Pakistan
May 22, 2013
ISLAMABAD--China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers...
May 20, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan--Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting May 20 and will discuss recent cross-border...
May 13, 2013
BEIJING--New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit India and Pakistan on his first foreign trip since assuming office, on a week-long overseas foray that will also take in...
May 13, 2013
LAHORE, Pakistan--Nawaz Sharif, who is poised for victory after Pakistan's May 11 election, said he had spoken at length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of rival India and...
May 12, 2013
ISLAMABAD--Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and on May 12 was heading for a third term as Pakistan's prime...
May 11, 2013
ISLAMABAD--A string of militant attacks and gunfights that killed at least 17 people cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on May 11, but millions still turned...
May 03, 2013
JAMMU, India--A Pakistani prisoner was badly beaten in an Indian jail on May 3 in apparent revenge for a fatal attack on an Indian jailed for spying in Pakistan whose death has ...
April 19, 2013
ISLAMABAD--A Pakistani judge placed former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf under house arrest on April 19 in the boldest step yet by the country's courts against...
April 18, 2013
ISLAMABAD--Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was forced to flee a courtroom on April 18 moments after judges ordered his arrest, dealing a fresh blow to his...
April 08, 2013
ISLAMABAD--Pakistan's top court on April 8 ordered former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to appear before the judges to answer allegations that he committed treason while ...
March 18, 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan--A pair of suicide bombers attacked a court complex in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on March 18, killing at least three people and wounding...
March 18, 2013
BEIJING--China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, a respected Sweden-based think tank said on March 18, its highest ranking since the Cold War, with Pakistan...
February 15, 2013
ISLAMABAD--Indian troops shot and killed a Pakistani soldier who crossed the makeshift border separating Indian and Pakistani held Kashmir, officials said Feb. 15.
February 11, 2013
ISLAMABAD--A Chinese state-run company will take over management of the strategically important Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistan, fueling fears that Beijing is aggressively ...
February 05, 2013
LONDON--In her first video statement since she was nearly killed, a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban remained defiant in arguing for girls' education, saying on Feb. 4...
February 05, 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan--Pakistan plans to build a $30 million amusement park and outdoor activity center on the edge of the northwestern town of Abbottabad, where U.S. special...
January 26, 2013
KARACHI, Pakistan--More than 2,000 people were murdered in Pakistan's largest city last year, but the shooting death of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan in one of Karachi's most...
January 06, 2013
ISLAMABAD--A Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir on Jan. 6, a disputed incident that could heighten...
January 04, 2013
LONDON--A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education has been discharged from a British hospital after doctors said she was well enough to...
December 24, 2012
KABUL--Pakistan is genuine about backing a nascent Afghan peace process and shares the Kabul government's goal of transforming the Taliban insurgency into a political movement, ...