All news on the topic: Pakistan

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Pakistani journalist’s murder sparks global outcry
Unknown attackers brutally assassinated veteran Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran, a husband and father of six, who has over the past two years covered the rise of militancy and terrorism in the country.
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Pensioner accused of murdering cop was 'mastermind' behind fatal robbery
Leeds Crown Court heard Piran Ditta Khan had a "pivotal" role in planning the robbery which lead to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in 2005
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife jailed 14 years for corruption
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was hit with a second prison sentence in as many days today as he was given 14 years along with his wife over a corruption case
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Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets
The former Prime Minister of Pakistan and cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan was ousted from power back in 2022 in a no-confidence vote and is already serving a three-year prison sentence
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Inside 'scariest corner on Earth' besieged by starvation, kidnapping and war
One of the scariest corners on the planet is home to the Baluch people, who are viewed as traitors and separatists by three separate governments in a region teetering on the brink of war
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Pakistan bombs Iran killing 7 in revenge for drone attack that killed two kids
A retaliatory Pakistani airstrike on Iran left four children and three women dead just two days after the latter bombed Pakistan, leaving two children dead, as it allegedly targeted Iranian terrorists in the country
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Social media sees trend away from arranged marriages in town they were common
A major new study has found that arranged marriages have sharply declined song the Bradford Pakistani community, with social media and a more outgoing generations touted as significant reasons
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Sara Sharif cops in Pakistan remove children from grandfather's house after raid
A post-mortem of 10-year-old Sara Sharif's body - which was found alone at her family's home in Woking - showed "multiple and extensive injuries" that had been inflicted over a "sustained and extended" period of time
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Sara Sharif's mum describes girl's horrific injuries when identifying her body
Olga Sharif said she had separated from her husband in 2015, and Sara and her older brother had been living with her until 2019 when the family court ruled they should live with their dad
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Pakistan cops 'asked to search for Sara Sharif's family 5 days after body found'
Pakistan police were reportedly told to start their search for Sara Sharif's family on August 15 after receiving a request from Interpol via the country's Federal Investigation Agency
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Pakistan police track phone and expect to arrest Sara Sharif's dad in just hours
.Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking after police were called from Pakistan on August 10 by her dad, Urfan Sharif, who is now wanted for questioning
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Fugitive dad of murdered Sara Sharif, 10, 'will be arrested in hours'
A senior officer said the net is closing in on Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik, who all left the UK after Sara Sharif died
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Police are 'closing in' on dad of murdered Woking girl, 10, after he vanished
Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool, and his brother Faisal Malik are understood to have flown to Islamabad the day before Sara was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10
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'Murdered' girl, 10, seen with 'cuts and bruises' but gave friend tragic excuse
Sara Sharif was found dead at her family's home in Woking, with police reportedly being called by her dad after he fled the country with his partner and brother
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Incredible Pakistan drone footage shows people trapped hanging in cable car
The cable car had been carrying six children and two adults, thought to be teachers, to their school in the remote mountainous region of Battagram, 120 miles north of Islamabad, when two of the cables snapped
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Boy trapped in cable car hanging 1,200ft in air 'thought we were going to die'
The cable car had been carrying six children and two adults to their school in the remote mountainous region of Battagram when one of the cables snapped on Tuesday morning
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Five children rescued in cable car horror as one still trapped 900ft in air
The army has been called in after six children and two adults were trapped, dangling precariously 900ft above the ground, in a cable car after one of the lines snapped during their journey to school
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'My family runs one of UK's oldest curry houses since we came here in the 1950s'
Bradford's Kashmir restaurant first opened the same year Queen Elizabeth II took the throne - it's now the oldest curry house in Yorkshire and is still run by the same generation of Pakistani brothers
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'Dreams of reform for Pakistan are in ruins with hero Imran Khan thrown in jail'
Imran Khan took the reins of the nation in 2018 and it seemed that, after decades of cronyism, nepotism and intense corruption, the country was finally in a safe pair of hands
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Imran Khan appeals against conviction as lawyer brands jail term 'illegal'
Pakistan's former prime minister's lawyer says Islamabad High Court will hear the appeal on Wednesday after Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022
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Passenger train derails killing 30 and injuring another 60 in Pakistan
It has been reported that 19 passengers have so far been killed with 100 more injured after ten cars of a train derailed near the Sarhari railway station close to Nawabshah, Pakistan
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At least 40 dead and 200 injured as horror blast rips through rally in Pakistan
The original death toll was thought to be 10 people - but this has since more than quadrupled and it is expected to increase further over the coming hours and days
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Symptoms of killer virus spreading across Europe and 'highly likely' to reach UK
An urgent health warning has been issued for - what has been described as - the current biggest threat to public health over new cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
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Imran Khan arrested just months after assassination attempt on cricket legend
Imran Khan has been taken into custody by Pakistani Rangers from the Judicial Complex in Islamabad where he had gone to seek bail, news agency GeoTV reported
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