Pakistani airliner carrying 99 plunges into houses
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi after twice trying to land at the airport, a witness says.
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65 dead after fire engulfs Pakistan train
65 dead after fire engulfs Pakistan train
A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday killing at least 65 people after a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded, the minister for railways said.
India scraps special status for Kashmir
India scraps special status for Kashmir
India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ties with neighbouring Pakistan, moving to grasp its only Muslim-majority region more tightly.
Woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed
Woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed
A Pakistani Christian woman has been freed from prison a week after the Supreme Court overturned her conviction and death sentence for blasphemy against Islam, and she is now at a secure location for fear of attacks on her.
India most dangerous country for women - poll
India most dangerous country for women - poll
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released.
Villagers flee front-line as India, Pakistan trade fire
Villagers flee front-line as India, Pakistan trade fire
India and Pakistan have exchanged artillery fire in the disputed Kashmir region forcing hundreds of people to flee, police in Indian Kashmir said, raising fresh doubts about a 15-year-old ceasefire...
Colosseum red in protest of Pakistan blasphemy law
Colosseum red in protest of Pakistan blasphemy law
Rome's ancient Colosseum was lit in red in solidarity with persecuted Christians, particularly Asia Bibi, a woman condemned to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
Taliban disguised in burqas kill 9 at Pakistan college
Taliban disguised in burqas kill 9 at Pakistan college
Pakistani Taliban gunmen disguised in all-enveloping burqas stormed the campus of an agriculture college in Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding 35.
Couple freed after five years captive
Couple freed after five years captive
A US-Canadian couple freed in Pakistan this week, nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan, returned to Canada on Friday where the husband said one of his children had been murdered...
Former Pakistan PM set to be indicted for corruption
Former Pakistan PM set to be indicted for corruption
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption court on Tuesday, kicking off trial proceedings that he says are biased and which threaten to dent his party's chances at the next general election due in mid-2018.
US piles pressure on Pakistan
US piles pressure on Pakistan
The US has put more pressure on Pakistan to help it with the war in Afghanistan, suggesting it could downgrade Islamabad's status as a major non-NATO ally.
45 killed in Pakistan mosque bombing
45 killed in Pakistan mosque bombing
A suspected suicide bomber has attacked Shi'ite Muslims as they were leaving a mosque in Pakistan's commercial capital, killing at least 45 people, in another signal Sunni militants are escalating sectarian attacks.
Sharif stages comeback in Pakistan election
Sharif stages comeback in Pakistan election
Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and was heading for a third term as Pakistan's prime minister.
Pakistan court orders PM's arrest
Pakistan court orders PM's arrest
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the prime minister on corruption allegations, ratcheting up pressure on a government that is also facing street protests led by a cleric who has a history of ties to the army.
US losing patience with Pakistan
US losing patience with Pakistan
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the United States is reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the safe havens the country offered to insurgents in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Pakistan probes claim women killed for clapping
Pakistan probes claim women killed for clapping
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered police and government officials to fly to a mountain village to investigate whether four women were killed for clapping and singing as men danced at a wedding.
US senators penalise Pakistan for jailing doctor
US senators penalise Pakistan for jailing doctor
US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden have voted to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.
Nine Pakistani troops killed in militant ambush
Nine Pakistani troops killed in militant ambush
Militants in Pakistan's tribal badlands bordering Afghanistan have ambushed a military convoy, killing nine Pakistani troops.
23 die in Pakistan suicide blast
23 die in Pakistan suicide blast
A suicide attacker on a motorcycle has blown himself up in a market in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, killing 23 Shiite Muslims and wounding 50 people, officials say.
60 dead in fight for Pakistan mountaintop
60 dead in fight for Pakistan mountaintop
Fighting between soldiers and Taliban militants over a strategic mountaintop in northwestern Pakistan has killed more than 60 people, a government official says.