A Pakistan court has thrown out all charges against a disabled Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that drew international condemnation.
Osama bin Laden’s family is expected to be deported from Pakistan on Wednesday, 11 months after the US raid that killed the al-Qaeda kingpin.
Pakistan’s military has demanded the US reduce its troops in the country to a "minimum" as fallout from the killing of Osama bin Laden intensifies.
Desperate survivors crushed into relief centres on Wednesday after Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory.
Pakistani security forces fought fierce gun battles with students at a pro-Taliban mosque in Islamabad on Tuesday after a lengthy stand-off exploded into violence, leaving nine dead and 140 hurt. Clerics at the radical Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, threatened suicide attacks to avenge the "blood of martyrs" after the day-long clashes.
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/ 29 November 2006
For Pakistan’s new class of affluent but bored young people, action sports like paragliding are providing a healthier outlet than fast cars and recreational substances. "It is better than drugs and drag racing on city roads," says local pioneer Sajjad Shah (43) as he unloads gliders from his green Toyota Prado in the scenic north-western village of Thipra.