Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the government to lift some of the remaining restrictions imposed on businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
In a sign that efforts to roll back the autonomy of Pakistan’s provinces is snowballing into a crisis, politicians in three minority provinces in the country have criticized the recently constituted government commission tasked with dividing federal resources between Islamabad and four provinces.
A Taliban car-bomb attack targeting an intelligence base in eastern Afghanistan with a stolen military Humvee killed at least nine people and wounded dozens on May 18.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political rival Abdullah Abdullah, both of whom claimed to have won Afghanistan's presidential election in September, have reached a power-sharing agreement under which Abdullah will lead the government's efforts to reach a peace deal with the Taliban.
Volunteers have come forward to breastfeed infants who lost their mothers in an attack on a maternity hospital in Afghanistan.
The United States has blamed Islamic State extremists for two deadly attacks this week, but Afghan officials say they see it differently, saying the Taliban is responsible.
The Pakistani government, backed by the powerful military, is seeking to roll back a decade-old constitutional amendment that made it harder for the military to seize power.
A university student in Pakistan aspired to join the country’s elite civil service after undergoing a competitive process that requires participants to prepare for years.
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