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Speeding passenger bus overturns in Pakistan, killing 14

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Ahmed Saeed Sheikh, right, father of British-born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, leaves with his lawyer Rauf A. Sheikh, following Daniel Pearl case hearing in the Supreme Court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off 'death row' and moved to a so-called government 'safe-house'. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan orders man acquitted in Pearl murder off death row

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Police vehicles are driven out from the Karachi Central Prison where British-born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged, convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl is detained, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Pakistan is scrambling to manage the fallout of a Supreme Court decision to free the Pakistani-British man accused in the 2002 beheading of American Journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh Provincial government on Friday filed a review petition, asking the same court to revisit its decision. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

EXPLAINER: What’s next if Pakistan frees man in Pearl murder

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Fugitive Pakistani militant killed by bomb in Afghanistan

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2002 file photo, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British-Pakistani man accused in the 2002 killing of the American Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan. In a dramatic turn of events, Sheikh, a man convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of Pearl admitted a &quot;minor&quot; role in his death, upending 18 years of denials, the Pearl family lawyer said Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Zia Mazhar, File)

Pakistan court orders release of man accused in Pearl death

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2007, file photo, Dr. Judea Pearl, father of American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was killed by terrorists in 2002, speaks in Miami Beach, Fla. A Pakistani court on Thursday, April 2, 2020, overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Daniel Pearl case: Pakistan court orders man accused in American’s death freed

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Faisal Siddiqi, a lawyer for the family of Daniel Pearl, an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal who was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan, talks to journalists after an appeal hearing in the case, at the Supreme Court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. In a dramatic turn of events, Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheik, a man convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl admitted a &quot;minor&quot; role in his death, upending 18 years of denials, the Pearl family lawyer said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Waseem Khan)

Pakistani suspect admits to role in Daniel Pearl’s beheading

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistan seeks to block US-based website of minority Ahmadis

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Russian-American climber found dead on Pakistani mountain

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FILE - In this Monday, March 16, 2020 file photo, Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan. On Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, Khan reacted angrily to media reports of a text exchange between an Indian TV anchor and a former media industry executive that suggests a 2019 Indian airstrike inside Pakistan was designed to boost Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances for re-election. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan PM angry over reports TV anchor knew about strike

By MUNIR AHMED and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Pakistani military says Indian fire kills soldier in Kashmir

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Raids in Pakistan’s NW leave 3 soldiers, 2 militants dead

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A healthcare worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan on Monday launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children's disease this year. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Gunmen kill policeman escorting polio workers in Pakistan

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Pakistan military: Fence bordering Afghanistan nearly done

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

An auto rickshaw with a poster advertising a polio campaign drives through a market in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only countries in the world where polio is still endemic. Lack of trust in vaccinations is one of many obstacles that will face public health officials in poor and developing countries as they seek to vaccinate millions of people against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid tight security

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

People are silhouetted on vehicles headlights on a dark street during widespread power outages in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Pakistan's national power grid experienced a major breakdown late night on Saturday, leaving millions of people in darkness, local media reported. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Minister: Massive power outage leaves Pakistan in the dark

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

In this May 29, 2010, photo, people from a minority Muslim Ahmadi community stand guard as others prepare to bury the victims of an attack by Islamic militants, in Rubwah, 93 miles northwest of Lahore, Pakistan. President Joe Biden has appointed philanthropist Susie Gelman to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the White House announced Friday. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) **FILE**

Pakistani Shiites end protests, hold funeral for 11 miners

By ABDUL SATTAR - Associated Press

People from the Shiite Hazara community gather around coffins of coal mine workers killed by gunmen near the Machh coal field, during a sit-in to protest, in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Pakistan's prime minister Friday appealed the protesting minority Shiites not to link the burial of 11 coal miners from Hazara community who were killed by the Islamic State group to his visit to the mourners, saying such a demand amounted to blackmailing the country's premier. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistani PM asks Shiites to bury coal miners killed by IS

By ABDUL SATTAR - Associated Press

Pakistan’s military tests guided multi-launch rocket system

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Pakistan arrests 7 Shiite militants, foils possible attacks

By ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press