Pakistan

Pakistan has said that 36 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed in ongoing clashes along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, as both sides accuse each other of initiating the latest round of fighting. …

At least 31 people were killed and 169 injured after an explosion struck a Shia imambargah in Islamabad during Friday prayers, according to a district administration spokesperson. Officials said the …

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 …