Pakistan's PM says he's ready to "sit down and talk with India" to ease tensions and avoid miscalculations.

Pakistan showcases new defence tech

An Islamist party in Pakistan has said it will call off protests it was planning after a Christian woman was found not guilty of committing blasphemy.

The streets of Pakistan are full of anger after the country's Supreme Court acquitted a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, and Prime Minister Imran Khan is appealing for calm. Asia Bibi has been on death row since 2010 and she'll be walking out of prison to the firestorm her case has created.

Thousands of Pakistani Islamists yesterday demonstrated calling for the country's Dutch ambassador to be expelled over a controversial cartoon contest featuring caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.

The holiday celebrates the story of the prophet Ibrahim.

Watch: Ghani extraction methods stretch back to 4,000 years and was invented by the Harappa civilisation.

Victor in Pakistan's elections needs to build a parliamentary majority

Pakistan's electoral commission is expected to announce the full results of a disputed election on Friday, paving the way for the winner, former cricket hero Imran Khan, to begin searching for coalition partners.

Dozens dead as suicide bomb targets Pakistan election.

Country's worst attack since 2014 comes as former PM Nawaz Sharif is arrested after making a high-profile return

A heatwave has killed 65 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi over the past three days, a social welfare organisation said on Tuesday (May 22), amid fears the death toll could climb as the high temperatures persist.

Ahsan Iqbal was campaigning for July's general election in his local constituency in Punjab province when he was attacked.

At least 23 victims were all reportedly from same village.