Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan 'honour killing' suspect in court over 'social media' murder

A man accused of murdering his sister, a well-known Pakistani model, because he was outraged at her social media activity has appeared in court.

20/07/2016

Pakistan

Cleric probed over 'honour killing' of Pakistani internet star

Demonstrators in Islamabad on Monday denounced the murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch.

18/07/2016

Pakistan

Singer's murder in Karachi could see Pakistan change tune against Taliban killers

Karachi is suffering a wave of killings of secular and anti-Taliban figures, but the murder of beloved singer Ajmad Sabri could mark a turning point if public opinion cries out for justice.

23/06/2016

Pakistan

US drone strike against Taliban leader angers Pakistan

Pakistan says US drone strike violated its airspace US says Islamabad was informed Body still to be formally identified The apparent death of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone stri

23/05/2016

Sci-Tech

E-commerce booming in Pakistan

Inside the small manufacturing unit of Sam’s Cake Factory, employees are busy baking cakes and producing other gourmet delights. Sam’s Cake Factory

18/05/2016

Pakistan

Freed son of former Pakistani Prime Minister returns home

The freed son of a former prime minister of Pakistan has returned to his family home in Lahore. Ali Haider Gilani was freed from Taliban captivity by

12/05/2016

Pakistan

Pakistan: Ex-PM's son rescued in Afghanistan

The kidnapped son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been rescued in Afghanistan following a joint operation by Afghan and

10/05/2016

Culture news

Pakistan Fashion in Karachi

Clothing and accessories label ‘Gulabo’ showed off its new collection on the opening day of Fashion Pakistan Week in Karachi. Founded in 2005 by the

08/04/2016

Pakistan

Flash floods kill at least 55 in Pakistan

In the Khyber and Kashmiri regions of northern Pakistan flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 55 people. An emergency

04/04/2016

Pakistan

Pakistan: hundreds arrested after Easter bombing

Hundreds arrested as government comes down hard on Islamist militants

29/03/2016

Pakistan

Pakistan to launch a paramilitary crackdown in Punjab

The news comes after scores die in an Easter Sunday bombing at a park in Lahore

28/03/2016

Pakistan

Pakistan: what is behind the bombings in Lahore?

In the aftermath of the deadly blasts in Pakistan there are many questions. Who are the Taliban, the same as the fighters in Afghanistan and what the

28/03/2016

Pakistan

Lockdown in Lahore in aftermath of deadly bombing

Suicide bombers say they are sending a message to the government by targeting Christians in a public park

28/03/2016

Pakistan

Christians targeted in deadly bomb attack in Lahore

Police in Pakistan are hunting militants behind a suicide bomb attack that has killed at least 69 people and injured at least 300 more. Sunday’s

28/03/2016

Pakistan

At least 16 killed in bomb blast on board a bus in Pakistan

As well as those killed, more than 40 have been injured, and doctors say the death toll is likely to rise.

16/03/2016

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A ring for the ladies

Up to a dozen women and girls train in a dilapidated Karachi boxing club with hopes of one day winning a medal for Pakistan.

01/03/2016

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