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Family honour is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where nearly 1,000 women are killed by their relatives each year for violating conservative norms on love and marriage. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan: Woman stripped, paraded in village for brother's affair; 7 held

The woman’s brother had an affair with a young woman from the suspects’ family.

01 Nov 2017 10:40 AM

Qazi Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi is a leader of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-i- Islami. (Photo: Twitter)

Afghanistan's deputy provincial governor kidnapped in Pakistan

No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping yet.

29 Oct 2017 12:11 PM

This still image made from a 2013 video released by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle in a militant video given to the family. (Photo: AP)

Taliban rejects Canadian man's allegation of rape, murder, calls it fabricated

Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid rejected the accusation as propaganda by the Western governments that helped rescue the family.

15 Oct 2017 3:54 PM

Three paramilitary soldiers were killed and as many injured today in multiple landmine blasts at a check-post in north-western Pakistan. (Representational | Photo: AP)

Landmine blasts in Pakistan: 3 troops killed

The three simultaneous blasts hit the Kharlachi check- post in Kurram agency near Pak-Afghan border.

15 Oct 2017 12:22 PM

he CIA Factbook estimates that 3.6 percent of Pakistan's 180 million people are non-Muslims, including Sikhs, Christians and Hindus. (Photo: AP)

Sikhs struggle to feel at home on either side of the border, 70 yrs after 1947 partition

Today, Sikhs are among Pakistan's smallest minorities, easily identifiable due due their turbans, and because they share the surname Singh.

14 Aug 2017 2:10 PM

Expressing grief over loss of lives, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned authorities to submit a report on the incident. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

16 passengers burnt alive as van hits gas pipeline in Pak

The passenger van travelling from Rawalpindi to Peshawar collided with a truck coming at Abbottabad chowk and hit a gas pipeline.

30 Jul 2017 2:54 PM

The attack comes just one day after the army said it had launched an operation in the Khyber tribal region to rout ISIS. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

3 dead, 8 wounded in 2 bomb attacks on Pak paramilitary force

Pakistan's Tehrik-e-Taliban was behind the attack, according to a statement by the militants' spokesman, Mohammad Khurasani.

17 Jul 2017 10:23 AM

Toy bomb killed 6 children aged between 6 to 12 years and others wounded critically. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

'Toy' bomb kills 6 children, wounds 2 in Pakistan

Dozens of children in NW Pakistan, have lost their lives in the past when playing with 'toys' that turned out to be explosive devices.

26 Jun 2017 2:44 PM

Officials said the blasts on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan targeted people shopping in the area and those heading out of the city ahead of Eid. (Photo: AP)

Multiple bombings in 3 Pakistani cities leave 73 dead, many injured

The blasts were claimed by the local wing of ISIS and Taliban-affiliated groups - Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Sunni.

24 Jun 2017 2:35 PM

At least 30 people have been killed and 100 others injured in Parachinar, Dawn news reported. (Photo: AP)

Multiple blasts rip through 3 Pakistani cities; 47 dead, 121 injured

2 back-to-back blasts tore through a market crowded with the people shopping for Eid in the Shia- dominated Parachinar city.

24 Jun 2017 10:35 AM

At least 11 people were killed and 24 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market crowded with shoppers preparing for the Eid holidays. (Photo: File/Representational)

38 killed, 121 injured as twin blasts hit market in Pak's tribal belt

The second blast took place as rescuers and bystanders rushed to aid those who had been hurt in the first explosion.

23 Jun 2017 7:31 PM

The killing of Pakistani student, Mashal Khan, led to a national outcry after a video of the incident went viral. (Photo: AFP/File)

No evidence related to blasphemy found in Pak student's mob lynching case: police

Mashal Khan, 23, was stripped, beaten, shot before being thrown from the 2nd floor of his hostel at the Abdul Wali Khan University in April.

05 Jun 2017 8:08 PM

According to the police, Khan was sleeping when his wife opened fire on him with a pistol with their daughter-in-law's assistance. (Photo: File/Representational)

He didn't respect relations: Pak wife kills husband for raping daughter-in-law

Begum Bibi said, she decided to kill Gulbar Khan when he refused to give up his evil practice of raping their daughter-in-law.

04 Jun 2017 7:49 PM

Jadhav was arrested by Pakistani intelligence agencies on charges of 'spying', the resolution said. (Photo: PTI)

Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly calls for Kulbhushan Jadhav's execution

The assembly demands that the provincial government should recommend to the federal government to implement the death sentence.

22 May 2017 9:02 PM

Khan says the remote controlled bomb was detonated on Monday in Tirah valley in the Khyber tribal region. (Photo: Representational/ AFP)

5 killed, several wounded in roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan

The attack took place in a remote area of the valley and the wounded were being transported to a hospital in the region, said officials.

22 May 2017 3:56 PM

The accident occurred near Lawari Top in upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, officials said. (Representational Image)

Pakistan: 14 killed after vehicle skids off, falls into ravine

The vehicle met the accident when the driver lost control while negotiating a sharp turn in the mountainous terrain near Lawari top.

30 Apr 2017 4:48 PM

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ( PTI) chief Imran Khan. (Photo: AP)

Pak: Imran Khan claims govt offered him Rs10 billion to stop pursuing Panamagate

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief added that he would not give up till Prime Minister Sharif resigned.

26 Apr 2017 3:45 PM

Pakistan police officials. (Photo: Representational Image)

9 people killed in roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan: official

With few adequate medical facilities in the area, a Pakistani army helicopter evacuated the wounded to a nearby military hospital.

25 Apr 2017 1:51 PM

Pakistan: 10 killed in Kurram tribal area blast

A bomb went off near a passenger van in Gudar area of Central Kurram Agency on early Tuesday morning.

25 Apr 2017 11:19 AM

The petitioner pleaded that after partition of sub-continent the NGO has been looking after the temple. (Photo: AFP)

Shiva temple shut for 20 years over property dispute now open to Pak Hindus

In 2013, a Hindu NGO filed a petition with the PHC Abbottabad bench that they had purchased the property through lease by a legal owner.

25 Apr 2017 8:44 AM

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