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India

70 years after independence from Britain, India and Pakistan remember the carnage of India's partition.

70 years after separation, Pakistan and India remember the carnage that created the two countries as they gained independence from Britain.

13/08/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan has new interim Prime Minister

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi replaces Nawaz Sharif who was ousted last week amid corruption allegations

01/08/2017

Pakistan

Massive opposition rally held in Pakistan after PM's resignation

Thousands gathered in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Sunday in support of opposition party leader Imran Khan before a meeting of parliament on Tuesday which will see a new Prime minister elected.

31/07/2017

Pakistan

Ousted Pakistani leader's brother lined up as successor

30/07/2017

Pakistan

Pressure mounts on Pakistan's governing party to elect new leader

Pressure is mounting on Pakistan's governing party to elect an interim leader following the dramatic resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

28/07/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns amid corruption allegations

28/07/2017

Pakistan

At least two dead in Karachi building collapse

The three-story block in Pakistan's sprawling port city came down as residents slept

18/07/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan oil tanker blast kills more than 140 people

Most of the victims died while trying to siphon fuel from stricken lorry

25/06/2017

Pakistan

Exploding oil tanker kills more than 100 in Pakistan

25/06/2017

Pakistan

More than 120 killed in Pakistan tanker explosion

25/06/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan bombing 'targets Senate deputy chairman'

Officials say at least 25 people have died in a bombing, which appeared to target the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate.

12/05/2017

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Sikhs in Pakistan celebrate Besakhi festival

Hundreds of Sikh pilgrims from around the globe converged on a temple in northwestern Pakistan to celebrate one of the most important festivals in the Sikh…

15/04/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan 'blasphemy killing': murdered student 'devoted to Islam'

Mashal Khan was beaten to death after being accused of blasphemy. But people who knew him say he openly professed devotion to Islam.

15/04/2017

Pakistan

Student lynched over "blasphemy"

A student at Abdul Wali Khan University, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has been attacked and brutally murdered by a mob after reportedly being accused of…

14/04/2017

World News

Death sentences soar but executions fall in 2016 says Amnesty

Campaigners aginst the death penalty for 36 years, Amnesty International's annual report says the number of executions has fallen around the world, but the number of people sentenced to death has jump

11/04/2017

World News

Amnesty International blasts Beijing as global death penalty toll falls

Amnesty International has released its global death penalty report, with China, Iran and Saudi Arabia the world’s top executioners.

11/04/2017

Pakistan

Murders at Pakistani shrine leave at least 20 dead

At least 20 people have been murdered at a Sufi shrine in Sargodha, Pakistan.

02/04/2017

Pakistan

Taliban claims deadly Pakistan mosque bomb blast

At least 22 people were killed in Friday's explosion near the women's entrance to a Shi'ite mosque in the northwestern city of Parachinar

31/03/2017

Cinema

The last day of the British Raj explored in 'Viceroy's House'

The final days of the British Raj are explored in ‘Viceroy’s House’.

28/02/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan: Lahore bomb blast kills at least eight

In Pakistan, at least eight people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a bomb blast in the eastern city of Lahore.

23/02/2017