Pakistan
Suicide bomber attacks army facility in Pakistan, wounding 5
World
January 29, 2016
Suicide bomber attacks army facility in Pakistan, wounding 5
Police say a suicide car bomber has blown himself up outside the gate of an army facility in southwest Pakistan,…
Obama urges ‘serious’ action against Pakistan extremists
World
January 24, 2016
Obama urges ‘serious’ action against Pakistan extremists
US President Barack Obama has urged Pakistan to show it is "serious" about crushing extremist networks operating on its territory,…
Pakistan’s thin red line: armed teachers in classrooms
World
January 24, 2016
Pakistan’s thin red line: armed teachers in classrooms
Headmaster Naveed Gul walked past the armed guard at the gate into his office. As primary school pupils studied their…
Pakistan Taliban kill at least 19 as they storm university
World
January 20, 2016
Pakistan Taliban kill at least 19 as they storm university
Islamist Taliban militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens…
Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northwest Pakistan
World
January 19, 2016
Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northwest Pakistan
A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least ten…
World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016
Health & Fitness
January 18, 2016
World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016
An official says the World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016, after containing outbreaks in conflict-ridden Syria, Iraq…
Pakistan executed 332 after reinstating death penalty: report
World
January 16, 2016
Pakistan executed 332 after reinstating death penalty: report
Pakistan announced this week that authorities have executed 332 criminals and militants since lifting a moratorium on the death penalty…
Suicide bomber kills at least 15 outside Pakistan polio center
World
January 13, 2016
Suicide bomber kills at least 15 outside Pakistan polio center
A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people, most of them police, outside a polio eradication center in Pakistan's western…
Pakistani paramilitary force raids home of New York Times reporter
World
January 12, 2016
Pakistani paramilitary force raids home of New York Times reporter
A Pakistani paramilitary force raided the home of the New York Times' national correspondent on Tuesday in what officials called…
Four wheels good, two wheels better for Pakistan’s female motorists
Life & Style
January 11, 2016
Four wheels good, two wheels better for Pakistan’s female motorists
On the crowded roads of the teeming eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, Tayyaba Tariq zips through the rowdy traffic on…