© Aamir Qureshi, AFP | File photo of Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal at a press conference in Islamabad on October 2, 2017.

Pakistan interior minister shot, wounded in assassination bid

 16:37 06/05/2018

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.
© Fabrice Coffrini/ AFP | Malala Yousafzai speaks at a session at the Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 25, 2018 in Davos, eastern Switzerland.

Nobel laureate Malala makes first trip to Pakistan since Taliban attack

 22:02 28/03/2018

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.
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Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador after Trump's angry tweet

 08:59 02/01/2018

"The international community should fully recognize this."
Police rescue an injured man from a church bombing in Pakistan. IS has claimed responsibility for the attack. Picture: AFP/Banaras KhanSource:AFP

IS claims responsibility for Pakistan church attack which killed at least eight people and injured dozens

 15:43 17/12/2017

TWO suicide bombers have targeted a Christian church in Pakistan packed with Christmas worshippers, killing at least eight and injuring dozens more.
© Aamir Qureshi, AFP | Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) looks on after inspecting a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, in 2013.

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns after Supreme Court order to disqualify him

 09:11 28/07/2017

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.
Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya; centre, taking party in Indian Navy’s Theatre Level Exercise. (Source: Twitter/@indiannavy)

Military strength: How do India, China and Pakistan compare?

 10:23 17/07/2017

India is flanked by a security threat from the east and west by China and Pakistan. While Pakistan's military is in the hands of unpredictable generals obsessed with Kashmir, China's military expansion has taken the world by surprise. Globalfirepower.com data shows where the three countries stand in terms of their military might.
Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping at a meeting of the Brics leaders in Goa. Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/Tass

Narendra Modi labels Pakistan 'mothership of terrorism'

 20:11 16/10/2016

Indian PM makes reference to neighbour as ‘nurturing a mindset that terrorism is justified’ in speech to world leaders in Goa
Russia vetoed a UN resolution calling for an end to bombing

Syria conflict: France wants Russia on war crimes charges

 19:03 10/10/2016

French President Francois Hollande has suggested Russia could face war crimes charges over its bombardment of Syria's second city Aleppo.
People shift an injured lawyer at the scene of a bomb blast in restive Quetta, Pakistan where dozens of lawyers and journalists were gathered outside the civil hospital following the assasination of a lawyer. (Jamal Taraqai/EPA)

Suicide blast claimed by Taliban faction in Pakistan claims at least 64 lives

 13:25 08/08/2016

The group has been behind several acts of terrorism in Pakistan in recent years. The latest claim could not be independently verified.
Amjad Sabri: Pakistanis mourn singer killed by Taliban

Amjad Sabri: Pakistanis mourn singer killed by Taliban

 10:41 23/06/2016

Pakistan is mourning one of its most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi by militants.
A man reads a newspaper containing news about Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour at a stall in Peshawar, Pakistan, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

Pakistan says can't confirm Taliban leader killed in U.S. drone strike

 14:10 24/05/2016

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".
May 18, 2016. Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States resumed talks Wednesday on bringing the Taliban to the negotiation table, the foreign ministry said. (Associated Press of Pakistan via AP)

In Pakistan, 4 nations mull how to bring Taliban to talks

 13:56 18/05/2016

The session ended with a promise to pursue peace, and to pressure warring groups to engage in negotiations. It also condemned violence
AAMIR QURESHI VIA GETTY IMAGES Pakistani F-16 fighter jets fly past during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2016.

U.S. Tells Pakistan It Will Have To Fund F-16s Itself

 12:30 03/05/2016

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