Bomb kills 17, wounds 50 in Islamabad marketA bomb tore through a bustling Islamabad market on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, police and hospital officials said, the latest violence to hit government peace talks with the Taliban.
Pakistan's Musharraf survives assassination bomb attempt: policePakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to pass early Thursday, police said.
Pakistan police arrest three with 100kg of explosivesPakistani police have arrested three men and seized 100 kilograms of explosives in a raid in the capital Islamabad, officers said Tuesday, following two deadly Taliban attacks on military targets.
21 January 2014
Angry wife outs Indian minister's 'affair' on TwitterThe furious wife of the Indian government's top-tweeting minister admitted Thursday she had hacked his account to send out messages exposing an alleged affair he was having with a Pakistani journalist.
16 January 2014
Pakistan gang rape inspires New York operaTo those who complain that opera is an elitist indulgence served up to snobs in dinner jackets, New York's latest world premiere may come as something of a shock.
15 January 2014
Pakistan honours teenage bomb hero with bravery awardA Pakistani teenager who sacrificed his life to stop a suicide bomber, saving the lives of hundreds of students, has been handed the country's highest award for bravery.
11 January 2014
Sex, drugs and beards: an afternoon in a Pakistani porn cinemaThree times a day dozens of men pack the auditorium, the air heavy with hashish smoke, to watch graphic sex movies: welcome to the Shama -- a pornographic cinema in Pakistan's Taliban heartland.
Nuclear war to 'end civilization' with famine: studyA nuclear war between India and Pakistan would set off a global famine that could kill two billion people and effectively end human civilization, a study said Tuesday.
10 December 2013
US drone strike kills two in NW PakistanA US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, officials said.
29 November 2013
Mexico to give equality prize to Pakistan's MalalaMexico said Sunday it will award its 2013 International Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for championing girls' rights to education.
25 November 2013
Gunmen kill Shiite director of Pakistan universityUnidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Tuesday killed a senior Shiite director of a university along with his driver in Pakistan's central Punjab province.
19 November 2013
Murder? What murder? Mystery of Haqqani killing in PakistanA phantom body, clueless cops and busy spies: the fallout from the shooting of a senior Haqqani network leader will do little to dampen suspicions of Pakistani complicity with Islamist militants.
15 November 2013
Pakistan makes UN call for end to US drone strikesPakistan on Friday renewed demands for an end to US drone strikes on its territory as two UN experts called for greater transparency in the use of the weapons.
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