in December.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2022
School's out: Pakistan floods raise education fears for millions
UNICEF said last month that the flooding has damaged or destroyed more than 26,600 schools nationwide, while at least 7,060 others are being used as temporary relief camps and shelters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2022
As the 'Third Pole' melts, climate diplomacy is hard to come by
The country is one of eight that occupy the largest volume of glacial ice outside the North and South Poles — and the ice is melting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 8, 2022
More developing countries refinancing debt in green deals to tackle climate change
Collectively, 58 of the world's developing countries most vulnerable to climate change have almost half a trillion of debt servicing payments due in the next four years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2022
Pakistan in 'perilous situation' after attempted assassination of Imran Khan
Escaping with bullet wounds to his legs, the former leader has accused a senior intelligence officer of trying to have him killed and blame it on 'a religious fanatic.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2022
Pakistan won’t quickly recover from Imran Khan’s shooting
The attack on the former prime minister is likely to put any political equilibrium out of reach for years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 4, 2022
Ex-PM Imran Khan recovering in Pakistan hospital after assassination attempt
The attack on his convoy killed one man and wounded at least 10 others, significantly raising the stakes in a political crisis gripping the country since Khan's ousting in April.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2022
Ousted Pakistan PM Imran Khan shot in shin in what aides call assassination attempt
Khan was six days into a protest procession bound for Islamabad, standing and waving to thousands of cheering supporters from the roof of a container truck, when the shots rang out.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022
Alarmed by suicide attack, China and Pakistan join hands in probe
A female suicide bomber targeted nationals from Pakistan's most important partner, seeking to undermine a relationship on which Islamabad's financial survival largely depends.
Japan Times
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Oct 24, 2022
Virat Kohli blitz lifts India to victory in Pakistan cliffhanger
The eventual man of the match went ballistic with his bat in the final overs to bring India home in front of 90,293 screaming fans and millions more watching around the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2022
After floods linked to climate change, disease threatens survivors in Pakistan
Four months after the start of record monsoon rains, standing water has curdled into a pestilent soup breeding malaria, cholera and dengue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2022
Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water-borne illnesses spread
Stagnant floodwaters, which may take months to recede, have already led to widespread cases of skin and eye infections, diarrhea, malaria, typhoid and dengue fever.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 26, 2022
Why some climate activists are calling for reparations
Pakistan's floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels, to compensate developing countries.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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