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What’s PM 2.5 and why is the New Delhi smog so bad?

Enveloped by a choking shroud of toxic smog, New Delhi has declared a public health emergency as Lahore is also covered

Over 5000 arrested in Pakistan following deadly bombing

At least 72 people – more than 30 of them children – were killed over the weekend following a bombing at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore

Lahore hit by double bomb attack

Twin blasts rocked Lahore on Friday, hitting a high-security military district and killing at least 39 people.

Pakistani cleric’s murder stokes sectarian tension

The son of one of Pakistan’s most prominent anti-Taliban Muslim clerics fears that his father’s murder could spark more sectarian violence.

Pakistan arrests suspect in Sri Lanka cricket attack

Pakistani police arrested a militant on Wednesday they suspect was involved in an attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Lahore in March.

Taliban claims responsibility for Lahore attack

The Taliban in Pakistan claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on police and intelligence agency offices that killed about 30 people.

India take World Cup charge after Pakistan exit

India will organise a major part of cricket’s World Cup in 2011 after Pakistan were stripped of co-hosting rights, the ICC said on Tuesday.

Violence rocks Pakistan, Obama to set conditions

Violence rocked nuclear-armed Pakistan on Saturday, with a pilotless US drone aircraft killing 13 people including militants in the northwest.

US offers olive branch to non-violent Taliban

The US offered Taliban fighters who renounce violence in Afghanistan an ”honourable form of reconciliation” on Tuesday.

Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore police attack

Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud said on Tuesday his group had carried out an assault on a police academy in the city of Lahore.

Militants storm Pakistani police centre

Militants holed up in a police training centre in Lahore on Monday after storming the building, with estimates of the dead ranging up to 20.

ICC: Nowhere safe after Lahore attacks

The attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan have shown that athletes could be a target anywhere in the world

Pakistani militants ‘most likely behind cricket attack’

A probe into the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team has found signs that Pakistani militants with possible ties to al-Qaeda were responsible.

Pakistan ‘can’t rule out foreign hand’ in cricket attack

Pakistan’s interior ministry chief said on Friday he could not rule out foreign involvement in the Sri Lankan cricket attack.

Police arrest suspects in Pakistan cricket attack

Pakistan police on Wednesday arrested suspects in the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team, but said they had made no progress in tracking the gunmen.

Pakistan hunts for cricket attackers

Pakistan police were on Wednesday hunting for the gunmen behind a deadly assault on Sri Lanka’s cricket team.

Lahore attack a real tragedy for all, says Smith

SA cricket captain Graeme Smith said on Tuesday the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan brought home to him the real meaning of tragedy.

‘Cowardly attack’ on Sri Lanka cricketers condemned

Masked gunmen launched a brazen attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, wounding seven team members.

Sri Lankan cricketers wounded in Pakistan attack

Six members of the Sri Lankan cricket squad were wounded when gunmen attacked their bus as it drove on Tuesday to a stadium in Lahore.

Pakistan’s Asif arrested on drug charges

Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been arrested at Dubai airport on charges of possessing illegal drugs, cricket officials said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Asif was seized…