Pakistan’s educational institutions are to remain closed for more than a month amid a surge in coronavirus infections and related deaths.
India on November 21 summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat over what New Delhi says was a foiled attack by a Pakistani-based militant group earlier in the week in the frontier area of the divided region of Kashmir. Pakistan has denied any connection to the attack.
Thousands of mourners gathered in the Pakistani city of Lahore on November 21 for the funeral of a hard-line Islamic cleric accused of terrorizing religious minorities for years, inciting riots, and advocating the destruction of European nations in order to fight what he had deemed to be blasphemy.
Pakistani authorities say a member of the country’s Ahmadi minority has been killed in a shooting in eastern province of Punjab.
Internet and technology companies are threatening to leave Pakistan after Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move critics charge is aimed at limiting freedom of expression.
A Pakistani court has sentenced the alleged mastermind of the deadly 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai to 5 1/2 years in prison on terrorism-financing charges.
The leader of Pakistan’s hard-line Tehrik-e Labaik (TLP) religious party died in hospital late on November 19.
With his colorful costumes, swords, and twirling moves, Khanzada Asfandyar Khattak is challenging a taboo in conservative Pashtun culture that frowns upon male dancers.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani amid stalled peace negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban representatives and an uptick in violence.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a one-day visit to neighboring Afghanistan on November 19, his first visit to Kabul since becoming prime minister in August 2018.
An Islamist group on November 17 ended the blockade of an entrance into Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, after the government promised to discuss the expulsion of the French ambassador.
Pakistan authorities sealed off a major road into Islamabad for a second day on November 16 as a far-right religious party held further protests against anti-France.
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