A lightning strike killed a group of farmers harvesting wheat in one province. Heavy rains also caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest and east of the country.

Amir Tamba, who died in Lahore on Saturday, was a suspect in prison death of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who was convicted of spying in Pakistan and handed death sentence in 1991.

Investigators have uncovered evidence linking last month’s deadly attack on the Karakoram Highway to the same Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan cell that killed nine Chinese nationals in a 2021 bombing on the same road.

The abduction took place in Baluchistan province, long the scene of an insurgency by separatists fighting for independence.

Envoys from 49 countries attend event hosted by Xinjiang officials, with many saying they hope to strengthen cooperation under belt and road strategy, as region aims to expand international influence in the face of human rights allegations.

Washington is concerned about India’s ‘slide into illiberalism’, but it ‘doesn’t weaken [US-India ties], much less impact its future trajectory’, analysts say.

Analysts say a thaw in tensions could come with a changing of the guard in Pakistan, with both sides keen to not let ties worsen amid significant challenges.

A letter to Pakistan’s chief justice by senior High Court justices alleged that the nation’s powerful intelligence agency had used intimidation tactics and torture to sway their rulings, including in cases against ex-PM Imran Khan.

After attacks in Russia and Pakistan, analysts expect more focus on combating terrorism when China chairs the SCO in July.

Soul Sisters Pakistan acted as a support group for women who discussed issues often deemed inappropriate to discuss publicly in conservative, Muslim-majority Pakistan.

It is the first time that the UN’s top rights body has taken a position on the bloodiest-ever war in the Palestinian territory.

The move to deport the Rohingya refugees happened just as India enacted a controversial new citizenship law.

Maria Bibi, 22, was allegedly strangled by one of her brothers on March 17, in the presence of their father.

Trade with India has been a major burden for the Pakistani business community, which has to import goods via other countries at higher prices.

Using Afghanistan as a homebase, Isis cells have hit targets in Russia, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey this year. Baloch separatists have also stepped up their attacks on Chinese interests in South Asia.

Beijing demands investigation into bombing that killed engineers working on hydroelectric dam – the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.

The attack came less than three years after nine Chinese nationals working on the same project were also killed in a vehicular suicide bombing.

Putin said investigators have not determined who ordered attack but it was necessary to ‘find out why the terrorists, after committing their crime, tried to flee to Ukraine’.

Monday’s operation targeted the Hafiz Gul Bahadur militant faction, which claimed responsibility for the attack on a military outpost that left seven soldiers dead.

New Delhi announces the long delayed implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which sparked violent protests in 2019 when it was unveiled.

Maritime Security Belt – 2024 is second time China has conducted joint drills in Indian Ocean following Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel and start of Gaza war.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath of office to ministers at the presidential office in Islamabad. Sharif previously held the position of PM from April 2022 to August 2023.

Critics fear changes to the 2019 citizenship law, combined with a proposed national register of citizens, can discriminate against the nation’s 200 million Muslims.

This year, war and starvation in the Gaza Strip casts an especially dark shadow on the festivities.