
Hard-line Islamists to make gains in Pakistan vote
The imposing, black-bearded politician in a striking white turban takes the stage at a campaign rally in northwest Pakistan as a song about Islamic ...

Pakistan's ruling party struggles in election
The campaign posters for the Pakistan People's Party show both why it has been so popular for so long and why it's in trouble ahead of this Saturday's ...

Pakistan's Imran Khan has 3 fractured vertebrae
Prominent Pakistani politician Imran Khan is expected to make a full recovery despite fracturing three vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic fall at a ...
Pakistani government to ban air conditioners
Pakistan's prime minister has decided to ban the use of air conditioners by government offices to help cope with the country's pervasive energy ...

Bombing connected to election kill 18 in Pakistan
Three bombings in northwest Pakistan targeting individuals involved in this week's national elections killed 18 people, police said, pushing the death ...

Leading Pakistan politician falls, injures skull
One of Pakistan's most prominent politicians, former cricket star Imran Khan, fell at a political rally Tuesday, leaving him with two hairline skull ...

Pakistan warns Afghanistan to show restraint
Pakistan warned Afghanistan on Tuesday that it would not be responsible for the consequences if a border spat between the two countries escalated ...

Pakistan's minorities have no faith in democracy
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under ...

Violent separatists seek to derail Pakistan vote
The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend's national elections, "Voting means death.

Bomb at Pakistan Islamist party rally kills 16
A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan Monday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that ...

Afghans file protest with Pakistan over border
Afghanistan filed an official protest with Pakistan after its forces allegedly came under fire early Monday along a contested stretch of their border.

In Pakistan town, men have spoken: No women vote
For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren't likely to in ...
8 Pakistani soldiers and police killed in violence
Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and ...
Blasts in Pakistan port city kill 3 ahead of vote
Two blasts in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi killed three people near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban, a police officer ...

Pakistani fishermen hold political rally _ at sea
Wearing life jackets and bobbing on the gentle waves of the Arabian Sea, supporters of a candidate in Pakistan's upcoming nationwide election held a ...
US names experienced diplomat as new Afghan envoy
The Obama administration has tapped a veteran American diplomat to be the new U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Secretary of ...

Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed
Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases — the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the ...

China emerging as new force in drone warfare
Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China's security forces considered a tactic they'd never tried before: calling a ...

As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger
The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group's fighters and their ...

Afghan policeman killed in Pakistan border clash
An Afghan border policeman was killed in an exchange of fire with Pakistani troops along the country's contested eastern border, an Afghan security ...

Indians angry at convicted spy's death in Pakistan
Indians expressed outrage at the Pakistan government Thursday over the death of a convicted Indian spy who had been attacked with a brick by two ...

Pakistan-US alliance takes hits on campaign trail
On the campaign trail in Pakistan, candidates boast about their readiness to stand up to Washington and often tout their anti-American credentials.

Pakistan court bans Musharraf from office for life
A Pakistani court on Tuesday banned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from running for public office for the rest of his life, the latest blow ...

Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10
A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official ...

3 Taliban bombs target Pakistani politicians
Taliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next ...