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Deadly blast follows Red Mosque protests

A suspected suicide bombing killed at least 11 people and wounded 43 others on Friday at a hotel near Islamabad’s Red Mosque, after religious students occupied the mosque and…

UN starts immunising Pakistan’s quake children

Doctors have begun immunising more than one million children against infectious diseases in crowded camps for Pakistani earthquake survivors, as rivals Pakistan and India move…

Police break up protest by quake refugees

Pakistani police using canes and rifle butts broke up a march on Friday by earthquake survivors protesting what they said were orders to evict them from a makeshift refugee camp.…

South Asian quake toll jumps to 87 350

The death toll in South Asia’s huge October 8 quake jumped on Tuesday to 87 350 following a new count of Pakistan’s casualties, officials announced. Meanwhile, United Nations…

Strong aftershock shakes devastated Pakistan

A strong aftershock shook Pakistan on Thursday, rattling the nerves of those who lived through last weekend’s devastating earthquake and bringing an even greater sense of urgency…

Looting breaks out in quake-hit area

Aircraft rushed in supplies from abroad and Washington pledged -million in aid on Monday as hungry families displaced in Pakistan’s worst earthquake huddled in tents and…

Asia quake: Desperate search for survivors

Pakistani officials said on Sunday the death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake ranges between 20 000 and 30 000. Meanwhile, in dozens of Pakistani villages, many cut off…

Pakistan to send delegation to Israel after talks

Pakistan plans to send a delegation to Israel following historic talks on Thursday between their foreign ministers, but it still does not recognise the Jewish state, President…

Police try to identify suspected suicide bomber

Police began efforts on Saturday to identify the remains of a suspected suicide bomber who attacked a popular Muslim shrine near the official residence of Pakistan’s prime…

Suicide bomber kills 20 in Islamabad

A suicide bombing at a shrine crowded with Shi’ite Muslims celebrating a religious festival near Pakistan’s capital killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens of others,…

Caretaker Pakistan prime minister selected

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the head of Pakistan’s ruling party and a loyal ally of the nation’s military ruler, was elected caretaker prime minister in a rubber-stamp vote in…