Pakistan mosque bombing death toll rises to 87
The death toll in the suicide bombing that tore through a mosque in Pakistan rose to 87 today, a hospital official said, a day after the one of the biggest attacks in the unstable South Asian nation.
61 killed, 150 hurt in Pakistan mosque blast
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in Pakistan yesterday, killing over 61 people, most of them police.
Death toll in Pakistan mosque blast rises to 47
Police officers were among at least 47 killed and 150 wounded in a blast at a mosque inside a highly sensitive Pakistan police headquarters on Monday, prompting the government to put the country on high alert.
India FM in 2-day Sri Lanka visit
India’s foreign minister arrives in Colombo yesterday following his country’s backing of Sri Lanka for a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.
Pakistan EC to notify Imran Khan’s victory on 7 seats
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday decided to issue a notification confirming PTI chief Imran Khan's victory in by-elections on seven National Assembly seats that was earlier withheld for his alleged failure to submit details of the party's funding to the electoral body.
Imran dissolves 2nd Pak provincial govt
Seeking to force Pakistan to hold an early national election, the opposition party led by former prime minister Imran Khan dissolved its provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yesterday, three days after doing the same in Punjab province.
India invites Pak foreign minister for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting
India has invited Pakistan's foreign minister to a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) that it is hosting in May, Indian media reported on Wednesday, signalling a possible thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Blast derails train in SE Pakistan
At least 15 people were injured when a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan yesterday, a government official said.
India FM in 2-day Sri Lanka visit
India’s foreign minister arrives in Colombo yesterday following his country’s backing of Sri Lanka for a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.
Pakistan EC to notify Imran Khan’s victory on 7 seats
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday decided to issue a notification confirming PTI chief Imran Khan's victory in by-elections on seven National Assembly seats that was earlier withheld for his alleged failure to submit details of the party's funding to the electoral body.
Imran dissolves 2nd Pak provincial govt
Seeking to force Pakistan to hold an early national election, the opposition party led by former prime minister Imran Khan dissolved its provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yesterday, three days after doing the same in Punjab province.
'Alarming' rise in Rohingya lost at sea in 2022: UN
The UN decried Tuesday the "alarming" rise in the number of Rohingya refugees lost at sea fleeing their Myanmar homeland or Bangladesh last year, warning more would die without concerted action.
Pakistan lawyer shot dead by colleague at high court
A top lawyer was murdered at a Pakistan high court yesterday by a colleague who shot him six times while dressed in full judicial robes, police and a witness said.
Pilot couple killed nearly 16 yrs apart
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying for the domestic carrier went down minutes before landing.
Black boxes found
Searchers yesterday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed killing at least 68 people in Nepal’s worst plane accident in 30 years, officials said.
Nepal plane crash: Eyewitnesses recount lucky escape
Kalpana Sunar had come to Pokhara from Dulegaunda in Tanahun to celebrate Maghe Sankranti three days ago. She was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw an aeroplane falling from the sky and coming in her direction.