Pakistan
Pakistani hosts 10-nation regional economic summit
Middle East
March 1, 2017
Pakistani hosts 10-nation regional economic summit
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif opened a key economic summit Wednesday aimed at improving regional trade ties and calling for…
Wailing, anger at Sufi shrine in Pakistan after bomber kills 77
Middle East
February 17, 2017
Wailing, anger at Sufi shrine in Pakistan after bomber kills 77
Wailing Sufi devotees thronged a blood-stained shrine in southern Pakistan on Friday, shouting at police a day after a suicide…
Forbidden love: Valentine’s Day banned for some in Asia
Middle East
February 14, 2017
Forbidden love: Valentine’s Day banned for some in Asia
Valentine's Day celebrations on Tuesday were banned by authorities in parts of Indonesia and Pakistan, home to Asia's largest Muslim populations, saying…
Pakistan mourns Lahore victims of Taliban attack
Middle East
February 14, 2017
Pakistan mourns Lahore victims of Taliban attack
Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and…
Dozens killed as heavy snow hits Afghanistan and Pakistan
Middle East
February 5, 2017
Dozens killed as heavy snow hits Afghanistan and Pakistan
Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend.In eastern Afghanistan,…
Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden
Middle East
February 3, 2017
Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden
Pakistan has denied identity cards to the family of Shakeel Afridi, the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA…
Protests expected after Pakistan detains Islamist leader over Mumbai attack
Middle East
January 31, 2017
Protests expected after Pakistan detains Islamist leader over Mumbai attack
Pakistani police confined Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, the accused architect of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, to house arrest on Tuesday,…
Pakistan’s blasphemy law exalts killer, threatens missing bloggers
Middle East
January 25, 2017
Pakistan’s blasphemy law exalts killer, threatens missing bloggers
Two ornate minarets pierce the evening sky. They frame the emerald green colored dome of an ornate shrine erected to…
Pakistan market bomb kills at least 20
World
January 21, 2017
Pakistan market bomb kills at least 20
A bomb exploded at a market in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Saturday, killing at…
Duped by fake news story, Pakistani minister threatens nuclear war with Israel
Middle East
December 27, 2016
Duped by fake news story, Pakistani minister threatens nuclear war with Israel
A fake news story led to threats of nuclear war between Pakistan and Israel on Christmas Eve.