Hospital siege, blasts new Pakistan government’s first security test
Militants in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students on Saturday and then seized part of the hospital where survivors were taken, in the first major security test for the new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif.
Pakistan militants blast bus, attack hospital; at least 12 dead
Militants in western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women university students on Saturday and then seized part of the hospital where survivors of the attack were taken, killing at least 12 people, officials said.
UPDATE: Bomb disposal team arrives at diverted Pakistan jet ‘after men tried to storm cockpit’
A bomb disposal team has just pulled up alongside a Pakistan Airways jet diverted to London’s Stansted airport today after [...]
Pakistan outlaws socks as energy crisis bites
Pakistan has ordered civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air conditioners amid a chronic power [...]
Pakistan military angered by treatment of Musharraf: reports
Pakistan’s powerful army chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president [...]
Pakistan’s Musharraf flees court as judge orders his arrest
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was forced to flee a courtroom this morning moments after judges ordered his arrest, dealing [...]
Musharraf faces Pakistan treason charge
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Pervez Musharraf to respond to an accusation of treason, a move that could [...]
Metro exclusive interview: General Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf, a staunch American ally after 9/11, spent more than four years in voluntary exile from his Pakistan homeland.
Violence against women: Fresh start for acid attack heroines
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Brooklyn father who forced daughter’s marriage suspected in murders
A Brooklyn cabdriver who forced his daughter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan may be responsible for ordering the [...]