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UN frees up ‘expense’ money for several declared terrorists

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2011, file photo, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. The U.S. is downgrading Pakistan's aviation safety rating, a move that blocks that country's airlines from operating flights to the U.S. The Federal Aviation Administration didn't give details behind its action, announced Wednesday, July 15, 2020, but Pakistan has been roiled by a scandal over pilots getting improper licenses. (AP Photo/File)

US bars Pakistani flights after pilot-license scandal

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Afghan official: Pakistani mortars kill 4 Afghan civilians

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FILE - In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan’s army chief has told Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates that despite the challenge of COVID-19, Pakistan plans to restart polio vaccination campaigns across the country. The military said late Wednesday, June 10, that Gen. Qamer Javed Bajwa spoke by phone with Gates who has worked to try and eradicate polio worldwide. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistan to resume polio campaign as COVID-19 cases decline

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistan says 4 troops, 4 militants killed in shootout in NW

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FILE - In this March 7, 2011 file photo, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. The spokesman of Pakistan’s national carrier said Wednesday, July 8, 2020, that the airline is firing 28 pilots found to have tainted licenses, the latest chapter in a scandal that emerged in the wake of the Airbus A320 crash in Karachi in May. An inquiry into the crash, which killed 97 people on board, resulted in the stunning revelation that 260 of 860 pilots in Pakistan had cheated on their pilots exams, but were still given licences by the Civil Aviation Authority. (AP Photo, File)

Pakistani carrier fires 28 pilots over fake licenses scandal

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

People carry a girl, who was injured in bus and train accident, after receiving initial treatment at a hospital in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, July 3, 2020. A passenger train crashed into a bus carrying Sikh pilgrims at an unmanned railway crossing in eastern Pakistan, police and rescue officials said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Train hits bus carrying Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan: 22 dead

By BABAR DOGAR - Associated Press

India to buy 33 Russian fighter aircraft for $2.43 billion

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Pakistan: Exchange of fire with India kills boy in Kashmir

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FILE - In this May 22, 2020 file photo, volunteers look for survivors of a Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan. The European Union’s aviation safety agency said Tuesday, June 30, 2020 that Pakistan’s national airline will not be allowed to fly into Europe for at least six months after the country’s aviation minister revealed that nearly a third of Pakistani pilots had cheated on their pilot’s exams. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

EU bans Pakistan airline from flying to Europe for 6 months

By KATHY GANNON and ADIL JAWAD - Associated Press

Pakistan could soon release slain US reporter’s kidnapper

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this image made from a video, police stand around an entrance of stock exchange building in Karachi, Pakistan Monday, June 29, 2020. Militants attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, according to police. (AP Photo)

Militants attack Karachi stock exchange, killing at least 3

By Adil Jawad - Associated Press

Pakistan army says Indian spy drone shot down in Kashmir

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FILE - In this March 1, 2020 file photo, supporters of Pakistani religious group rally to celebrate the signing agreement between United States and Taliban, in Quetta, Pakistan. Washington's annual terrorism report says Pakistan is doing too little to counter terrorist groups particularly those taking aim at enemy India as well as the dreaded Haqqani network operating in Afghanistan. Islamabad bristled at the criticism saying it has been relentless in its assistance to Washington as it be negotiated for more than a year with the Taliban for a peace deal signed on Feb. 29. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt,file)

US report: Pakistan doing too little to counter terrorism

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2020 file photo, volunteers look for survivors of a Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan’s state-run airline announced Thursday, June 25, 2020, it will ground 150 pilots on charges they obtained their pilot licenses by having others take exams for them. Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesman for PIA, said the decision comes after a probe into last month’s Pakistan International Airlines crash that killed 97 people in the city of Karachi. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Pakistan to ground 150 pilots for cheating to get licenses

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2019 file photo, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses during the inauguration ceremony of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. Khan accused the United States on Thursday, June 25, 2020, of having &quot;martyred&quot; al-Qaida leader and the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary,file)

Pakistan’s prime minister says US ‘martyred’ bin Laden

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistan's aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Khan said that “human error&quot; on the part of the pilot, the co-pilot and air traffic control caused last month's plane crash in the port city of Karachi that killed all 97 people on board. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan finds ‘human error’ in deadly Karachi plane crash

By MUNIR AHMED and ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press

Pakistan’s foreign minister warns India against attacks

By ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press

Pakistani journalists rally to condemn the alleged arrests of their colleagues by authorities for reporting lack of facilities in quarantine center set up to contain the spread of coronavirus in border town of Chaman, Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in Quetta, Pakistan. Placard at bottom right reads , &quot;arrest responsible of torture on journalists.&quot; (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan tour to England ‘on track’ despite more virus cases

By RIZWAN ALI and STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, file photo, an Indian municipal worker sweeps the road outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, India. India has ordered Pakistan to halve its embassy staff in New Delhi and said it would do the same in Islamabad after two Indian officials were abducted at gunpoint in Pakistan, the Indian foreign ministry said Tuesday, June 23, 2020. India’s Ministry of External Affairs said the abducted officials returned to India on June 22, describing “graphic details of the barbaric treatment that they experienced at the hands of Pakistani agencies.” (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

India orders Pakistan to reduce embassy staff by half

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