Central Punjab Province

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  Pakistan Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt, Say Officials

  Pakistan's interior minister Ahsan Iqbal survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, officials said, an incident likely to heighten political tensions ahead of general elections expected in late July.

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  Pakistan Woman 'Set on Fire for Refusing Marriage Proposal' Dies

  A young Pakistani woman died today after a rejected suitor set her ablaze for refusing his marriage proposal, a doctor said.

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  Pakistan Hanging Cancelled After Last-Minute Pardon

  Authorities in Pakistan's central Punjab province on today cancelled the hanging of a convicted sectarian militant after the victim's family pardoned him, officials and a family member said.

• Pakistan truck crash leaves 16 dead, dozens injured

  At least 16 people were killed and 49 injured when an overloaded truck crashed into a ravine in Pakistan's central province of Punjab on Saturday, officials said.

• Taliban fighter arrested near Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's home in Lahore

  Police have arrested an alleged Taliban fighter near the private residence of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the capital of central Punjab province, officials said today.

• Nine-year-old raped, murdered in Pakistan

  A nine-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Pakistan's central Punjab province, police said today.

• Gunmen kill Shiite director of Pakistan university

  Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Tuesday killed a senior Shiite director of a university along with his driver in Pakistan's central Punjab province, officials said.

• Pakistani man given two death sentences for rape and murder of minor

  A Pakistani court has awarded two death sentences to a man who raped and killed an eight-year-old girl in the central Punjab province.