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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

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

Afghanistan

Insecurity greets returning Afghan refugees after exile in Pakistan

A growing number of Afghan refugees are heading home after years of exile in Pakistan. Tens of thousands have returned under a UNHCR led voluntary

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

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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

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

World News

Dramatic footage of road collapse as deadly rain storms hit Asia

Deadly rainstorms are continuing to wreak havoc across Europe, washing away villages and roads and leaving scores of people in need of aid. In

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

World News

Fatal floods batter India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Vietnam and Nepal

Parts of South East Asia have been battered by fatal floods. The Indian state of Manipur has been under incessant monsoon rains for several weeks

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

India

At least 6 dead in attack on police in India-Pakistan border town

At least six people have been killed and several wounded in an attack on a police station on the Indian side of the border with Pakistan. Police were

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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.

Pakistan

Pakistan heatwave death toll climbs above 1,000

The heatwave which has struck southern Pakistan has now claimed more than 1,000 lives – most of them believed to be among the poor, as well as the

Pakistan

Pakistan heatwave claims more victims with hospitals struggling to cope

Mortuaries are said to be reaching their capacity in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province with over 800 people having died in the last three days from

Cinema

Documentaries shine spotlight on Jordan's refugee crisis and Pakistani rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai

New documentary film “Salam Neighbour” follows the story of two Americans experiencing life at Jordan’s sprawling, Zataari refugee camp, near the

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Devastating heatwave hits Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan's poor perish as heatwave sears Karachi

As southern Pakistan sears in temperatures hitting 45 degrees celcius health officials say more than 700 people have died over the past three days

Pakistan

Hundreds die in Pakistan heatwave

More than 400 people have died so far in a heatwave in Southern Pakistan. Temperatures have soared above 45 degrees Celsius or 113 Fahrenheit. Power

Pakistan

Anger at Karachi power cuts as hundreds die in Pakistan heatwave

Morgues have been filling up and hospitals struggling to cope in southern Pakistan which has been struck by an intense heatwave. The authorities said