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Roadside bomb in Pakistan’s Karachi city kills 2, wounds 5

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2 men sentenced to death in murder of Pakistani politician

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2018 file photo, a security official escorts family members of suicide bomber Hafeez Nawaz, with their faces covered for interrogation in Karachi, Pakistan. Nawaz killed149 people and wounding 300 others. At age 20, Hafeez Nawaz left his religious school in Karachi to join the Islamic State group in Afghanistan. Three years later he was back in Pakistan to carry out a deadly mission. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

IS deadly new front in Pakistan’s decades-old terror war

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Nadeem Nusrat

How to make Pakistan a viable state

By Nadeem Nusrat

Cargo cranes stand ready to unload goods into the massive port in Gwadar, Pakistan. The strategically located shipping hub also could allow Chinese warships to expand operations into the Arabian Sea. (Carlo Muñoz/The Washington Times)

China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ investment to rebuild Silk Road trade routes

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A group of U.S.-based American Mohajirs launched the #FreeKarachi Campaign on Jan. 15, 2018, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in Washington, D.C.

#FreeKarachi is Vital for Peace in South Asia

By #FreeKarachi

Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, right, speaks next to Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho, during a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, July 9, 2017. Ronaldinho and Giggs were among the soccer stars that arrived in Pakistan to play exhibition matches which organizers hope will boost the sport in the country. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Giggs impressed with Pakistan youngsters’ love for soccer

By AP Sports Writer - Associated Press

Pakistan army escort vehicles carrying Ronaldinho, Ryan Giggs and other soccer stars upon their arrival for an exhibition soccer match in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 8, 2017. Ronaldinho and Ryan Giggs were among soccer stars to arrive in Pakistan on Saturday to play exhibition matches which organizers hope will boost the sport in the country. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Ronaldinho, Giggs in Pakistan for soccer exhibition matches

By RIZWAN ALI - Associated Press

Soldiers of a Pakistani para military force cordon off the area and police vehicle, attacked by gunmen in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The slain police officers had been deployed to protect health workers administering polio vaccinations. No health workers were harmed in the attacks in Karachi, local police official Mohammad Ijaz said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Gunmen kill 7 Pakistani policemen during polio campaign in Karachi

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In Pakistan, attackers wound senior Karachi party leader

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

People rush to buy food to break their daylong Ramadan fast at a fruit and vegetable market in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) ** FILE **

Wind, rains cool Pakistan heat wave that killed at least 749

By Adil Jawad - Associated Press

A Pakistani security official displays cartridges he collected from the scene of an attack on a bus, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Gunmen killed dozens of people on Wednesday aboard a bus in southern Pakistan bound for a Shiite community center, in the latest attack targeting the religious minority, police said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Gunmen kill 43 in attack on Shiite minority in Pakistan

By Adil Jawad and Asif Shahzad - Associated Press

Pakistani paramilitary troops raid the Muttahida Quami Movement's offices in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A Pakistani army officer says about 20 suspects were arrested, weapons seized and the premises were sealed during a raid on the headquarters of the well-known political party. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan troops raid prominent political party HQ in Karachi

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Pakistani protesters burn a representation of a French flag during a protest against caricatures published in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Pakistani students are clashing with police during protests against the French satirical magazine that was attacked last week for publishing images of the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Pakistan anti-Charlie Hebdo protest gets violent; AFP photographer shot

By Adil Jawad and Zarar Khan - Associated Press

In this Monday, June 9, 2014, image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

Sunni militants overrun Mosul as Iraq’s P.M. calls for state of emergency

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People comfort a family member of a security officer killed in late Sunday's attack at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 9, 2014. The Pakistani Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for a brazen five-hour assault on the country's busiest airport that saw gunmen disguised as police guards storm the international terminal in Karachi, set off explosions and killing over a dozen of people. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Karachi attackers aimed to hijack planes; passengers felt ‘like sitting ducks’

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