Pakistan

Pakistan

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Pakistan police academy attack

ISIL says it was behind an overnight attack on a police academy in Pakistan that has left at least 60 police cadets and guards dead.

25/10/2016

Pakistan

Gunmen storm a police training college in Pakistan

A major security operation has been launched in Pakistan after armed militants attacked a police training collage.

25/10/2016

Pakistan

Polio in decline in Pakistan

Polio is at last beginning to subside in Pakistan, however, with the Taliban holding a vendetta against those daring to vaccinate against the highly contagious disease, how much can one man do to cont

24/10/2016

Pakistan

Pakistan passes law against 'honour killings'

Pakistan’s parliament has unanimously passed a law against so-called “honour killings”, three months after the murder of a social media star.

07/10/2016

Pakistan

Many dead and injured in Pakistan bombings

The Islamist group behind the Easter Day attack on Christians Lahore says it carried out the attacks.

02/09/2016

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Pakistani TV station 'ransacked by political activists'

The Karachi offices of Pakistan’s ARY news channel were ransacked by alleged supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).

23/08/2016

Pakistan

Pakistan mourns Quetta hospital bombing

The head of Pakistan’s army has ordered extra security operations across the country following Monday’s deadly suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Quetta.

09/08/2016

Pakistan

Death toll rises to 70 in bomb attack on hospital in Pakistan

At least seventy people are now confirmed dead with over 100 injured following a suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.

08/08/2016

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