Browsing: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD —  Pakistan said Wednesday that a “large group of terrorists” had stormed its security outposts close to the border…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —  Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister said Monday that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will invest $25…

Islamabad —  Police in Muslim-majority Pakistan confirmed Monday that a leader of a local Christian congregation was shot and wounded…

SRINAGAR, INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR —  After consulting with several doctors in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aayat Hameed was advised…

Merchants throughout Pakistan closed their shops Saturday to protest the country’s steep electricity bills and mounting inflation. The general public…

A journalist who reports for VOA’s Deewa Service was held in custody overnight in Pakistan’s restive Swat Valley. Police late…

islamabad —  Pakistani officials said Thursday that a “motorcycle-borne” suicide bomber struck a military convoy in a remote northwestern region,…

Christians in Pakistan, a Muslim majority country, often face discrimination. Sister Zeph was in seventh grade when poor treatment from…

The Hague, Netherlands —  Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year prison sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement…

Islamabad —  A Pakistani court suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s corruption conviction and three-year jail sentence Tuesday, but it…