Lahore
Suicide blasts rock Lahore
Three suicide bombers targeted a Shi'ite mourning procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 180, police and rescue officials said.
Deadly blast in Lahore
A bomb explodes in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore killing 12 people and wounding 60.
UK fighter jet scrambled to divert civilian plane
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, rattling the UK just days after a British soldier was killed on a...
Imran Khan accident overshadows poll deaths
Ben Doherty The former Pakistan cricketer turned politician Imran Khan was injured after falling off a makeshift lift carrying him onto a stage at an election rally in Lahore, at the end of a day in which 17...
Imran's injuries scupper campaign role
Ben Doherty Imran Khan is nursing three fractured vertebrae and a broken rib, and doctors have recommended he stay in hospital at least a week, meaning he will watch his bid for the prime ministership of...
Born to rule: dynasties keep their grip on power
Ben Doherty Their campaign promises, are about 'change' and 'reform' but the promises are made by familiar names.
Pakistan history in the making
Ben Doherty An explosion in Karachi killed at least 11 people as tens of millions of Pakistanis went to the polls under the threat of serious violence from the Taliban in a historic, but risky, election for the...
Sharif declares victory in Pakistan
Ben Doherty, Islamabad Nawaz Sharif has declared victory for his centre-right party in Pakistan’s landmark elections, as unofficial partial results put him on course to win a historic third term as premier.
Forget the past, Sharif tells the nation - I'm a changed man
Ben Doherty On the final day of campaigning, before a ballot had been cast, Nawaz Sharif turned up two hours late to his rally, and called Pakistan's election for himself.
State funeral for 'spy' after death row bashing
Ben Doherty Delhi: India's relationship with Pakistan, forever fractious and this year inflamed by a spate of fatal border skirmishes, has been further strained by the bashing death of an Indian prisoner in a...
Prisoner's death reignites India-Pakistan hostility
Ben Doherty India's relationship with Pakistan, forever fractious and this year tested by a spate of fatal border skirmishes, has been further strained by the bashing death of an Indian prisoner in a Pakistani...
Musharraf takes flight from court
Khurrum Anis and Haris Anwar Former Pakistani military leader Pervez Musharraf and his army guards fled a court in Islamabad after judges had revoked a bail agreement preventing his arrest on charges relating to the 2007...
Pakistan court 'bans Musharraf for life'
A Pakistani court has moved to ban former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections for the rest of his life, a step which his aides have immediately vowed to challenge.
'Indian spy' fights for life in Pakistan
An Indian national on death row in Pakistan who was attacked by fellow inmates armed with bricks has been put on a ventilator as he fights for his life.
Protests in Pakistan over anti-Christian riot
Waqar Hussain LAHORE: Christians have demonstrated in cities around Pakistan after a Muslim mob torched more than 100 Christian homes following allegations of blasphemy.
New chapter opens in love and romance for south Asian women
Amrit Dhillon AS A YOUNG girl, Naheed Hassan adored Georgette Heyer's historical romances. The beautiful heroines, the grand titles, gowns, ballrooms and all the sparkle of Regency romance thrilled her.
Pakistani gunmen kill vaccine workers
Jason Burke New Delhi FIVE female health workers vaccinating children against polio have been shot dead in Pakistan in a series of attacks blamed on Islamist militants. Three of the victims were teenagers.
Toxic cough syrup kills 16 in Pakistan
At least 16 people, mostly drug addicts seeking a fix, have died after drinking toxic cough syrup in an eastern Pakistani city.
No bail for head on blasphemy charges
LAHORE: A Pakistani court has refused bail to the headmaster of a school caught in a blasphemy row over a piece of homework allegedly containing derogatory references to the prophet Muhammad.
Pakistani girl's family defiant after attack
The family of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old girl shot by the Taliban, say the assassination attempt will not force them to flee Pakistan or silence her criticism of extremists.
