Agence France-Presse in Lahore
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Pakistan hung two convicted militants on Friday in the country's first executions since 2008, officials said, after the government ended a moratorium on the death penalty in the wake of the Taliban school massacre that killed 149 people.
Pakistan hung two convicted militants on Friday in the country's first executions since 2008, officials said, after the government ended a moratorium on the death penalty in the wake of the Taliban school massacre that killed 149 people.
The United States has evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore, citing “specific threats” amid a worldwide alert over al-Qaeda intercepts.
The United States has evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore, citing “specific threats” amid a worldwide alert over al-Qaeda intercepts.
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