Death Penalty For ‘Indian Spy’ In Pakistan
Pakistani officials said that the man in the video was an Indian spy A military court in Pakistan has sentenced to death a former Indian navy officer detained last year on charges of spying....
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Taliban Suicide Blast Targeting Census Team Kills Five In Pakistan
At least five people were killed and up to 18 wounded in a Taliban suicide blast that targeted a census team in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, officials said. Witnesses described being...
20 People Tortured To Death At Pakistan Shrine
The custodian of a Pakistani religious shrine and two accomplices have been arrested for torturing and murdering 20 worshippers with knives and clubs early Sunday, police said. Four women were among...
20 Murdered At Sufi Shrine In Punjab
At least 20 people have been murdered and others wounded at a Sufi shrine near the city of Sargodha, in Pakistan's Punjab province, police say. Deputy police commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta said the...
At Least Six Dead, 50 Wounded In Pakistan Market Blast
At least six people were killed and 50 wounded on Friday when a bomb tore through a market in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, local officials told AFP. Doctors said they...
Pakistan Building Border Fence With Afghanistan
Pakistan has begun building a fence along its border with Afghanistan to curtail the movement of militants, its army said, in a move criticised by its eastern neighbour for dividing communities. The...
Pakistan To Meet Facebook Over ‘blasphemy’ Posts
Pakistan will punish social media companies that fail to take action against online blasphemy, the interior minister said, adding he requested a meeting with Facebook to discuss the issue. Pakistan's...
Pakistan PM Orders Reopening of Border With Afghanistan
Pakistan on Monday ordered the border with Afghanistan to be reopened "immediately", a month after it was closed amid soaring tensions as Islamabad and Kabul accused one another of providing safe...
Pakistan Threatens To Block Social Media Over ‘blasphemy’
A Pakistani court has ordered the government to open an investigation into online "blasphemy", threatening to ban social media networks if they failed to censor content deemed insulting to Islam,...
Pakistan Gunfights Kill 15 Militants, Two Soldiers
At least 15 militants and two soldiers have been killed in two separate gun battles in a relatively peaceful district of Pakistan just northwest of the capital Islamabad, officials said Wednesday....
Five Troops, 10 Militants Dead In Pakistan Border Raid
Five Pakistani soldiers and 10 militants were killed in a coordinated overnight raid at several border posts on the frontier with Afghanistan, the military said Monday. The fighting took place in...
Pakistan Plans To End Separate Status For ‘tribal Areas’
Pakistan on Thursday announced plans to bring its militancy-wracked tribal areas into the mainstream political fold by ending a de facto system of direct rule that critics said suppressed development...
US Drone Kills Two On Motorbike In Pakistan
A US drone on Thursday killed two men riding a motorbike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, officials said, the first such attack in the country under the administration of new American President...
Shrine To Islamist Murderer Reveals Pakistan’s Challenges
Pakistan has renewed its vow to root out extremism after a fresh wave of attacks, but a rose-covered shrine in Islamabad built by radicals to glorify an Islamist murderer sends a different message....
5 Dead, 30 Injured In Bomb Attack In Lahore
At least five people were killed and 30 injured after a blast ripped through a building in an upscale shopping area of Pakistan's Lahore Thursday, officials said, the latest in a surge in Islamist...
Pakistan Launches Nationwide Anti-Militant Offensive
Pakistan's military on Wednesday launched a nationwide anti-terrorist operation days after a series of bloody extremist assaults killed dozens of people across the country, the military said....
Families Flee As Pakistan Cracks Down Along Afghan Border
Hundreds of families were fleeing from both sides of Pakistan's border with Afghanistan Monday, officials said, as Islamabad continued a violent crackdown on extremists after multiple attacks last...
Islamic State-Claimed Bomb Kills 70 At Pakistan Shrine
At least 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded Thursday when a bomb ripped through a revered Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, officials said, after a series of attacks which have shaken...
Islamic State-Claimed Bomb Kills 70 At Pakistani Shrine
At least 70 people died Thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan, police said, in the deadliest attack to hit the militancy-plagued country so far in 2017. The Islamic...
Deadly IS Attack On Sufi Shrine In Sindh
A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 50 people, reports say. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the...