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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

World

The long road back to Afghanistan

More than half a million Afghans were expected to return to their war-torn country by the end of 2016 following Pakistan’s deadline to repatriate Afghan…

20/10/2016

India

Clashes erupt at anti-India protests after boy's killing

Tensions rise in Kashmir as protesters clash with police in the disputed border region.

08/10/2016

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

India

Villagers protest as tensions rise in Kashmir

Villagers living along the ‘Line of Control’ in Kashmir protested against the shelling of their village by the Indian army, as tensions flare between India and Pakistan over the disputed border…

01/10/2016

Hungary

On the Serbian-Hungarian border, refugees' long march to safety grinds on

One year on, and for international televisions and newspapers Röszke-Horgos isn’t news any more, but the situation in the Serbian migrant “jungle” is still quite…

29/08/2016

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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

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India: Kashmiri separatists demand UN intervention

Protesters and supporters of Kashmiri separatist groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir have marched on the United Nation’s office in Srinagar, demanding the UN intervene in the Kashmir…

18/08/2016

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

World News

Bomb rips through hospital emergency ward in Quetta, Pakistan

There were scenes of chaos after a powerful bomb exploded in a Pakistani hospital’s emergency ward killing dozens of mourners.

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

World News

Torrential rains spark floods in China, Pakistan, and India

Severe floods in several Chinese regions have left at least 180 dead as heavy rains sweep across Asia, also triggering floods in Pakistan and India.

04/07/2016

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

Italy

Italian police arrest Afghans and a Pakistani suspected of plotting attacks in Europe

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a militant cell believed to be planning attacks in Italy, France and England. Two Afghan

10/05/2016