Two rockets fired by militants in Pakistan’s quake-struck region narrowly missed a government relief helicopter on Thursday as survivors complained aid was not reaching far-flung areas and the...
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- Oct 3, 2013
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7 Aug 2013
A bomb blast in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi early on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded 26 others, police said.
The blast took place in the impoverished Lyari neighbourhood of...
12:46PM
6 Aug 2013
Pakistani troops killed five Indian soldiers in an attack on a military post in Indian Kashmir, Indian officials said on Tuesday.
5:24PM
26 Jun 2013
China Mobile's potential bid for a Pakistan telco reflects a its new leaders' continuation of a muddled global expansion policy from the past
5:05PM
16 Jun 2013
At least 25 people were killed in troubled southwest Pakistan yesterday when militants blew up a bus carrying women students and attacked a hospital treating survivors.
8:12AM
14 Jun 2013
With an olive green head scarf poking out from her helmet, Ayesha Farooq flashes a grin when asked if it is lonely being Pakistan's only war-ready female fighter pilot.
2:10AM
A projectionist lies asleep in the sweltering Pakistan heat, his face covered by a cloth. A colleague rewinds a reel manually while on screen, through the hashish smoke, a woman bounces on a bed...
10:32AM
Just days after taking power, Pakistan's new government has lodged a protest with the US and summoned a top American envoy to vent its frustration following a US drone strike that intelligence...
9:00AM
Two British men accused of threatening to blow up a Pakistan International Airways (PIA) plane and kill its passengers and crew were remanded in custody following a court hearing on Monday.
9:50PM
Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early yesterday when a short-circuit near a leaking fuel tank caused their minibus to burst into flames.
7:09AM
Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. All three gunmen escaped after the attack and no one has claimed responsibility...
10:02AM
Lee Ping, administration manager of a Chinese consortium building the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project, was accused by Pakistani co-workers of throwing the Koran on the ground.
8:06AM
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