British author Salman Rushdie said he finds it “very difficult” to write after being stabbed last year, in an interview published on Monday ahead of the release of his new novel “Victory City.” Rushdie, whose “epic tale” of a 14th-century…
Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia days after blasphemy ban
Pakistani authorities on Tuesday unblocked the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, days after restricting the website for blasphemous content. Malahat Rab, a spokesperson for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), told dpa on Tuesday that “Wikipedia has been unblocked as per the directions of…
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s ex-president, dies aged 79
Pakistan’s former president General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999, has died aged 79. The former leader – who was president between 2001 and 2008 – died in Dubai after a long illness, a statement from…
Pakistan mosque bomber wore police uniform: Police chief
A top police chief in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has revealed that a suicide bomber who blew himself up on Monday in a deadly attack on a Peshawar mosque had entered the high-security mosque compound disguised as a…
UN Security Council condemns suicide bombing in Peshawar mosque in Pakistan
The UN Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the suicide terrorist attack at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, which left at least 88 people dead and 150 others injured. In a press statement, the members of the Security…
Pakistan mosque blast: At least 28 killed after explosion in Peshawar
At least 28 people have been killed and 150 injured in a blast at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. A section of the building was destroyed and officials say people are buried under the rubble. Most of…
Power returns to Pakistan a day after massive outage
The national power grid was restored in Pakistan, the energy minister said on Tuesday, a day after a nationwide breakdown left most of the country’s 220 million people without electricity and caused tens of millions of dollars in industry losses.…
2 children killed in Kashmir blast day after four gunned down
Two children have been killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-administered Kashmir, a day after assailants sprayed bullets towards a row of homes in the same area, leaving at least four dead, police…
Suicide car bomb kills Pakistan police officer, wounds others
A suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, has killed at least one police officer and wounded several other people, according to officials. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility…
Hostage crisis persists in Pakistan counterterrorism prison
Authorities in Pakistan continued Monday to negotiate a resolution to the overnight hostage crisis at a counterterrorism police detention center where dozens of suspected militant inmates have taken multiple officers hostage. The inmates are demanding safe passage to Afghanistan in…