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Paramilitary soldiers search a car at a temporary checkpoint on a road in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces at mosques and marketplaces across the country ahead of the massive Eid al-Fitr holiday, officials said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan deploys more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces ahead of Eid al-Fitr

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan has rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle on Tuesday, killing five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, police and government officials said. (AP Photo)

Pakistan to perform DNA testing on the remains of the suicide bomber who killed 5 Chinese nationals

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, a district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle Tuesday, killing five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, police and government officials said. (AP Photo)

Pakistani police say 5 Chinese nationals and their local driver were killed in a suicide attack

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

In this photo released by Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, meets with newly elected Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, March 9, 2023. Pakistan's lawmakers have chosen Zardari as the country's new president. It's his second time in the job. Zardari is the widower of assassinated former Premier Benazir Bhutto and the father of former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, (Prime Minister Office via AP) ** FILE **

Pakistani jets target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people

By Munir Ahmed and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this photo released by Rescue 1122 Emergency Department, rescue workers search survivors through the rubble of a collapsed residential building, in Multan, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A three-story residential building collapsed in central Pakistan early Tuesday, leaving some people dead, authorities said. (Rescue 1122 Emergency Department via AP)

A 3-story building collapses in central Pakistan, killing 9 people and injuring 2 others

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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a press conference regarding parliamentary elections, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly elected Sunday, March 3, Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister for the second time. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Shehbaz Sharif becomes Pakistan’s new premier as Imran Khan’s allies in parliament allege rigging

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, and Bushra Bibi, his wife, speak to the media before signing documents to submit surety bond over his bails in different cases, at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 17, 2023. A Pakistani court on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Khan and his wife in a corruption case in which the couple is accused of taking property in exchange for providing benefits to a property tycoon, his party and officials said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistan’s Imran Khan and his wife appear in court and plead not guilty in another graft case

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance attend a rally to protest against what they call vote-rigging in some constituencies in the parliamentary elections, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Imran Khan appeals convictions and sentences in 3 legal cases

Associated Press

Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari, left, Chairman of Pakistan People's Party speaks during a press conference regarding parliamentary elections, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The main political rival of ex-Pakistani premier Imran Khan challenged him Tuesday to form a government if he had the support of the majority of newly elected lawmakers. The challenge by Shehbaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League party, follows national elections that showed candidates backed by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the most parliamentary seats but not enough to form a government alone. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s former premier Sharif and allies agree to form a coalition

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Supporters of imprisoned Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party chant slogans during a protest against the delaying result of parliamentary election by Pakistan Election Commission, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Allies of ex-premier Imran Khan secure biggest share of seats in Pakistan’s final election tally

By Riazat Butt - Associated Press

Supporters of Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif' party 'Pakistan Muslim League-N' dance to celebrate their party victory in the initial results of the country's parliamentary election, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Delays, deals, nepo babies, trends and vote rigging: Five takeaways from Pakistan’s elections

Associated Press

Supporters of Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif' party 'Pakistan Muslim League-N' celebrate their party victory in the initial results of the country's parliamentary election, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessary

Associated Press

Campaign posters from political parties are displayed on a street in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Independent candidates backed by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan were leading Pakistan's national election results Friday, a day after sporadic violence, allegations of a preordained outcome and a cell phone service shutdown overshadowed the vote. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan’s ex-PM Sharif says he will seek a coalition government after trailing jailed rival Khan

By Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the country's parliamentary elections in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Pakistanis lined braved cold winter weather and the threat of violence to vote for a new parliament Thursday, a day after twin bombings claimed at least 30 lives in the worst election-related violence ahead of the contested elections. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Ex-Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif strikes confident note in vote marred by rival’s imprisonment

By Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Workers and volunteers transport an injured victim from Pashin district's bomb blast upon arrival at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed some people and wounded more, officials said Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 29 a day before parliamentary elections

By Abdul Sattar and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, with his wife Bushra Bibi, center, arrive to appear in a court in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 26, 2023. A Pakistani court on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 convicted and sentenced imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to five years in prison each on a charge that their 2018 marriage violated the legal requirement that a woman wait three months before remarriage, officials and a defense lawyer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan and wife convicted of marriage law violation in a fourth case

By Munir Ahmd - Associated Press

Pakistani police officers conduct biometric identification of a resident during a search operation against illegal immigrants at a neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Pakistan’s deportation push strands Afghan refugees who worked with U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan listens to a member of the media during a talk with reporters regarding the current political situation and the ongoing cases against him at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug. 3, 2023. A Pakistani court on Wednesday, Jan. 31, sentenced Imran Khan and his wife to 14 years in prison for corruption, a day after another special court convicted Khan for leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gets 14-year prison sentence in third conviction

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan listens to a member of the media during a talk with reporters regarding the current political situation and the ongoing cases against him at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug. 3, 2023. A Pakistani court on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 sentenced Khan and one of his party deputy to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gets another prison sentence ahead of elections

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

In this photo released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visiting Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, front right, walks with his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani, front left, upon his arrival for a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Iran's foreign minister was in Pakistan for talks on deescalating tensions after deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad earlier this month killed at least 11 people, marking a significant escalation in fraught relations between the neighbors. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Pakistan and Iran agree to work together to improve security after tit-for-tat airstrikes

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press