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Pakistan court summons anti-corruption boss
Pakistan's top court on Thursday summoned the government's anti-corruption chief over a letter he wrote criticizing the tribunal's judges, the latest ...
Militant groups clash in Pakistan, 24 killed
'Two Islamic militant groups clashed Saturday over control of a prized valley in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens ...
700 alleged militants held in limbo in Pakistan
Pakistan is holding 700 suspected militants without charges under a controversial law that has been criticized by human rights organizations, the ...
Pakistani intelligence held men without evidence
Pakistan's most powerful intelligence agency held seven suspected militants sought by the Supreme Court for more than a year and a half without ...
Villagers in Kashmir brace for escalating violence
Villagers in Kashmir are building bunkers as they brace for more clashes along the fragile line of control that divides Pakistan and India after the ...
Pakistani officer probing PM graft case found dead
A Pakistani officer investigating a corruption case against the prime minister was found dead in the country's capital Friday in what was likely an ...
Pakistani cleric ends rally after government deal
Pakistani officials struck a deal late Thursday with a fiery Muslim cleric to end four days of anti-government protests by thousands of his supporters ...
Official refuses court order to arrest Pakistan PM
Pakistan's anti-corruption chief refused a Supreme Court order to arrest the prime minister in a graft case Thursday, citing a lack of evidence, in ...
India, Pakistan agree to ease tensions in Kashmir
India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to ease tensions in disputed Kashmir by strictly observing a decade-old cease-fire after five soldiers were ...
Pakistani court orders PM's arrest amid huge rally
Pakistan's leaders received a powerful one-two punch Tuesday as the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in a corruption case and ...
India's army chief warns Pakistan of retaliation
India's army chief on Monday accused Pakistan of planning an attack in which two Indian soldiers were killed in the disputed Kashmir region last week, ...
Pakistan sacks provincial government after attack
Pakistani leaders dismissed the government of southwest Baluchistan province early Monday in response to the demands of protesters angry about an ...
Pakistan, India seek to ease tension over Kashmir
Despite the worst bout of violence in years along the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani and Indian officials have kept tension from spiraling out of ...
Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims
About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of ...
Pakistan protests clashes with India in Kashmir
Pakistan has summoned India's top diplomat in the country to protest a pair of clashes along the disputed Kashmir border in the past week that killed ...
Cleric return jolts Pakistan politics before vote
To his supporters, Tahir-ul-Qadri is a savior of Pakistan's fragile democracy who will right the country ahead of elections expected to take place ...
Pakistani soldier killed by Indian gunfire
Indian troops fired across the disputed Kashmir border and killed a Pakistani soldier Thursday, Pakistan's military said, the third deadly incident ...
India says Pakistani soldiers kill 2 Indians
Pakistani soldiers crossed the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday and attacked an army patrol, killing two Indian ...
Pakistan: Officials say US drones kill 8 militants
Several missiles fired from American drones slammed into a compound near the Afghan border in Pakistan early Tuesday, killing eight suspected ...
Pakistan protests Indian attack on army post
The Pakistani Foreign Office said Monday it has protested formally to India for an attack on its army post. A statement issued by the office said the ...
Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India
Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian ...
Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants
Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban ...
US drones kill senior Taliban figure in Pakistan
An American drone strike in Pakistan has killed a top Taliban commander who sent money and fighters to battle the U.S. in Afghanistan but had a truce ...