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.
Thilan Samaraweera became just the sixth batsman in Test cricket to notch a double hundred in consecutive matches on Monday.
Girls in Pakistan’s Swat Valley can attend school but must wear veils that cover their heads and faces, a top official said on Monday.
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/ 26 February 2009
Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region after accusing him of spying for the United States, police said on Thursday.
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/ 26 February 2009
Pakistan braced on Thursday for a new wave of street protests after a court barred the country’s main opposition leader from running for office.
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/ 25 February 2009
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Wednesday after Pakistan’s Supreme Court banned top opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from holding office.
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/ 25 February 2009
Younis Khan hit 313 to help Pakistan achieve a record total as the first Test against Sri Lanka ended in a predictable draw on Wednesday.
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/ 25 February 2009
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from elected office, raising the prospect of bitter political conflict.
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/ 24 February 2009
Pakistani Taliban militants announced an indefinite ceasefire in the Swat valley in the north-west of the country on Tuesday.
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/ 23 February 2009
Pakistan captain Younis Khan hit a century to steer his side to 296-3 at the end of the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.
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/ 23 February 2009
Rows of empty seats and thousands of unsold tickets have provided a bleak backdrop to Pakistan’s first Test in 14 months.
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/ 21 February 2009
Malinda Warnapura and Kumar Sangakkara recorded opening session half-centuries as Sri Lanka made a confident start to the first Test against Pakistan.
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/ 20 February 2009
A suicide bomber ran into a crowd of mourners at the funeral of a slain Shi’ite Muslim leader in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 30 people.
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/ 16 February 2009
The government and Islamic hardliners on Monday signed an agreement to enforce sharia law in the northwestern Swat valley, said a provincial minister.
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/ 16 February 2009
Pakistani insurgents holding a US citizen working for the UN said on Monday they would extend the deadline given for the hostage’s execution.
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/ 14 February 2009
Obama warned this month that the spillover of the Afghan war risks ”destabilising neighbouring Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons”.
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/ 12 February 2009
The Mumbai attacks that killed 165 people last November were partly planned in Pakistan, a top-level Islamabad official admitted on Thursday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been formally banned for one year from the lucrative Indian Premier League for testing positive for Nandrolone.
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/ 6 February 2009
Pakistan will announce the results of its investigation into the Mumbai attacks next week, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Pakistani engineers on Wednesday opened an alternative supply route for Nato in Afghanistan after militants blew up a key bridge and torched trucks.
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/ 2 February 2009
Former Pakistan greats on Monday bemoaned a decision to relocate the Champions Trophy tournament over security concerns.
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/ 23 January 2009
Three civilians were killed in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Friday as government pondered its options for wresting control of the valley from militants.
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/ 21 January 2009
Spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis took six wickets to help Sri Lanka to a 129-run victory over Pakistan in an ODI on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday Pakistan had sent India a response to evidence from the Mumbai attacks.
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/ 29 December 2008
The death toll from a suicide car bombing at a polling station in northwest Pakistan has risen to 41, police said Monday.
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/ 28 December 2008
Pakistan’s leader has pleaded for dialogue, not war, to fight terrorism in South Asia but told India not to push Islamabad too hard for action.
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/ 27 December 2008
The United States has urged India and Pakistan to avoid an escalation of tensions after Islamabad redeployed troops to their common border.
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/ 19 December 2008
Pakistan will issue a new 10-rupee coin in honour of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto to coincide with the first anniversary of her death.
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/ 17 December 2008
Pakistan’s foreign minister expressed regret on Wednesday that the Mumbai attacks had halted the peace process with India.
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/ 14 December 2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for last month’s deadly Mumbai attack.
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/ 12 December 2008
Pakistani police on Friday extended their crackdown on a charity linked to the group India accuses of planning the Mumbai massacre.
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/ 9 December 2008
Pakistani officials on Tuesday quizzed an alleged ”key planner” of the Mumbai attacks.