Pakistan

Islamabad is moving towards a full security lockdown ahead of an expected second round of talks between the United States and Iran, with multiple on-the-ground indicators pointing to imminent high-level …

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 …