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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday resigned from his post, his office said, hours after the country's Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family.

The group has been behind several acts of terrorism in Pakistan in recent years. The latest claim could not be independently verified.

The brother of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been arrested for her murder.

Pakistan is mourning one of its most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi by militants.

Hundreds of women are murdered by their relatives in Pakistan each year on the pretext of defending what is seen as family honour.

Pakistan's interior minister said on Tuesday he could not confirm that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been killed in a U.S. drone strike, and described Washington's justification for the attack as "against international law".

The session ended with a promise to pursue peace, and to pressure warring groups to engage in negotiations. It also condemned violence