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A young girl lights candles and prays for victims of the attack

Pakistan in mourning after school massacre

The Pakistani city of Peshawar is in mourning after Taliban gunmen massacred at least 141 people, most of them children, in a gun attack on a school.

News • 16 Dec 14

Activists carry placards during a protest in Islamabad against honour killings

Family waits 28 years to carry out honour killing

A 60-year-old woman, her husband and three of their children were axed to death in Pakistan by her family in revenge for the couple marrying 28 years ago.

News • 10 Dec 14

The FBI had been looking for Shukrijumah over possible terrorist threats against the US

Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan

Pakistan's military has said it has killed a senior Al-Qaeda leader wanted by the US over a 2009 plot to attack the New York subway system.

News • 06 Dec 14

The bus and goods truck collided near the city of Khairpur in Sindh province

56 killed in bus crash in Pakistan

At least 56 people, including 18 children, were killed when a passenger bus and a goods truck collided head-on in southern Pakistan.

News • 11 Nov 14

Hundreds of people visit the Wahga border crossing ceremony near Lahore

55 killed in Pakistan bomb attack

At least 55 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a border crossing between India and Pakistan, police said.

News • 02 Nov 14

Efforts to stamp out polio in Pakistan have been hampered by attacks on immunisation teams

Polio cases at 14-year high in Pakistan

The number of polio cases recorded in Pakistan has leapt to its highest level in 14 years after attacks on immunisation teams led to a surge in incidences of the disease.

News • 04 Oct 14

Malala received the Tipperary International Peace Award last year

Pakistani army arrests Malala gunmen

The Pakistani army has said it has arrested the gunmen who tried to kill schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai in 2012.

News • 12 Sep 14

The floods washed away a section of a bridge in Jammu

India-Pakistan flood toll rises above 400

The death toll from the heaviest rain to fall on Kashmir in 50 years rose to more than 400, with thousands still trapped on rooftops.

News • 09 Sep 14

A man carries young children along a flooded street after the heavy rain in Rawalpindi

More than 35 killed in monsoon rain in Pakistan

More than 35 people have been killed in heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, with authorities warning more intense rainfall and flash floods could be imminent.

News • 04 Sep 14

Police retreat as protesters near the PM's residence

Pakistani protesters push close to PM's house

Pakistan's national PTV channel, and its English-language PTV World service, was temporarily taken off air after protesters stormed its headquarters in central Islamabad.

News • 01 Sep 14

Pakistani riot police throw stones towards protesters following clashes with security forces near the prime minister's residence

At least three killed in clashes in Pakistan

Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan called on his supporters to take to the streets across the country after at least three people were killed in clashes between protesters and police in the capital Islamabad overnight.

News • 31 Aug 14

Pakistani soldiers patrol during a military operation against Taliban militants

At least 50 killed in US, Pakistan strikes

The Pakistani military has said its jets killed 35 suspected militants as part of an anti-Taliban offensive hours after US drones attacked another area nearby and killed up to 20 people.

News • 16 Jul 14

Internally displaced Pakistani civilians pray before breaking their fast during Ramadan

800,000 flee violence in Pakistan

More than 800,000 people have fled a major military offensive against the Taliban in a Pakistani tribal area, officials said this morning.

News • 09 Jul 14

Pakistani civilians wait to cross a checkpoint at the Bannu Frontier Region registration centre for internally displaced people in Saidgai

Thousands flee military operation in Pakistan

Pakistan's military gave residents of North Waziristan until the end of the day to leave the remote mountainous region ahead of a widely anticipated major ground offensive by the army against Islamist militants.

News • 23 Jun 14

Pakistani firefighters extinguish fires at the airport

Pakistani Taliban claims Karachi airport attack

At least 28 people have died in an attack by Taliban gunmen at Karachi International Airport in Pakistan.

News • 09 Jun 14

Police have launched a search and carried out several raids to arrest Ms Maqsood's attackers

Pakistani woman survives 'honour killing' attempt

A Pakistani woman who was brutally beaten, shot and dumped in a canal by her relatives for marrying against their wishes has survived her harrowing ordeal, police said this afternoon.

News • 06 Jun 14

Relatives transport the body of Farzana Iqbal who was beaten to death on Tuesday

Pakistan PM orders inquiry into 'honour killing'

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded to know why police apparently stood by while a pregnant woman was beaten to death by her family in front of one of the country's top courts.

News • 29 May 14

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said 869 women died in 'honour killings' last year

Family beats pregnant woman to death in Pakistan

A pregnant Pakistani woman was beaten to death with bricks by members of her own family yesterday for marrying the man of her choice, police have said.

News • 28 May 14

Nawaz Sharif has accepted an invite to attend inauguration of new Indian Prime Minister

Pakistan PM to attend Modi inauguration

Pakistan has accepted an invitation to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend the inauguration of Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi.

News • 24 May 14

File image of Pakistan's Air Force Mirage fighter jets

60 killed in airstrike in Pakistan

The death toll from Pakistani air strikes on militant hideouts in the North Waziristan tribal district has reached 60, according to a statement issued by the military this morning.

News • 21 May 14

Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a bomb blast in Charsadda

Nine killed in Pakistan attacks

Nine people, including policemen, have been killed and dozens wounded in two separate bomb and gun attacks in Pakistan's volatile northwest.

News • 22 Apr 14

Musa Khan was charged with attempted murder

Pakistani judge throws out case against baby

A Pakistani judge has thrown out charges of attempted murder against a nine-month-old baby, lawyers said.

News • 12 Apr 14

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban insurgents are suspected (Pic: EPA)

11 people killed in Islamabad attack

Eleven people have been killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack on a court in Islamabad, Pakistan.

News • 03 Mar 14

Pakistani Taliban militants train in the tribal areas of north and south Waziristan (Pic: EPA)

30 killed in air strikes in Pakistan

Pakistani fighter jets and gunship helicopters have bombarded hideouts of Taliban militants in the northwest of the country, killing at least 30 militants.

News • 25 Feb 14

Pakistan Taliban members Professor Ibrahim (R) and Mualana Yousaf Shah (L), part of the committee nominated to take part in peace talks with the Pakistan government

40 die as Pakistan jets bomb 'militant hideouts'

Pakistani fighter jets have bombed suspected militant hideouts in an ethnic Pashtun area on the Afghan border, killing at least 40 people, security officials said.

News • 20 Feb 14

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