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      <title>Pakistan denies airspace to Russian flight carrying uranium for Bangladesh's Rooppur plant</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Islamabad refused overflight clearance for a Russian cargo flight carrying nuclear fuel for Rooppur's second reactor, calling it a &quot;technical and procedural&quot; matter; Bangladesh says the 24 September shipment missed its date, with Rosatom rerouting deliveries from October.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Bangladesh</category>
      <category>Russia</category>
      <category>Rooppur</category>
      <category>nuclear</category>
      <category>airspace</category>
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      <title>Puntland forces rescue tanker MT Honour 25 from Somali pirates after five months</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland state have rescued the Palau-flagged tanker MT Honour 25, seized by pirates in April with 17 crew members aboard, including 10 Pakistanis.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Somalia</category>
      <category>Puntland</category>
      <category>piracy</category>
      <category>MT Honour 25</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
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      <source url="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/puntland-forces-rescue-another-hijacked-ship-somali-pirates-2026-09-29/">Reuters</source>
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      <title>Pakistan reports fifth polio case of 2026 as virus persists in Bannu district</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan has confirmed its fifth polio case of 2026 — a 17-month-old girl in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — as the NEOC says the virus keeps circulating in southern KP despite a week-long campaign that vaccinated over 28 million children.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>polio</category>
      <category>Bannu</category>
      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <category>NEOC</category>
      <category>vaccination</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/684235-pakistan-reports-fifth-polio-case-of-2026">Geo News</source>
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      <title>KP chief minister defiant as Centre keeps up governor's rule threat over PTI's Oct 4 march</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi insisted on Tuesday that PTI's Oct 4 march on Islamabad would go ahead, as the federal Centre kept up threats of governor's rule and an emergency in the province.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <category>Sohail Afridi</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033563/kp-cm-defiant-on-ptis-islamabad-march-as-centre-keeps-up-governors-rule-emergency-threat">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Lahore High Court orders release of 19 PTI workers detained in Sahiwal</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Justice Waheed Khan of the Lahore High Court's Multan Bench has ruled the MPO detention of 19 PTI workers unlawful; they walked free from Sahiwal Central Prison on Sunday.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Lahore High Court</category>
      <category>Sahiwal</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033105">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Lahore police arrest PTI activist Amin over alleged plot for May 9-style violence</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Lahore police have arrested a PTI activist, Amin, on allegations he was recruiting and training 20–30 youths to confront law enforcement and stage May 9-like violence during the party's Sept 27 protest call; PTI has rejected the claims.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Lahore</category>
      <category>police</category>
      <category>May 9</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033109/lahore-police-arrest-pti-activist-planning-another-may-9">Dawn / UrduPoint (APP) / SAMAA TV / Daily Qudrat</source>
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      <title>GB Scouts soldier, two policemen injured in attack on patrol vehicle in Chilas</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts soldier and two SSU policemen were injured when unidentified gunmen fired on their patrol vehicle near Sher Nallah on the Karakoram Highway in Chilas on Sunday evening, Dawn reported.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Gilgit-Baltistan</category>
      <category>Chilas</category>
      <category>security</category>
      <category>GB Scouts</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033132">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan closes in on historic Tiangong flight as two pilots await final selection</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Two Pakistani pilots training in Beijing will learn next month which one becomes the first foreign astronaut aboard China's Tiangong space station, Pakistan's space agency has told Reuters.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>space</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>China</category>
      <category>Tiangong</category>
      <category>astronauts</category>
      <category>SUPARCO</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683986-pakistan-closes-in-on-historic-tiangong-mission-as-two-pilots-await-final-selection">Geo News</source>
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      <title>Pakistan opens SCO national coordinators meeting in Islamabad under 2026-27 chairmanship</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>National coordinators of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet in Islamabad from September 28 to 30 in the first session under Pakistan's chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of State for 2026-27.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>SCO</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <category>diplomacy</category>
      <category>Foreign Office</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033039/sco-meeting-in-islamabad-from-sept-28-30-to-discuss-activities-under-pakistans-chairmanship">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan says over 71 militants killed in Balochistan operations in 96 hours</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan's military says security forces have killed more than 71 'India-sponsored terrorists' in Operation Shaban and other areas of Balochistan over 96 hours, including 33 in the initial phase of an operation launched on September 21.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Balochistan</category>
      <category>ISPR</category>
      <category>counter-terrorism</category>
      <category>Operation Shaban</category>
      <source url="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/28/over-71-terrorists-killed-in-balochistan-operations-in-96-hours-ispr">Pakistan Today / Express Tribune</source>
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      <title>IMF mission opens Islamabad phase of Pakistan review talks, with $1.2bn on the line</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Formal negotiations for the fourth review of Pakistan's $7bn IMF programme and the third climate resilience review begin in Islamabad today; a successful review could unlock about $1.2bn.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>IMF</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>economy</category>
      <category>Extended Fund Facility</category>
      <category>climate resilience</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033147/imf-talks-to-unlock-next-12bn-set-to-begin-today">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan braces for 25pc water shortage in Rabi season starting 1 October</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan is bracing for a water shortage of around 25 per cent during the Rabi season starting this week, with reservoir carryover below 9.5MAF — the lowest since 2021 — raising food-security concerns as wheat is the season's main crop.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>water</category>
      <category>Rabi</category>
      <category>IRSA</category>
      <category>wheat</category>
      <category>agriculture</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033149">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Qatar Airways flight landed at Sialkot, not Kashmir, airport official clarifies after tracking error</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Sialkot International Airport has clarified that a Qatar Airways flight from Doha landed at Sialkot on the morning of September 27 and departed on schedule, dismissing reports it had landed in Indian-administered Kashmir — blaming inaccurate FlightRadar24 GPS data.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Qatar Airways</category>
      <category>Sialkot</category>
      <category>aviation</category>
      <category>FlightRadar24</category>
      <category>Kashmir</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/684005-qatar-origin-flight-landed-at-sialkot-airport-not-in-iiojk-clarifies-official">Geo News</source>
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      <title>Three traffic police killed in gun attack in Tank, Pakistan</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Gunmen killed three traffic police personnel and wounded three others in an attack on a police vehicle in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <category>Tank</category>
      <category>police attack</category>
      <category>security</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/684020-three-traffic-police-personnel-martyred-in-tank-gun-attack">Geo News / Nukta</source>
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      <title>Lahore police register case after 20-year-old Azerbaijani woman alleges gang rape in Defence</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Lahore police have registered a case and identified suspects after a 20-year-old Azerbaijani woman alleged she was drugged and gang-raped by three men in the city's Defence area; she was left near Ghazi Interchange and the suspects' names have been placed on the stop list.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>Lahore</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Azerbaijan</category>
      <category>sexual assault</category>
      <category>Punjab police</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683902-police-register-case-over-alleged-abduction-gang-rape-of-foreign-woman-in-lahore">Geo News</source>
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      <title>13 people taken hostage in Bannu's Hathi Khel as residents flee militant tensions</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Armed militants allegedly seized 13 people in the Hathi Khel area of Bannu's Wazir subdivision on Friday as they tried to relocate amid tensions between a local peace committee, police and militants, Dawn and the Express Tribune reported.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Bannu</category>
      <category>TTP</category>
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      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032915/terrorists-take-13-people-hostage-in-bannu">Dawn / Express Tribune</source>
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      <title>Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed in Nuristan after crossing from Pakistan; Islamabad denies involvement</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Afghanistan's defence ministry says its forces killed 28 fighters and wounded 32 in Nuristan after a group including Islamic State militants crossed from Pakistan; Islamabad rejects the allegations as 'frivolous, baseless and devoid of any truth'.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Afghanistan</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Nuristan</category>
      <category>Islamic State</category>
      <category>border</category>
      <source url="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/afghanistan-says-28-fighters-killed-after-crossing-from-pakistan">Reuters via The Straits Times</source>
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      <title>Pakistan's unfrozen glacial lakes jump from 40 to 105 in under two months, Suparco warns</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan's space agency says the number of unfrozen glacial lakes grew from 40 to 105 in less than two months, warning of rising glacial lake outburst flood risk as some lakes exceed their recorded maximum extents.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Suparco</category>
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      <category>GLOF</category>
      <category>climate change</category>
      <category>Karakoram</category>
      <category>Gilgit-Baltistan</category>
      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2033052/number-of-unfrozen-lakes-in-pakistan-grows-by-65-in-less-than-2-months-suparco">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Usman Wazeer wins 19th straight fight, qualifies for WBA Gold title</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan's Usman Wazeer beat an Indonesian boxer in Pattaya, Thailand, to extend his unbeaten professional record to 19-0 and qualify for a WBA Gold title fight.</description>
      <author>Tom Ellery</author>
      <category>boxing</category>
      <category>Usman Wazeer</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>WBA</category>
      <source url="https://www.samaa.tv/2087357482-usman-wazeer-wins-19th-world-ranking-fight-qualifies-for-wba-gold-title">SAMAA TV</source>
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      <title>President Zardari approves ordinance to protect Islamabad Safe City cameras</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>President Asif Ali Zardari has approved an ordinance protecting Islamabad's Safe City surveillance cameras, with fines of up to Rs2 million per camera for damage.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Zardari</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <category>Safe City</category>
      <category>ordinance</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032789">Dawn</source>
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      <title>KP chief minister offers talks to federal government as PTI march put off to 4 October</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has offered talks to Pakistan's federal government, saying issues should be resolved through mutual understanding — a day after PTI postponed its Islamabad long march to 4 October.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>Sohail Afridi</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683828-kp-cm-afridi-offers-talks-to-federal-govt-after-postponing-islamabad-march">Geo News</source>
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      <title>Bomb attack on police checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan kills at least 11</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>At least 11 people, including a child, were killed and 20 to 30 injured in a bomb attack targeting a police checkpost at Aman Mela near Darazinda on Saturday, emergency service Rescue 1122 said.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Dera Ismail Khan</category>
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      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <category>police</category>
      <source url="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blast-pakistans-dera-ismail-khan-kills-11-injures-30-2026-09-26/">Reuters</source>
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      <title>Naqvi slams KP police law requiring speaker's nod before MPA arrests</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has criticised a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police law provision requiring the provincial assembly speaker's permission before a lawmaker can be arrested, calling it an 'extraordinary version' of equality before the law.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <category>Mohsin Naqvi</category>
      <category>police law</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683803-naqvi-criticises-proposed-kp-police-law-requiring-speakers-role-in-mpa-arrests">Geo News</source>
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      <title>PTI postpones Islamabad long march to 4 October, but warns it could move sooner</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Imran Khan's PTI has postponed its planned Islamabad long march from 27 September to 4 October, though the party says it could launch the march earlier if it chooses.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>protests</category>
      <source url="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/imran-khans-party-postpones-planned-islamabad-march-october-4-2026-09-25/">Reuters</source>
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      <title>Shehbaz Sharif writes second letter to Achakzai, inviting fresh talks on election chief</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has written another letter to opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai inviting talks at the PM House and consultations on appointing a new chief election commissioner.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Shehbaz Sharif</category>
      <category>Mahmood Khan Achakzai</category>
      <category>Election Commission</category>
      <source url="https://www.24newshd.tv/25-Sep-2026/pm-sends-another-letter-opposition-leader-achakzai">24NewsHD; UrduPoint; Minute Mirror</source>
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      <title>TTP claims responsibility for Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/ttp-claims-responsibility-dera-ismail-khan-blast/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/ttp-claims-responsibility-dera-ismail-khan-blast/</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has claimed responsibility for Saturday's suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan that killed at least 11 people and wounded about 30.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>TTP</category>
      <category>Dera Ismail Khan</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>terrorism</category>
      <source url="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/26/blast-in-pakistans-dera-ismail-khan-kills-several-people">Al Jazeera; AP</source>
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      <title>Shehbaz warns at UNGA: diverting Pakistan's Indus waters would be an 'act of war'</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/shehbaz-unga-water-act-of-war/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/shehbaz-unga-water-act-of-war/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told the 81st UN General Assembly that any attempt to stop, impede or divert Pakistan's share of the Indus waters would be treated as an &quot;act of war&quot;, calling India's move to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance one with &quot;no legal basis whatsoever&quot;.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>India</category>
      <category>UN General Assembly</category>
      <category>Indus Waters Treaty</category>
      <category>Shehbaz Sharif</category>
      <source url="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330474014/shehbaz-to-un-water-must-never-be-weaponised">Aaj English TV; 24NewsHD</source>
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      <title>Makkah Alliance military chiefs hold urgent meeting in Riyadh</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/makkah-alliance-urgent-military-chiefs-meeting/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/makkah-alliance-urgent-military-chiefs-meeting/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The military chiefs of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye held an urgent meeting in Riyadh on Friday to discuss ways to support Saudi Arabia under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement as Houthi attacks escalate.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Saudi Arabia</category>
      <category>Turkiye</category>
      <category>Makkah Joint Defence Agreement</category>
      <category>Houthis</category>
      <category>Riyadh</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683716-pakistan-saudi-arabia-turkiye-hold-urgent-military-chiefs-meeting-amid-houthi-attacks">Geo News</source>
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      <title>Pakistan says 13 Afghan Taliban fighters killed in overnight border clash</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-taliban-border-clash-13-killed/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-taliban-border-clash-13-killed/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan's information ministry says security forces killed at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel while thwarting an attempted aggression in Balochistan's Gulistan sector overnight, rejecting Kabul's claims about the fighting as fabricated.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Afghanistan</category>
      <category>Taliban</category>
      <category>border clash</category>
      <category>Gulistan</category>
      <category>Spin Boldak</category>
      <category>Attaullah Tarar</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683689-13-taliban-fighters-killed-as-security-forces-thwart-border-aggression">Geo News</source>
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      <title>PTI 'still in two minds' over Sept 27 march as postponement talk splits party</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pti-march-postponement-demands/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pti-march-postponement-demands/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>PTI leader Naeem Haider Panjutha hints the September 27 march on Islamabad could be postponed if the government meets three demands — but the party's spokesperson denies any such proposal is being discussed.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <category>protest</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032491">Dawn; Daily Pakistan</source>
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      <title>Kundi says governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was discussed amid PTI march plans</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/kundi-governors-rule-kp-consultations/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/kundi-governors-rule-kp-consultations/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said on Friday that consultations had been held over imposing governor's rule in the province, days after the federal government ruled the measure out.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <category>governor's rule</category>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683614-kundi-hints-at-governors-rule-in-kp-ahead-of-ptis-sept-27-islamabad-long-march">Geo News</source>
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      <title>Turkish speaker says Mecca defence pact could expand to 'Muslim world', including Iran</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/mecca-pact-muslim-world-iran-kurtulmus/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/mecca-pact-muslim-world-iran-kurtulmus/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Turkish parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus said on Friday the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan could broaden into a pact for the Muslim world, adding Iran could join too.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Turkiye</category>
      <category>Saudi Arabia</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Iran</category>
      <category>Mecca Joint Defence Agreement</category>
      <category>Numan Kurtulmus</category>
      <source url="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/pact-with-saudi-pakistan-could-expand-muslim-world-iran-turkish-speaker-says-2026-09-25/">Reuters</source>
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      <title>Pakistan limits public disclosure of bureaucrats' assets</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-limits-public-disclosure-bureaucrats-assets/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-limits-public-disclosure-bureaucrats-assets/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The government will publish only selected asset information of BS-17 and above civil servants by end of December 2026 to meet an IMF structural benchmark, citing security concerns over full disclosure.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>assets</category>
      <category>IMF</category>
      <category>bureaucracy</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032479">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan refineries sign long-awaited $6bn upgrade agreements</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/business/pakistan-refineries-6bn-upgrade-agreements/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/business/pakistan-refineries-6bn-upgrade-agreements/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Four Pakistani oil refineries have signed plant-upgrade agreements with Inter State Gas Systems, unlocking around $6 billion in investment over five years and ending a seven-year wait to modernise the country's ageing refining sector.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>oil refineries</category>
      <category>investment</category>
      <category>energy</category>
      <category>Euro-V fuels</category>
      <source url="https://tribune.com.pk/story/2631260/oil-refineries-ink-plant-upgrade-agreements">The Express Tribune</source>
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      <title>Peshawar's Civil Secretariat evacuated over mosque threat alert</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/peshawar-civil-secretariat-evacuated-threat-alert/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/peshawar-civil-secretariat-evacuated-threat-alert/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Civil Secretariat in Peshawar was evacuated on Friday after a threat alert for its mosque, with all employees ordered to leave immediately.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</category>
      <category>Peshawar</category>
      <category>security</category>
      <category>terror threat</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032566">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan plan urgent military chiefs meeting as Houthis step up attacks</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/saudi-turkish-pakistani-urgent-chiefs-talks/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/saudi-turkish-pakistani-urgent-chiefs-talks/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent meeting of their military chiefs under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, after Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi targets on Thursday.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>Saudi Arabia</category>
      <category>Turkey</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Houthis</category>
      <category>Yemen</category>
      <category>defence pact</category>
      <source url="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/allies-unite-behind-saudi-arabia-houthis-step-up-attacks-2026-09-25/">Reuters; The National</source>
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      <title>Senate committee orders probe into Rs5.83bn 'overcharging' by Jazz</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/senate-probe-jazz-rs5-83bn-overcharging/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/senate-probe-jazz-rs5-83bn-overcharging/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A Senate standing committee has formed a subcommittee to investigate allegations that telecom firm Jazz charged customers Rs5.83 billion beyond PTA-approved tariffs.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Jazz</category>
      <category>PTA</category>
      <category>Senate</category>
      <category>telecom tariffs</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032477/senate-body-orders-probe-into-overcharging-by-telco">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan forces kill Afghan Taliban fighters in Gulistan border retaliation</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-afghan-gulistan-border-retaliation/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-afghan-gulistan-border-retaliation/</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan's security forces foiled an attempted Afghan Taliban attack in the Gulistan sector on Thursday, killing several fighters in retaliatory action, with intermittent firing continuing along the Balochistan border.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Afghanistan</category>
      <category>Taliban</category>
      <category>border</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683552-multiple-afghan-taliban-killed-as-pakistan-forces-foil-border-attack-sources">Geo News; Dawn</source>
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      <title>Tribunal backs Nepra as K-Electric loses Rs32.37 tariff fight</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/business/nepra-k-electric-tariff-tribunal-upheld/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/business/nepra-k-electric-tariff-tribunal-upheld/</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Nepra's appellate tribunal dismissed K-Electric's challenge to the revised Rs32.37 per unit tariff, ending an 11-month appeal and cutting state subsidies by about Rs200 billion.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Karachi</category>
      <category>K-Electric</category>
      <category>Nepra</category>
      <category>electricity tariff</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032223">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan taxes non-resident influencers under new FBR rules</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/business/fbr-nonresident-influencer-tax-rules/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/business/fbr-nonresident-influencer-tax-rules/</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>FBR's SRO 1642 of 2026 brings non-resident social media earners into Pakistan's tax net, with tax based on audience thresholds and revenue-per-mille calculations.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>FBR</category>
      <category>tax</category>
      <category>influencers</category>
      <category>social media</category>
      <category>SRO 1642</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032221">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan strikes 10 sites in Afghanistan after drones cross border</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-strikes-afghanistan-10-locations/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan said it carried out precision aerial and drone strikes against 10 locations in Afghanistan on Thursday, a day after its air defences shot down eight drones launched from Afghan territory.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Afghanistan</category>
      <category>Taliban</category>
      <category>drones</category>
      <category>Attaullah Tarar</category>
      <source url="https://wenewsenglish.com/pakistan-strikes-terrorist-hideouts-in-afghanistan/">WE News English</source>
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      <title>PTI says it was offered jail perks for Imran Khan in exchange for calling off Islamabad march</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pti-carrot-stick-march-offer-sept-27/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pti-carrot-stick-march-offer-sept-27/</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Dawn reports that PTI was offered backchannel concessions — moving Imran Khan to a hospital and Bushra Bibi to Banigala — if it calls off its September 27 march on Islamabad; the government denies any offer and says the capital will not be allowed to be stormed.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <category>Sohail Afridi</category>
      <category>protest</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032226">Dawn</source>
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      <title>India condemns Pakistan's airstrikes on Afghanistan</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/india-condemns-pakistan-airstrikes-afghanistan/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/india-condemns-pakistan-airstrikes-afghanistan/</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>India's foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal condemned Pakistan's airstrikes on Kunar and Paktika provinces on Tuesday, saying several civilians were killed and vitiating regional peace and security.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>India</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Afghanistan</category>
      <category>airstrikes</category>
      <category>Randhir Jaiswal</category>
      <category>MEA</category>
      <source url="https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india-pakistan-news/act-of-aggression-india-condemns-pakistan-air-strikes-on-afghanistan/">The Tribune</source>
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      <title>Lt Gen (retd) Nauman Mahmood appointed first secretary-general of Makkah defence alliance</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/makkah-alliance-nauman-mahmood/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/makkah-alliance-nauman-mahmood/</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan's Foreign Office announced on Wednesday that Lt Gen (retd) Nauman Mahmood will serve as the first secretary-general of the Makkah defence alliance, heading the general secretariat being established in Riyadh.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Makkah Defence Alliance</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Saudi Arabia</category>
      <category>Turkiye</category>
      <category>Nauman Mahmood</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2032088">Dawn</source>
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      <title>Pakistan seals roads into Islamabad ahead of PTI march for Imran Khan's release</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-islamabad-sealed-roads-pti-march/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-islamabad-sealed-roads-pti-march/</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan will shut the Islamabad–Peshawar and Islamabad–Dera Ismail Khan motorways and the Grand Trunk Road from Wednesday evening to stop a PTI protest march on the capital planned for 27 September.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Mohsin Naqvi</category>
      <source url="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/23/pakistan-seals-islamabad-roads-before-protests-for-imran-khans-release?traffic_source=rss">Al Jazeera</source>
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      <title>Pakistan's new drone deal is with Trump-backed firm also selling to India</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-trump-backed-drone-deal/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pakistan-trump-backed-drone-deal/</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Powerus, a US drone firm backed by Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, has won a limited procurement order from Pakistan's defence ministry — months after licensing its interceptor tech to an Indian manufacturer.</description>
      <author>James Calloway</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>drones</category>
      <category>Powerus</category>
      <category>Donald Trump</category>
      <category>India</category>
      <source url="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/23/pakistans-new-drone-deal-is-with-trump-backed-firm-also-selling-to-india?traffic_source=rss">Al Jazeera</source>
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      <title>Dar presses OIC to back Gaza peace plan and confront West Bank settlements</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/dar-oic-committee-six-gaza-west-bank/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://flipnews.co.uk/world/dar-oic-committee-six-gaza-west-bank/</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pakistan's Deputy PM Ishaq Dar has urged the OIC Committee of Six on Palestine to demand full implementation of the Gaza peace plan and urgent action against illegal Israeli settlements and settler violence in the West Bank.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Ishaq Dar</category>
      <category>OIC</category>
      <category>Gaza</category>
      <category>West Bank</category>
      <category>UNGA</category>
      <category>Palestine</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2031814">Dawn / Business Recorder</source>
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      <title>Jamaat-e-Islami postpones Islamabad long march after PM Shehbaz's call, but vows protest continues</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/ji-postpones-islamabad-long-march/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman announced in Multan that the party is postponing its Islamabad long march against the petroleum levy at the prime minister's request, until a meeting after PM Shehbaz Sharif returns from the US — but the protest movement and sit-ins continue.</description>
      <author>Priya Raman</author>
      <category>Jamaat-e-Islami</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Shehbaz Sharif</category>
      <category>petroleum levy</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683162-ji-postpones-islamabad-long-march-stays-in-multan-until-meeting-with-pm-shehbaz">Geo News</source>
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      <title>Punjab and Sindh send thousands of police to Islamabad ahead of PTI's 27 September march</title>
      <link>https://flipnews.co.uk/world/pti-islamabad-police-deployment/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Thousands of police from Punjab and Sindh are deploying to Islamabad as the capital braces for PTI's planned 27 September march demanding Imran Khan's release.</description>
      <author>Tom Ellery</author>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>Islamabad</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>Punjab police</category>
      <category>Sindh police</category>
      <category>protest</category>
      <source url="https://www.geo.tv/latest/683089-punjab-and-sindh-send-police-to-islamabad-as-capital-braces-for-pti-march">Geo News</source>
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      <title>Imran Khan's three sisters challenge 30-day detention in Lahore High Court</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The preventive detention of former prime minister Imran Khan's three sisters has been challenged before the Lahore High Court, days before the PTI's planned September 27 march on Islamabad.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
      <category>Imran Khan</category>
      <category>Pakistan</category>
      <category>PTI</category>
      <category>Lahore High Court</category>
      <category>Aleema Khan</category>
      <source url="https://www.dawn.com/news/2031596/detention-of-imrans-sisters-under-mpo-challenged-in-lhc">Dawn</source>
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