Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan 'foils' plan to free Daniel Pearl's killer

Officials in Pakistan say 97 “hardcore terrorists” have been arrested over several months. Military spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said

12/02/2016

Cinema

Honour killings are premeditated murders, says director of A Girl in the River

More than 1000 men and women died in honour killings in Pakistan in 2015 according to the film A Girl in a River: The Price of Forgiveness. Many of

11/02/2016

Pakistan

Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani military convoy

At least nine people died and 35 were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military convoy outside the city of Quetta. The Pakistani

06/02/2016

Pakistan

At least two die as airline sell-off protests turn violent in Pakistan

The months of protests around the Pakistani government’s plans to privatise the ailing national airline came to a head on Tuesday as two people died

02/02/2016

Pakistan

Student slaughter in Pakistan as gunmen attack university

Student groups took to the streets of the Pakistani city of Karachi to condemn the attack at the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda in the north west

20/01/2016

Pakistan

Taliban calls attack on university in NW Pakistan which left 30 dead "un-Islamic"

Pakistani police say that the operation against gunmen who attacked a university in the northwest of the country is over, and that at least 30 people

20/01/2016

Pakistan

21 dead after gunmen storm university in northwest Pakistan

Gunmen have stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on students and teachers. Several explosions have been

20/01/2016

Pakistan

'Suicide bomber' strikes Pakistan polio centre

At least 15 people, including 12 police officers, are said to have died as a suspected suicide bomber struck outside a polio vaccination centre in

13/01/2016

Pakistan

Motorbike bomber kills at least 23 people in Mardan, Pakistan

A suicide bomber riding a motorbike laden with explosives blew himself up outside a government office in Pakistan killing at least 23 people and

29/12/2015

Pakistan

Peshawar school massacre anniversary marked

One year after Pakistan’s worst militant attack, families of children killed or wounded in the Peshawar school massacre say the local government has

16/12/2015

Pakistan

Peshawar prepares for sad memories of Army School massacre

The first anniversary is approaching of the terrible army school massacre in Peshawar. Last year nine heavily-armed Islamic extremists scaled the

14/12/2015

Pakistan

Deadly blast in Pakistan kills at least 10

A bomb blast has targeted a crowded clothes market in Pakistan. Sources vary as to the number killed in the explosion which happened in the

13/12/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan test-fires ballistic missile

Pakistan’s military says it has test-fired a surface-to-surface ballistic missile – one that can carry a nuclear warhead and reach India, the Middle

11/12/2015

Pakistan

Search for survivors continues after Pakistan factory collapse

Rescue efforts have continued the day after a factory collapsed in Pakistan, as survivors trapped in the rubble pleaded for help on their mobile

05/11/2015

Pakistan

At least 16 dead and dozens trapped in Pakistan factory collapse

At least 16 people were killed on Wednesday and up to 150 trapped under the rubble when a factory collapsed in an industrial area of Lahore in

04/11/2015

My Europe Series

UN recognition for Afghan refugee who spends her life educating girls in Pakistan

Afghan refugee Aqeela Asifi has dedicated her life to bringing education to refugee girls in Pakistan. Now her efforts have been recognised by the

05/10/2015

Pakistan

Gunmen attack Pakistani Air Force base in Peshawar

Gunmen have attacked a Pakistani Air Force base in Peshawar, according to the country’s military. It is reported that between seven and 10 militants

18/09/2015

Sport

Dirt pitches and abandoned academies - FIFA's Pakistan project scores own goal

A dirt pitch on a windswept plot by the Arabian Sea near Karachi, Pakistan. It’s not quite up to FIFA standards and yet this centre is among the

08/09/2015

Pakistan

Malala Yousazai aces GCSEs

Malala Yousafzai has achieved six A*s and 4 As in her GCSEs, The 18 year old education activist, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in her

22/08/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan: bomb kills Punjab Home Minister

Rescuers in Northern Pakistan have dug desperately through the remains of a minister’s house flattened by a suicide bomb attack. At least nine people

16/08/2015

Pakistan

Twelve arrested in Pakistan child sex abuse scandal

Police in eastern Pakistan have arrested at least 12 men suspected of sexually abusing hundreds of children and blackmailing their families. The case

11/08/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan hangs 'teen' convict despite protests from rights groups

Convicted killer Shafqat Hussain was hanged by Pakistan on Tuesday despite claims that he was under 18 when arrested and was tortured into confessing

04/08/2015

Pakistan

Malik Ishaq: Pakistan Sunni militant chief dies in shootout

Police in Pakistan say the leader of the banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has been shot dead. Malik Ishaq was arrested last week in

29/07/2015

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13/07/2015

Culture news

The pen is mightier than the sword as art battles extremism in Pakistan

Gauher Aftab is a Pakistani comic artist and his latest three-part work ‘The Guardian’ deals with one of the major issues of our time, extremism. The

09/07/2015

Pakistan

First official attempt at peace talks to end conflict in Afghanistan

The first official peace talks have been held between the Taliban and the government.

08/07/2015