Pakistan
Militants behind attack on Sri Lanka cricket team killed in police gun battle
Four Islamic extremists allegedly involved in a 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team were killed in a shoot-out with police on Sunday.
Mother burns teenage daughter alive for eloping to marry man she loved
A mother was arrested on Wednesday after dousing her daughter with kerosene and burning her alive because the girl had defied her family to marry the man...
At least 19 dead, including many students, as gunmen storm university
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack in which at least 19 people died at a university in Pakistan. Four of the attackers are known...
At least 21 dead, including many students, as gunmen storm university
At least 21 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen at a university in Pakistan.
Motorbike suicide bomber kills at least 21 at Pakistan government office
A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a government office in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 70, officials said.
Taliban suicide squad guns down worshippers as they pray in air base mosque
Taliban fighters killed 16 people inside a mosque during a brazen morning attack on an air base on Friday.
Taliban suicide squad slaughter 16 as they pray in air base mosque
Taliban fighters killed 16 people inside a mosque during a brazen morning attack on an air base on Friday.
Pakistan in state of emergency as heat wave death toll tops 800
A cool wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains brought the first signs of respite to southern Pakistan on Wednesday as the death toll from a scorching...
State of emergency declared as at least 749 die in Pakistan heatwave
More than 700 people have died from the worst heatwave to hit Pakistan for a decade, with temperatures reaching 45C (113F).
More than 700 dead as Pakistan reels under blistering heatwave
More than 700 people have died in a severe three-day heat wave in Pakistan, officials have said, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency...
Up to 700 dead as Pakistan reels under blistering heat
Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heat wave in Pakistan, officials have said, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency...
Motorcycle gunmen kill 43 in Pakistan bus attack
Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a bus in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing at least 43 people.
Ambassadors killed in Pakistan helicopter crash
A Pakistani military helicopter crashed Friday, killing seven people including the Norwegian and Philippine envoys and setting a school building ablaze...
China’s Xi to launch economic corridor link in Pakistan
Chinese president Xi Jinping is due in Pakistan on Monday where he will launch $46 billion in projects linking the old allies, a figure that far exceeds...
Gunmen kill 20 sleeping dam construction workers in Pakistan
Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range after identifying...
Gunmen kill 20 dam construction workers in Pakistan
Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range after identifying...
Cricket World Cup: One billion fans tune in to see India thump Pakistan
Jubilant fans have spilled out onto India’s streets and let off firecrackers after the national team defeated bitter rivals Pakistan in their opening...
Suicide bombers destroy Shi’ite mosque in Peshawar leaving 19 dead
Militants stormed a Shi’ite mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 19 people in a wave of shooting and explosions before the siege ended,...
Attack on transmission tower leaves 80% of Pakistan in the dark
Millions of homes have been plunged into darkness following one of the worst blackouts in Pakistan’s history.
At least 57 people killed in fiery Pakistan bus-oil tanker crash
A passenger bus crashed into an oil tanker in southern Pakistan early Sunday, killing 57 people with remains charred beyond recognition, officials said.
Pakistani father ‘sacrificed five of his children to gain magic powers’
A Pakistani father-of-six is on the run after strangling five of his children to death, apparently believing the sacrifice would endow him with magical...
Pakistan legislators approve military courts for terrorism
Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has approved the establishment of military courts to hear terrorism-related cases, after a Taliban massacre...
Pakistan announces anti-terrorism action plan after school attack
Pakistan on Thursday said it will set up military courts for terror-related cases, as part of an ambitious anti-terrorism plan following a deadly Taliban...
Pakistan slammed for resuming executions after school massacre
Rights groups have condemned Pakistan’s decision to hang two convicted militants in its first executions for six years, as leaders vowed decisive...
As Pakistan mourns Peshawar dead, army kills 67 Taliban fighters
At least 67 militants have been killed in a tribal area of Pakistan – days after Taliban fighters orchestrated a terror attack which left 149 people...
Massacred children buried as Pakistan warns of school buses bomb plot
Pakistani police have issued a warning that terrorists are planning to plant magnetic bombs on school buses.
Taliban gunmen kill 141 after storming army-run school in Pakistan
Taliban gunmen have killed 141 people, including at least 132 children, in a school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan.
56 killed and 18 injured as bus collides with lorry in southern Pakistan
At least 56 people - 21 women and 19 children under the age of 14 - were killed on Tuesday when a bus collided with a goods truck loaded with coal in southern...
Security in Pakistani Christian neighbourhood raised after couple’s death
A group of Muslims beat a Christian couple to death in Pakistan and burnt their bodies in the brick kiln where they worked on Tuesday for allegedly desecrating...
Suicide bomber kills more than 50 people along Pakistan-India border
A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Sunday at the main Pakistan-India border crossing, with the blast tearing through crowds of spectators leaving...
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