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A Pakistan Navy soldier stands guard while a loaded Chinese ship prepares to depart, at Gwadar port, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) west of Karachi. Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Pakistan's top civil and military leaders opened a new international trade route by seeing off a Chinese ship that's exporting goods to the Middle East and Africa from the newly built Gwadar port in the country's low-insurgency wracked Baluchistan province. (AP Photo/Muhammad Yousuf)

Chinese ship opens new trade route via Pakistani port

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistan wants to work on counter-terrorism with Trump

Associated Press

National Geographic's famed green-eyed "Afghan Girl" Sharbat Gulla poses for a photo during a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 9, 2016. Afghanistan's president on Wednesday welcomed home Gulla who was deported from Pakistan after a court had convicted her on charges of carrying a forged Pakistani ID card and staying in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Sharbat Gulla, National Geographic’s iconic ‘Afghan Girl,’ deported by Pakistan

By Lynne O'Donnell and Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Pakistani police officer and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. The suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan killed more than a dozen people and wounded many, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan detains Shiite, Sunni leaders over Karachi attacks

By ADIL JAWAD - Associated Press

2 Pakistani nationals get time served in Internet pill case

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2016 file photo, a Pakistani woman Safia Bano displays the picture of her husband Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner, in Burewala, in central Pakistan. A Pakistani lawyer said, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, that the Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Ali, a mentally ill prisoner whose hanging was to take place later this week. (AP Photo/Asghar Ali, File)

Pakistan’s top court stays hanging of mentally ill prisoner

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

Pakistani lawmakers demand halt to execution of mentally ill

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Safia Bano displays the picture of her husband Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner, while she sits with other family members in Burewala, in central Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. A rights group and the family of Ali, a mentally ill man on death row in Pakistan have pleaded with the government to halt his execution. Imdad Ali was convicted in a 2001 murder case and has exhausted all appeals. (AP Photo/Asghar Ali)

Pakistan sets date for execution of mentally ill prisoner

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistani police officer and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. The suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan killed more than a dozen people and wounded many, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan city shuts down, mourns 61 killed at police academy

By ABDUL SATTAR and ASIF SHAHZAD - Associated Press

Pakistani police officer and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. The suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan killed more than a dozen people and wounded many, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

AP EXPLAINS: Why Pakistan still sees huge militant attacks

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistan's Maria, 6, center, who is suffering from MPS a rear genetics disorder, plays with her family members in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Maria is just six years old but most of her young life has been spent in pain caused by a rare disease that will leave her unable to walk unless she has surgery. A U.S. hospital is willing to perform the surgery free of charge but the family has twice been refused a U.S. visa by the embassy in Islamabad and a third application has been submitted but Maria's father Shahid Ullah said Thursday he was told his application would take time. But Maria's surgery is scheduled for Nov. 2. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Desperate Pakistan family awaits US visa for 6-year-old girl

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistan imposed blanket ban on Indian content over Kashmir

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party burn the representation of Indian flags during a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. Officials in Islamabad say Pakistan and India are trying to de-escalate border tensions after their troops exchanged several rounds of gunfire over the last week in the disputed Kashmir region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Pakistani army chief lashes out at India as tensions spike

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Indian army soldiers patrol near the highly militarized Line of Control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Pallanwal sector, about 75 kilometers from Jammu, India, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Pakistan and India traded fresh accusations of cross-border fire in Kashmir on Tuesday, a day after top officials discussed ways of de-escalating tensions over the disputed Himalayan region. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Pakistan boosts military ties to Russia amid Kashmir tensions

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, March 28, 2016 photo, women try to comfort a Christian mother who lost her son in bomb attack, claimed responsibility by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, in Lahore, Pakistan. One of Pakistan’s most vicious militant groups, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, has dramatically stepped its attacks over the past month in what appears to be a backlash to military operations against it. It has eclipsed the Pakistani Taliban as the main militant group in a country where multiple armed extremist factions operate. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistan militant group jumps to prominence with attacks

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 25, 2008 file photo, Pakistani Petroleum Minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif, right, shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Murli Deora after their joint news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's Defense Minister says its nuclear-armed rival India will &quot;disintegrate&quot; when the people living in disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir got independence from New Delhi. Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 that Pakistan will continue to extend moral support to Kashmiri people in their struggle. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)

Pakistan: Indian fire kills 2 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Illustration on Israel's nuclear strategy in light of use of nuclear weapons by other actors by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

As North Korea, Pakistan flex nuclear muscles, Israeli strategy may shift

By Louis Rene Beres

FILE - In this Friday, April 25, 2008 file photo, Pakistani Petroleum Minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif, right, shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Murli Deora after their joint news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's Defense Minister says its nuclear-armed rival India will &quot;disintegrate&quot; when the people living in disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir got independence from New Delhi. Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 that Pakistan will continue to extend moral support to Kashmiri people in their struggle. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)

Pakistan says India will ‘disintegrate’ when Kashmir is free

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press