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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 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

A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, are displayed during a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 23, 2022. The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, a Swedish think tank said Monday June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes in Iran after an earlier attack by Tehran, killing 9 people

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People attend the funeral of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Masoodur Rehman Usmani in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2024. Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in broad daylight on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, police and a spokesman for the cleric's organization said. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousafzai)

Swiss ski star Odermatt dominates to win World Cup giant slalom in the fog at home in Adelboden

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As Pakistan cracks down on illegal migrants, nearly half a million Afghans have left, minister says

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Police officers try to control immigrants, mostly Afghans, gather to verify their data at a counter of Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Pakistan government launched a crackdown on migrants living in the country illegally as a part of the new measure which mainly target all undocumented or unregistered foreigners. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Analysts warn that Pakistan’s anti-migrant crackdown risks radicalizing deported Afghans

By Riazat Butt - Associated Press

Afghan refugees settle in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. A huge number of Afghans refugees entered the Torkham border to return home hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Pakistani premier tries to reassure Afghans waiting for visas to U.S. that they won’t be deported

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Afghans retrieve useful stuff from their damaged mud homes demolished by authorities during a crackdown against an illegal settlement and immigrants, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Dozens of Afghans who were illegally in Pakistan are detained and deported in nationwide sweeps

By Munir Ahmed and Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Afghans wait for transport to depart for their homeland, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. U.N. agencies have reported a sharp increase in Afghans returning home since Pakistan launched a crackdown on people living in the country illegally. Pakistan earlier this month said it will arrest and deport undocumented or unregistered foreigners after Oct. 31. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan ahead of a deadline in anti-migrant crackdown

By Riaz Khan and Abdul Sattar - Associated Press

Members of a social group, Aurat March, hold a signs during a demonstration against the Pakistani government, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Pakistan says it has recently announced plans to deport all migrants who are in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans, who will be implemented in a "phased and orderly manner." (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Thousands rally in Pakistan against Israel’s bombing in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogans

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves a court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 8, 2018. Officials say Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has sought protection from arrest from a court days before his planned return to the country. Sharif is expected to return home on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 from the United Arab Emirates, where he's been living in self-imposed exile. He is currently a fugitive from justice. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistan court grants protection from arrest to ex-leader Nawaz Sharif, allowing his return home

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

In this photo released by Pakistan's President Office, President Arif Alvi, right, administrates oath from Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker Prime Minister during a ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Kakar was sworn in as the country's prime minister to head a caretaker national government that will oversee parliamentary elections amid one of the worst economic crises the Islamic nation has faced, officials said. (Pakistan President Office vis AP)

Pakistani premier claims U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan is now in militant hands

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

In this photo released by Pakistan's President Office, President Arif Alvi, right, administrates oath from Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker Prime Minister during a ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Kakar was sworn in as the country's prime minister to head a caretaker national government that will oversee parliamentary elections amid one of the worst economic crises the Islamic nation has faced, officials said. (Pakistan President Office vis AP)

Pakistan elections could be delayed as election body needs 4 months to draw new constituencies

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Afghan refugees hold an indoor rally to demand their U.S. visa to be processed in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 21, 2023. When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021, it carried tens of thousands of Afghans to safety. But two years later, many others are still waiting to be resettled. Those are Afghans who helped the war effort by working with the U.S. government and military or Afghan journalists and aid workers whose former work puts them at risk under the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for U.S. visas

By Rahim Faiez and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan listens to a member of media during talk with reporters regarding the current political situation and the ongoing cases against him at his residence, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A top Pakistani court Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, said it wanted to hear from the government before deciding over former Prime Minister Imran Khan's appeal against his imprisonment on corruption charges. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is allowed a brief visit by his wife

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Naeem Haider Panjutha, center, a lawyer of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's legal team, arrives at a court to file petition against Khan's conviction, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The lawyers for Khan petitioned a top court in the capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday, seeking the suspension of his conviction and sentencing of three years in jail in a graft case and requesting his release, a spokesman for the former premier's legal team said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s former premier appeals his conviction and 3-year sentence in graft case, seeks release

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

In this photo released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, meets with his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Amirabdollahian is in Islamabad for two-day visit to discuss with Pakistani top officials a range of issues, including the completion of the gas pipeline project, improving trade and economic ties between the two sides and ensuring security at a long border which the two nations share in the South Asian region. (Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Iran’s top diplomat urges Pakistan to complete its part of a long-delayed Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan arrives to sign documents as he submits surety bond over his bails in different cases at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejects Imran Khan’s request to halt his concealing assets trial

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, sign documents as he submits surety bond over his bails in different cases at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan’s interior minister accuses Imran Khan of exposing official secrets for political gains

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

A member of the media takes photos of the burning building of the Radio Pakistan that was set on fire by angry supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan protesting against the arrest of their leader, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on May 10, 2023. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, May 25, 2023 vowed stern action against all those rioters who burned down an ancient radio station in the northwestern city of Peshawar earlier this month, drawing a nationwide condemnation. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) **FILE**

Pakistani journalist, supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan goes missing, second in 2 weeks

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press