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The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck a remote part of southwestern Pakistan jumped to 173 on Wednesday, officials said, as rescue teams rushed to the area.

• 25 сентября 2013, 12:09

A devastating double suicide attack on a church in northwest Pakistan has triggered fears among the country's beleaguered Christian community that they will be targeted in a fresh wave of Islamist violence.

• 24 сентября 2013, 18:51

Early childhood deaths around the world have been cut in half since 1990 but some 18,000 children under five still die every day.

• 14 сентября 2013, 10:07

A US drone fired two missiles into a compound in northwest Pakistan early Friday killing at least six militants.

• 06 сентября 2013, 17:04

Afghan President Hamid Karzai flew into Islamabad on Monday for key talks with Pakistan's newly elected government, searching for communication with Taliban insurgents to end 12 years of war.

• 27 августа 2013, 10:43

The United States on Thursday evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, citing "specific threats" amid a worldwide alert over Al-Qaeda intercepts.

• 09 августа 2013, 15:44

For thousands of Kashmiri families divided by one of the most heavily militarised borders in the world, this year's Eid al-Fitr festival offers cold comfort as India-Pakistan tensions flare.

• 09 августа 2013, 13:22

A bomb blast in Pakistan's port city of Karachi early Wednesday killed seven people and wounded 26 others.

• 07 августа 2013, 16:51

Fierce clashes between Pakistani security forces and Islamic militants on Tuesday left 10 people dead in northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border.

• 31 июля 2013, 18:02

Pakistani lawmakers are set to elect a new head of state Tuesday, marking an end to the five-year term of outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari whose party lost May's general elections.

• 30 июля 2013, 17:45

Taliban insurgents armed with mortars and grenades launched a major attack on a jail in northwest Pakistan, escaping with 230 prisoners including hardline militants after a gunbattle with security forces.

• 30 июля 2013, 10:35

Tribal elders and Islamic clerics in northwest Pakistan have barred women from shopping in bazaars without a male relative.

• 21 июля 2013, 21:31

Success stories can be rare in Pakistan, but business is booming in one Kashmir tourist spot as the region rebuilds after a devastating earthquake and shrugs off associations with violence.

• 20 июля 2013, 14:34

Malala Yousafzai took over the United Nations on Friday, nine months after a Taliban gunman put a bullet in her head believing he was ending the Pakistani teenager's campaign for girls' education.

• 13 июля 2013, 11:01

Friends of famous Kazakhstan alpinist Maksut Zhumayev were among those killed in the attack in Pakistan-controlled Gilgit-Baltistan on June 23.

• 10 июля 2013, 17:41

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries' relationship was "sweeter than honey".

• 05 июля 2013, 15:00

Pakistan could end the Afghan war "in weeks" if it were serious about peace, and is complicit in US drone strikes despite its denunciations of the anti-militant campaign.

• 03 июля 2013, 16:28

Militants blew up a historic building in violence-plagued southwest Pakistan after shooting dead a guard in a predawn attack on Saturday.

• 15 июня 2013, 14:13

Two men arrested on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport remained in custody Saturday for questioning by the police.

• 26 мая 2013, 15:32

Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday.

• 25 мая 2013, 13:26