Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, officials said, an incident likely to heighten political tensions ahead of general elections expected in late July.

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, in her first visit to her native country since she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for advocating education for girls in 2012.

"The international community should fully recognize this."

TWO suicide bombers have targeted a Christian church in Pakistan packed with Christmas worshippers, killing at least eight and injuring dozens more.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday resigned from his post, his office said, hours after the country's Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family.

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Indian PM makes reference to neighbour as ‘nurturing a mindset that terrorism is justified’ in speech to world leaders in Goa

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The group has been behind several acts of terrorism in Pakistan in recent years. The latest claim could not be independently verified.

Pakistan is mourning one of its most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi by militants.

Pakistan's interior minister said on Tuesday he could not confirm that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been killed in a U.S. drone strike, and described Washington's justification for the attack as "against international law".

The session ended with a promise to pursue peace, and to pressure warring groups to engage in negotiations. It also condemned violence

“Given congressional objections, we have told the Pakistanis that they should put forward national funds for that purpose.”