India scraps special status for Kashmir (Update)
By Aditya Kalra, Sanjeev Miglani and Danish Ismail India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a
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Kashmir turmoil rises as India restricts movement, regional leaders fear arrest
By Fayaz Bukhari and Alasdair Pal SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The disputed region of Kashmir was thrown into further turmoil in the early hours of Monday
Pakistani military plane crashes near garrison city, kills 17
By Saad Sayeed RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, July 30 (Reuters) – A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison
Pakistan arrests accused mastermind of Mumbai attacks
Pakistan authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror
Pakistan reopens airspace to civil aviation after India standoff
Pakistan re-opened its airspace to civil aviation on Tuesday following months of restrictions imposed after clashes with India, which forced lengthy detours that cost airlines
Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, killing at least one
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan, May 11 (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at
Gunmen kill 14 after kidnapping them from buses on Pakistani coast
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan, April 18 (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen killed 14 people in southwestern Pakistan after pulling them from several passenger buses, sifting
Bomb in market kills 16 in southwest Pakistan
A bomb hidden among bags of potatoes at a Pakistani market killed at least 16 people, half of them ethnic Hazaras, officials said, in an
How Pakistan’s army keeps its conflict with India alive
After the terrorist attack on Indian troops in Kashmir two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian soldiers, but before Tuesday’s retaliatory air strikes across the
Pakistan says it will return captured Indian pilot (Updated)
By Alasdair Pal and James Mackenzie Pakistan will return a captured pilot “as a peace gesture” to India, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said
Pakistan shoots down Indian jets, carries out airstrikes in Kashmir
By James Mackenzie and Alasdair Pal ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Pakistan shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Pakistan
Chinese consulate in Karachi attacked by gunmen, suicide bomber drives into crowded market
Three suicide bombers attacked the Chinese consulate in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi early on Friday, but were killed before entering the building, the city’s
Pakistani Christian 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,
Islamists protest as Christian woman cleared of blasphemy
Pakistan‘s Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction, sparking angry protests and
Pakistan Islamists warn of ‘terrible consequences’ of blasphemy appeal
A hardline Pakistani Islamist group has warned of “terrible consequences” if a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy is granted leniency in an appeal
Pentagon cancels aid to Pakistan over record on militants
The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad’s perceived
Former cricketer Imran Khan sworn-in as Pakistan’s prime minister
FORMER cricket star Imran Khan was sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan on Saturday, taking on the challenge of forming a coalition to govern as a
Pakistani lawmakers elect Imran Khan as new prime minister
Pakistani lawmakers elected former cricket legend Imran Khan prime minister on Friday, paving the way for him to form a coalition government whose first major
‘Kaptaan’ Khan’s slog from sports icon to Pakistan’s likely next PM
For Pakistani cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan, his party’s first place in a national election, putting him on the brink of becoming the country’s next prime
Pakistan’s Khan edges closer to power, opponents cry foul
By Drazen Jorgic and Saad Sayeed Pakistani cricket icon-turned-politician Imran Khan inched closer to power on Thursday after a general election that has been