Pakistan
Killing overshadows Pakistan poll
The leader of Pakistan's PTI party Imran Khan has blamed one of his main political rivals for the killing of party vice-president Zahra Shahid Hussain on Saturday.
Obama heckled over US drone use
President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.
Police arrest two more over London attack
Nick Miller British police arrested two more people on Thursday in a hunt for accomplices to brutal attack on soldier.
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...
Gunmen kidnap son of former Pakistan PM
Gunmen have kidnapped the son of a former Pakistani prime minister who is also standing in the country’s elections, police said.
Lawyer slaying buoys conspiracy theories in Pakistan
Ben Doherty Police have no suspect in the murder of the lawyer leading the charge to prosecute former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, but his slaying has alighted conspiracy theories across the country, a...
Pakistan votes under Taliban's bloody threat
Ben Doherty The Taliban has vowed a nationwide campaign of terrorism targeting candidates and voters in Saturday's general election in Pakistan.
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.
Bomb blast, cross-border clashes mar road to Pakistan's historic elections
Ben Doherty Pakistan’s hopes for peace for its historic election this weekend diminish by the day, with yet another bomb blast at a political rally, and a resumption of fighting with neighbouring Afghanistan.
Bomb targeting party leader in Pakistan kills five
A roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including a local leader of a political party targeted by the Taliban.
'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.
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.
First woman candidate in Pakistan's tribal belt
Anwarullah Khan and Sebastian Abbot A 40-year-old Pakistani has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's deeply conservative tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Pakistan's Malala back at school for first time
Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai has returned to school for the first time since she was shot in the head by the Taliban in October for campaigning for girls' education.
Musharraf returns to Pakistan from exile
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned home on Sunday after more than four years in exile, defying a Taliban death threat to contest historic general elections.
Defiant Musharraf returns to Pakistan
Ben Doherty Former president Pervez Musharraf has defied the risk of arrest and death threats from the Taliban to return to Pakistan for the first time in more than four years.
Hazaras flee 'systematic genocide' in Pakistan
Ben Doherty Despite the risks of the long, slow boat trip to Australia - made starkly evident by the Christmas Island disaster this week when two asylum seekers drowned - hundreds of ethnic Hazaras in Pakistan...
Pakistan ski industry still reeling after Taliban's reign
Alex Rodriguez BOYS in tattered coats schuss down Malam Jabba's powdery slope on home-made pine skis. Galoshes nailed to the planks suffice as ski boots. Bamboo sticks serve as poles.
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.
