Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals
Pakistan’s election commission yesterday blocked lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from taking a share of parliamentary seats reserved for women and minorities, after a poll marred by rigging claims.
More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with thousands of schools closed, officials said yesterday.
Shehbaz Sharif was voted in yesterday as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.
Newly sworn-in lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sharif by 201 votes to 92, three weeks after national elections marred by widespread allegations of rigging
Backed by PTI, firebrand Pashtun nationalist leader from Balochistan Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday submitted nomination papers to contest the upcoming presidential election of Pakistan on March 9 against PPP's Asif Ali Zardari
Sri Lanka yesterday awarded the construction of three solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm.
Pakistan’s new parliament elected a speaker yesterday, despite protests from lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan three weeks after an election they claim was brazenly rigged.
Lawmakers were sworn in during the first sitting of Pakistan's new parliament Thursday, three weeks after an election marred by widespread allegations of rigging
The party of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, has asked the International Monetary Fund to factor in the country’s political stability in any further bailout talks, two people familiar with the matter said yesterday.
Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday had to summon the maiden sitting of the lower house of parliament at 10am on Feb 29, after President Arif Alvi refused to summon the session on account of an 'incomplete house'
Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected yesterday as the head of the country’s most populous province, Punjab, in a move underlining the expanding grip of the family in the South Asian nation.
India yesterday permitted the export of 50,000 tonnes of onions to Bangladesh ahead of Ramadan, relaxing the vegetable’s export ban.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan will write to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), demanding it to stop their support for Pakistan due to “rigged elections,” party leader Ali Zafar announced yesterday.
Indian Sikh warriors, some on horseback, gathered yesterday to protect protesting farmers stalled by fearsome police barricades from advancing on the capital New Delhi to demand higher crop prices.
After a split-verdict in Pakistan’s general election this month, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) announced the coalition late Tuesday, naming former premier Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister and Asif Ali Zardari as president.