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PAKISTAN SENTENCES CHRISTIAN MAN TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
Blasphemy is a criminal offence in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and insults against the Prophet Mohammad are punishable by death... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN'S SHARIF FACES KEY BY-POLL AFTER DISMISSAL
A middle-class professional doctor, Rashid gained more than 52,350 votes in the constituency when she last ran in 2013, ultimately losing to Nawaz Sharif's 91,683 votes... READ MORE›
SHARIF DAUGHTER SEEKS 'PEOPLE'S VERDICT' IN PAKISTAN POLL
The lion is normally the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but on this occasion it's his daughter Maryam Nawaz... READ MORE›
A PAKISTANI BARBER IS OFFERING FREE HAIRCUTS TO GET PAKISTAN VS WORLD XI TICKETS
Pakistan is finally hosting an international cricket tournament again with a three-match T20 series between the World XI and Pakistan's team... READ MORE›
SUICIDE BOMB NEAR CRICKET STADIUM IN AFGHAN CAPITAL KILLS AT LEAST TWO
There were no immediate details on the casualties but Tolo News Television quoted the Afghan Cricket Board as saying all players were safe... READ MORE›
WHY THE PLIGHT OF THE ROHINGYA IS STIRRING A WAVE OF PROTEST IN PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD -- Until recently, most Pakistanis knew little to nothing about the problems of Rohingya Muslims in Burma... READ MORE›
PAKISTANIS HAIL INTERNATIONAL WORLD XI CRICKET SERIES
Ramiz Raja, another former Pakistan test cricketer and now television commentator, also celebrated the return of international cricket at home... READ MORE›
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET RETURNING TO SITE OF 2009 TERRORIST ATTACK IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan to host international cricket again with World XI tour featuring three Australian players... READ MORE›
NANCY DUPREE: RENOWNED US HISTORIAN DIES IN AFGHANISTAN
She also established the Louis and Nancy Hatch Dupree Foundation, which promotes the history and culture of Afghanistan... READ MORE›
AFGHANISTAN'S LOST MOVIES, HIDDEN FROM THE TALIBAN, GO DIGITAL
He hid thousands of reels of footage showcasing Afghanistan's rich cultural history, knowing that if the Taliban found out he faced certain death... READ MORE›
CHINA TO PLAY CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE TO BRING TOGETHER PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN
The Chinese side welcomes Pakistan's attitude of improving relations with Afghanistan, Wang said... READ MORE›
THIS STATE HOLDS THE KEY TO POWER IN SCANDAL-HIT PAKISTAN
The Sharif brothers are sons of late industrialist Mian Muhammad Sharif whose family emigrated to Lahore from Amritsar during partition, which split Punjab in two... READ MORE›
"JUST AS PAKISTAN HAS VERY REAL AND LEGITIMATE SECURITY INTERESTS IN AFGHANISTAN, SO DOES INDIA," SHE SAID.
Just as Pakistan has very real and legitimate security interests in Afghanistan, so does India... READ MORE›
U.S. GENERAL IN AFGHANISTAN APOLOGIZES FOR HIGHLY OFFENSIVE LEAFLETS
KABUL -- A senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized Wednesday for propaganda leaflets that superimposed a key Islamic text on the image of a dog... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | SHE'S A NOBEL WINNER HEADING TO OXFORD. BUT 'MALALA HATE' IS STILL REAL IN PAKISTAN.
She's a Nobel winner heading to Oxford. But 'Malala hate' is still real in Pakistan... READ MORE›
INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN US FEAR DEPORTATION POST DACA REPEAL
Over 27,000 Asian Americans, including 5,500 Indians and Pakistanis, have already received DACA... READ MORE›
PAKISTANI ENVOYS MEET AS WORLD PRESSURE MOUNTS ON ISLAMABAD
The meeting comes weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Islamabad harbors fighters battling U.S. forces in Afghanistan... READ MORE›
ANGER SPREADS ACROSS ASIA OVER MYANMAR'S VIOLENCE AGAINST ROHINGYA MUSLIMS
Hundreds of protesters in Indonesia rallied for the third straight day as Muslim nations across Asia voiced growing concern over Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya... READ MORE›
106-YEAR-OLD AFGHAN WOMAN FACES DEPORTATION FROM SWEDEN
Their journey made headlines in 2015, when they were part of a huge influx of people who came to Europe from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries... READ MORE›
RISKY ROAD: CHINA'S MISSIONARIES FOLLOW BEIJING WEST
Dismay as church crosses removed in China But incidents like the killings in Pakistan present a tricky dilemma for Chinese authorities... READ MORE›
INDIAN FIRE KILLS PAKISTAN GIRL IN KASHMIR
Kashmir has been divided between Indian and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947... READ MORE›
MQM'S KHAWAJA IZHARUL HASSAN SURVIVES GUN ATTACK
I strongly condemn this attack on Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Farooq said... READ MORE›
MUMBAI BUILDING COLLAPSES AS MONSOON RAINS WREAK HAVOC
In Bihar, the death toll has reached 514, with people still living in makeshift huts days after the flooding started... READ MORE›
EIGHT DEAD IN KARACHI AS PAKISTAN HIT BY MONSOON FLOODS
Monsoon rain in Pakistan has left at least eight people dead in flood-related incidents in the country's largest city Karachi, officials said... READ MORE›
MUSHARRAF DECLARED FUGITIVE IN EX-PM BHUTTO'S MURDER
Pakistan's former military ruler charged with Bhutto's 2007 assassination in 2013, but has been in self-imposed exile... READ MORE›
TODDLERS AMONG LATEST VICTIMS OF MUMBAI MONSOON FLOODS
Rains lash Pakistani city In Pakistan on Thursday, meanwhile, rains lashed the port city of Karachi following days-long downpours in neighbouring India... READ MORE›
FIVE CLEARED OF EX-PAKISTAN PM MURDER
A Pakistani court has acquitted five men of conspiracy to murder the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS TRUMP'S AFGHAN POLICY
On Monday, Deng Xijun, Chinese special envoy on Afghan affairs, met Pakistani Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in Islamabad... READ MORE›
CIVILIANS FEARED KILLED IN AIR RAID ON TALIBAN BASE
It come a week after US President Donald Trump reversed America's stance on Afghanistan and authorised a troop build-up... READ MORE›
CHINESE RISK-TAKERS SEEK 'SILK ROAD' RICHES IN PAKISTAN
Piggy-backing on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Chinese entrepreneurs sense opportunities in the country, despite security fears... READ MORE›
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PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF OF PAKISTAN IS ORDERED REMOVED
His daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who was being groomed as his political heir, was also implicated in the case... READ MORE›
NOBEL WINNER MALALA WINS PLACE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Malala Yousafzai, the 20-year-old Pakistani education activist and youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has gained a place at Britain's Oxford University... READ MORE›
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER MALALA YOUSAFZAI TO STUDY AT OXFORD
By studying PPE at Oxford, she will be following in the footsteps of her hero Benazir Bhutto, the first female prime minister of Pakistan... READ MORE›
TALIBAN LETTER TO TRUMP URGES US TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN
Written in a tone of negotiation, the Taliban asked Trump to study the historical mistakes of his predecessors and to withdraw troops from Afghanistan completely... READ MORE›
WHY PAKISTAN IS MOURNING LOSS OF GERMAN NUN RUTH PFAU
Lots of ex pats like myself come back to Pakistan because of inspirational ppl like Dr Ruth Pfau... READ MORE›
INDIA REJECTS CHINA'S MEDIATION OFFER ON KASHMIR
Kashmiri resistance groups have been fighting against Indian rule for independence, or for unification with Pakistan... READ MORE›
PAKISTANI 'TERRORIST' CHARITY LAUNCHES POLITICAL PARTY
Pakistani police have held Saeed under house arrest in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore since January under local anti-terrorism laws... READ MORE›
DEADLY EXPLOSION ROCKS PAKISTANI CITY OF LAHORE
In February, at least 13 people were killed when a suicide bomber targeted police posted at a protest demonstration in the heart of Lahore... READ MORE›
TALIBAN LEADER FEARED PAKISTAN BEFORE HE WAS KILLED
For many in the Taliban, Mullah Mansour's death represented a devastating betrayal by their longtime patron and sponsor, Pakistan, that has split and demoralized the ranks... READ MORE›
KASHMIRIS CAST DOUBT ON INDIAN PM MODI'S 'WARM' WORDS
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said force will not resolve the situation in Kashmir in a speech marking 70 years of Indian independence... READ MORE›
FIGHTERS, INDIAN TROOPS AMONG LATEST KILLED IN KASHMIR
The violence comes just days after Indian forces killed top commander Abu Dujana, who headed LeT in Kashmir... READ MORE›
SWEDEN TO DEPORT 106YO AFGHANI WOMAN, WORLD'S 'OLDEST REFUGEE' - REPORTS
Sweden rejects the asylum application of the world's oldest refugee... READ MORE›
EXCERPTS AND VIDEO FROM TRUMPS SPEECH
President Trump addressed the nation from Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Va., about his military plan for Afghanistan... READ MORE›
AYESHA GULALAI V IMRAN KHAN: PAKISTAN WEIGHS PROBE
Pakistan's new prime minister has called for an investigation into allegations that opposition politician Imran Khan harassed a former female member of his political party... READ MORE›
TRUMPS REQUEST FOR INDIAS HELP IN AFGHANISTAN RATTLES PAKISTAN
Mr. Trump also reiterated his predecessors' calls that Islamabad crack down on militant groups that have waged attacks from bases in Pakistani territory... READ MORE›
WHY PAKISTAN AND INDIA REMAIN IN DENIAL 70 YEARS ON FROM PARTITION
Leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, says India's Muslim community is very apprehensive and can trust nobody ... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN ACCUSES INDIA OF DEADLY CROSS-BORDER ATTACK
Pakistan has accused India of targeting its military vehicle and killing four Pakistani soldiers in unprovoked cross-border firing in the disputed Kashmir region... READ MORE›
PAKISTANI POLICE ARREST 20 FOR ORDERING 'REVENGE RAPE'
The maximum punishment for rape under Pakistani law is the death penalty... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER, SURVIVORS RECALL THE HORRORS OF INDIA-PAKISTAN PARTITION
Partition of India Survivors of 1947 riots recall horrors of India-Pakistan separation... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN KILLED AS INDIAN TROOPS SLAY LET'S ABU DUJANA
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan each administer part of Kashmir, but both claim the Himalayan territory in its entirety... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN BLAST VICTIMS END SIT-IN AS DEMANDS MET
Army chief meets protesters in Parachinar, wracked by last week's twin blasts, accedes to demands for security revamp... READ MORE›
CHINA DEFENDS ALLY PAKISTAN AFTER TRUMP CRITICISM
China and Pakistan consider each other all-weather friends and have close diplomatic, economic and security ties... READ MORE›
MASH-UP COMBINES PAKISTAN AND INDIA'S ANTHEMS TO MAKE A VIRAL HIT
A series of artists then sing the Indian anthem Jana Gana Mana, and Pakistan's Pak Sarzamin... READ MORE›
NAWAZ SHARIF, PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER, DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE
Post to Facebook Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif disqualified from office Pakistan's highest court barred Nawaz Sharif from office following a corruption probe... READ MORE›
MALALA YOUSAFZAI WINS A PLACE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
LONDON -- Malala Yousafzai, the education campaigner and youngest-ever Nobel laureate, has won a place to study at England's prestigious Oxford University... READ MORE›
HAMDULLAH MOHIB: TRUMP'S POLICY WILL LEAD TO STABILITY
Afghan ambassador to the US welcomes US President Donald Trump's commitment to war in Afghanistan... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN: ZAFAR ACHAKZAI CHARGED FOR ANTI-ARMY POST
He was handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency on Thursday and charged under the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act PECA, said Naimat Achakzai... READ MORE›
TALIBAN OPEN LETTER TO TRUMP URGES U.S. TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN
The note, which is 1,600 words long, also says a U.S. withdrawal would "truly deliver American troops from harm's way" and bring about "an end to an inherited war."... READ MORE›
AFGHAN EX-REFUGEE SHAESTA WAIZ ON ROUND-THE-WORLD SOLO FLIGHT
After leaving Afghanistan she will fly on through Asia and Australia before crossing the US back to Florida... READ MORE›
FORMER PM NAWAZ SHARIF STARTS DEFIANT RALLY TO HOMETOWN
Nawaz Sharif is embarking on tour from Islamabad to Lahore just weeks after he was disqualified as prime minister... READ MORE›