Pakistan

The Pakistani government cleared its national team on Sunday to compete in the Twenty20 World Cup starting from February 7, but stopped them from playing arch-rivals and tournament co-hosts India. …

Separatists launched “coordinated” attacks across Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Saturday, killing at least 10 security personnel and five civilians, an official said, the latest violence in the insurgency-hit southwestern region. …

A Pakistani court on Saturday jailed a prominent rights activist and her husband for 10 years over “anti-state” social media posts. Imaan Mazari, a 32-year-old lawyer and vocal critic of …

The death toll from the devastating fire at Karachi’s Gul Plaza shopping centre has risen to 71 after rescuers recovered additional human remains from the rubble, officials said on Friday. …

Junaid Safdar, the son of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has tied the knot with Shanzeh Ali in a nikah ceremony held in Lahore. Shanzeh Ali is the granddaughter …

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been given further prison sentences after being convicted in a case involving the undervaluation of state gifts received …

Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general Faiz Hameed has been sentenced to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM), the military confirmed on Thursday. Inter-Services Public …

Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a “Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement” in Riyadh, committing that any aggression against either country will be treated as an act of aggression against …

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck close to Afghanistan on Sunday evening, with tremors widely felt in neighbouring countries including Pakistan, India, and Tajikistan. The epicentre was recorded 23 kilometres from …

Punjab is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, with over 1.5 million people affected across the province and residential areas of Lahore engulfed by floodwaters from the Ravi River. …