Pakistan
Pakistan's Khan calls for early election after state assembly victory
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan called again Monday for an early national election after his party seized control of the state assembly in Punjab, the...
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IMF agrees to resume Pakistan loan after fuel, tax hikes
An original $6 billion bailout package was signed by former prime minister Imran Khan in 2019, but repeatedly stalled when his government reneged on subsidy agreements and failed to significantly improve tax collection.
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Pakistan's ex-PM Khan issues ultimatum on elections after mass rally
The government had attempted to prevent the convoy from reaching the capital by shutting down all entry and exit points around the city, but was forced to allow in the protesters by an emergency Supreme Court order.
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Grave injustice: Not even the dead rest easy in Pakistan megacity
But for the right price to the right person, a plot can be "found" for the body of a loved one by shady crews who demolish old graves to make room for the new.
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Pakistan lawmakers to elect new PM after Khan ousted
Khan was dismissed Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an opposition alliance that faces the same issues that bedevilled the cricket star-turned-politician.
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Azhar and Haq hundreds put Pakistan in driving seat in first Test
Azhar knocked 185 and Haq a career-best 157 to guide Pakistan to 476-4 against a hapless Australian attack on a placid and unresponsive Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium pitch.
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Pakistani woman sentenced to death for 'blasphemous' WhatsApp status
Aneeqa Ateeq, 26, was arrested in May 2020 and charged with posting "blasphemous material" as her WhatsApp status, according to a summary issued by the court.
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At least 21 die in vehicles trapped by Pakistan snowstorm
At least 21 people died in an enormous traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani hill town to see unusually heavy snowfall.
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Afghanistan 'at brink of economic collapse', warns Pakistan
Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke at the opening of the so-called "troika plus" meeting, which included Thomas West, the new US special envoy for Afghanistan. The delegates also met later Thursday with Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
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New Zealand call off Pakistan cricket series after security alert
The move is a massive setback to Pakistan, which has been trying to revive tours by foreign sides after home internationals were suspended in the aftermath of a terror attack on the Sri Lankan side in 2009.
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Security clampdown in Indian Kashmir after death of separatist icon Geelani
Geelani was an uncompromising campaigner against Indian rule in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region divided between India and Pakistan since 1947.
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Taliban pledge to be 'different', as Afghans flee
The announcements came on Tuesday night shortly after the return to Afghanistan of their co-founder, crowning the group's astonishing comeback after being ousted by a US-led invasion in 2001.
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Dirco: South Africans in Afghanistan getting the help they need
The Taliban has taken over and President Ashraf Ghani was among the first to flee on Sunday.
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Pakistan blocks TikTok again over 'inappropriate content'
The Chinese-owned site has fought a series of legal battles with religious activists and authorities in the conservative Muslim nation, and was shut down for two days earlier this month on the order of a provincial court.
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Pakistani cop kills man with cleaver over Prophet Muhammad blasphemy grudge
Ahmed Nawaz, a police spokesman, confirmed the incident, adding the victim's brother was also injured in the attack.
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Toll rises from deadly Pakistan train crash as rescuers comb through wreckage
At least 63 people were killed early Monday when a high-speed passenger train knifed through carriages of another express that had derailed minutes earlier near Daharki in Sindh province.
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Pakistan express trains collision kills at least 40
The Millat Express was heading from Karachi to Sargodha when it derailed, spilling carriages onto the track carrying the Sir Syed Express from Rawalpindi in the opposite direction. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the incidents were just minutes apart.
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Pakistan teen passes away in TikTok fake suicide stunt gone wrong
Hamidullah, 19, who police said was well-known locally on social media, held a friend's pistol to his temple and pulled the trigger, unaware the gun was loaded.
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Pakistan tightens borders as COVID-19 cases soar
Pakistani officials have anxiously watched the coronavirus crisis unfolding in neighbouring India.
