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Immediate ceasefire declared as US and Iran head to Islamabad talks
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the ceasefire would apply “everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere”, positioning Islamabad as the central diplomatic…
Afghan Taliban announce death of Haqqani network founder
Jalaluddin Haqqani became a CIA asset and received a personal visit from US congressman Charlie Wilson, who helped secure arms for the mujahideen
Pakistan acts against airline after crash
Pakistan blocked the head of an airline, whose plane crashed near the capital, from leaving the country as it began an investigation into the disaster
All passengers in Pakistan plane crash dead
All 127 people on board a Boeing 737 that crashed near Islamabad in bad weather are dead, hospital and civil aviation officials said on Saturday.
Bin Laden’s family deported from Pakistan
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.
Car bomb kills several in east Pakistan
A car bomb exploded in a neighbourhood full of government buildings in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 13 people and wounding dozens.
Pakistan mourns as investigators probe air crash
Pakistan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country’s worst aviation disaster.
Younus resigns as Pakistan captain
Pakistan cricket captain Younus Khan offered his resignation on Tuesday at a meeting called to investigate defeats in the Champions Trophy this month.
Pakistan ‘will win war militarily, but could lose it publicly’
Pakistan will defeat the Taliban militarily but could lose the public relations war if it fails to help those displaced, the premier said on Thursday.
Pakistan bombs Taliban’s Swat bastion
Pakistani planes bombed the Taliban in their Swat bastion on Friday, after the prime minister ordered the elimination of ”militants and terrorists”.
Pakistan begins new offensive against Taliban
Pakistani forces began an offensive on Tuesday against Taliban fighters in a key valley 100 km northwest of the capital, Islamabad.
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.
Pakistan bans protests, arrests activists
Authorities in Pakistan have banned protests and begun rounding up activists a day before a rally by lawyers that could challenge the government.
Pakistani govt eyes sedition charges against Sharif
Pakistan threatened on Monday to prosecute opposition leader Nawaz Sharif for sedition if violence erupts at an anti-government protest campaign.
Pakistan wants more Mumbai attack evidence from India
Pakistan said on Monday that its investigators needed more information from India to complete an investigation into the Mumbai attacks.