Pakistan News

Daniel Pearl had been held captive in Pakistan for more than a month when Mariane, his wife, learned he was dead.

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A soldier walks near a bus as he helps to secure the area and clear the roads before the motorcade of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passes by in Islamabad, May 22, 2013.

Noreen, 13, uses candlelight as she studies during a power outage in a slum in Islamabad April 29, 2013.

Because I know you operate with limited "fact" checking folk - relying instead on GOP in-house "research" and the Heritage Foundation for that - I'd like to pass along some old fashioned, shoe leather research Ben Cesca of Huffington Post recently did.

This screenshot from Coca-Cola's short film "Small World Machines" shows two men from India and Pakistan reaching out to each other through high-tech touchscreens in Lahore and New Delhi.

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.

LAHORE Following the directives of Punjab IGP Aftab Sultan, the police department is all set to finalise a policy about the seniority of 3003 police officers to resolve the issue of their promotions, pending for the last 30 years.

Pakistan has authorised the export of 100,000 tons of wheat to Iran in trade not jeopardised by Western sanctions, to settle dues for electricity supplied to Pakistan's energy-starved border areas, the commerce ministry said on Friday.

MQM workers and supporters, including women and children gathered at the KPC to protest against Imran Khan's alleging MQM chief Altaf Hussain responsible for the Zahra Shahid murder.

Islamabad : Mountaineer Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 metres.

Jodi Arias returns to court for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution.

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.

Nawaz Sharif, who is expected to resume is former post as Prime Minister, could have difficulty getting the military on his side.

Militants opened fire on a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's tribal belt Monday, killing a paramilitary soldier and underscoring the continued threat to one of the region's most urgent health campaigns.

Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday.

A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the murder of Benazir Bhutto but the retired general remains under house arrest.

Former military leader General Pervez Musharraf's return to Pakistan after years of self-exile has exposed him to a number of criminal cases related to his nine-year rule.

Election workers use covers of ballot boxes and polling booths to shield themselves from the sun before transporting them to polling stations, at a sports complex used as a storage area for election material in Peshawar, Pakistan, on May 10, 2013.

A woman political leader, who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan 's violence-stricken port city of Karachi late Saturday, has been laid to rest, local media reported Sunday.