At least 24 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, officials say. Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in…
Gunmen kill policeman guarding polio vaccinators in Pakistan
Gunmen shot and killed a policeman deployed on security detail for polio vaccinators in north-western Pakistan on Tuesday, in yet another attack on health workers. The country struggled to contain the spread of the crippling disease. Another policeman was wounded…
Bus crash in Iran kills at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims
A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims has overturned in Iran, killing at least 28 passengers, Iranian state media reports. The crash happened on Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd and was due to a defective braking system, Reuters…
Crisis: A Challenge from ex-Gov Obiano — Phillip Obiakor
In the late 1960s when the vicious war between India and Pakistan ended, India faced a severe drought. A grave food crisis became its lot. The country depended on international philanthropy to feed its citizens. An exasperated Indira Gandhi who…
Pakistan court acquits former PM Imran Khan, wife in unlawful marriage case
A court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on charges of unlawful marriage, according to his party and lawyer. Khan and his wife Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven…
Pakistan’s Imran Khan acquitted of leaking state secrets
A Pakistani high court on Monday overturned a conviction of treason against jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer and party said. The former leader and his former foreign secretary, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, were convicted in 2022 of making…
Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead
The final results in Pakistan’s general election have put independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s PTI party in the lead. Independents won 101 of the National Assembly seats. BBC analysis shows 93 of them went to PTI-backed candidates.…
Pakistan poll body rejects ex-PM Imran Khan’s nomination for 2024 elections
Pakistan’s election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections, with Khan’s Pakistan Tahreek-e Insaf (PTI) party accusing authorities of stopping most of its candidates from participating in the elections due in February.…
Pakistan court overturns conviction of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif ahead of election
A Pakistani court has overturned the 2018 conviction of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case, clearing his path to run in the parliamentary election set to be held in February. The Islamabad High Court announced its verdict…
Pakistan: Woman killed after being seen with man in viral photo
Pakistani police are investigating the so-called “honour killing” of a young woman who appeared in a viral photo that police suspect was doctored. Authorities in remote Kohistan said the 18-year-old was shot dead by her father and uncle last week…