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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a news conference in Kabul May 12, 2015. Reuters photo

Pakistan PM Steps Down after Disqualification

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 28, 2017 | World

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who resigned after the court ruled he was unfit to hold office. Sharif’s ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, which has a majority in parliament, is expected to name...

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Pakistani rescuers stand on top of a collapsed factory on the outskirts of Lahore in 2015. (AFP)

3 Killed in Building Collapse in Pakistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 18, 2017 | World

At least three people were killed on Tuesday when a rundown building collapsed in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Twelve people were wounded when the three-story dilapidated building collapsed shortly before dawn, a police official said. The injured were transfered to...

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A general view of the scene of an oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur, Pakistan June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Pakistan Investigates Shell Contractor over Oil Tank Explosion

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 4, 2017 | World

Pakistan’s oil and gas authorities are expecting the first report this week on a road tanker explosion, involving a Shell Pakistan contractor a spokesman for the regulatory authority said on Tuesday. The June 25 explosion, which killed 209 people, took place...

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An Afghan fighter watches as US warplanes bomb positions held by al-Qaida in the Tora Bora mountains in 2001. Photograph: Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images

‘The Exile’ Book: Bin Laden’s Escape to Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 2, 2017 | World

London– At the time when September 11 attacks on New York and Washington occurred, Osama bin Laden was hiding in an Afghan cave, unable to get a decent TV satellite signal and was forced to follow up the developments on the radio. Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy...

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A soldier stands guard amid burnt out cars and motorcycles at the scene of an oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur, Pakistan June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Oil Tanker Explosion Kills at Least 123 in Pakistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 25, 2017 | World

An overturned oil tanker has burst into flames in Pakistan after a person tried to light a cigarette nearby, killing at least 123 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, officials said. The tanker overturned after trying to...