Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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South Asia
India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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South Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Suicide bomber kills 14 at anti-militancy protest in Pakistan
3 August 2026
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South Asia
2019 Bombings: Sri Lanka sentences ex‑police chief to death
1 August 2026
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South Asia
Nepal PM urges calm after unrest leaves 3 dead
1 August 2026
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South Asia
India’s govt tells parliament Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for political activity
31 July 2026
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Diplomacy
Pakistan denounces India HM’s remarks
Pakistan yesterday denounced “provocative remarks” made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in which he said India would enter Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over its border after trying to carry out militant attacks.
6 April 2024
Liquor Policy ‘Scam’: Kejriwal moved to jail
Senior opposition Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal was moved to a high-security prison yesterday after his arrest last month, a case supporters say is politically motivated and that comes ahead of elections.
1 April 2024
Toshakhana Case: Imran Khan’s jail sentence suspended
A Pakistani court yesterday granted former prime minister Imran Khan an appeal of his conviction for graft and suspended his 14-year jail sentence, his lawyer said, a relief for his embattled party which had won most seats in February’s national polls.
1 April 2024
‘Modi trying match-fixing in this election’
Indian opposition parties yesterday united to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them with large tax demands.
31 March 2024
China halts work on two projects after deadly attack
Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver this week,
29 March 2024
6 Pak HC judges alleges coercion by spy agency
Six Pakistan High Court judges have accused the nation’s intelligence agency of intimidating and coercing them over “politically consequential” cases in a letter seen by AFP yesterday.
27 March 2024
Five Chinese dam workers, driver killed in Pakistan
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing six people, police said, the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.
26 March 2024
Bangladesh high commissioner to Pakistan asked to return home
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) yesterday asked Md Ruhul Alam Siddique, currently serving as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan, to return home
25 March 2024
Pakistan ex-PM Imran predicts govt’s fall in 4 to 5 months
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan does not see the incumbent government lasting more than four to five months, and believes that its fall will pave the way for his release from Adiala Jail.
21 March 2024
US warns Pakistan on ties over election irregularities
The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed
21 March 2024
Explosion in Pakistan coal mine kills 12 miners
Twelve miners were killed and eight rescued after an explosion in a coal mine in south-western Pakistan, officials said today
20 March 2024
2 Pakistan miners killed, 8 feared dead in gas explosion
Two bodies have been pulled from a collapsed mine in southern Pakistan, rescuers said Wednesday, with eight more people feared dead
20 March 2024
Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan
Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe
18 March 2024
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ‘didn’t get a fair trial’
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.
6 March 2024
Modi congratulates new Pakistan PM Sharif
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals
5 March 2024
Imran Khan’s MPs denied reserved seats in parliament
Pakistan’s election commission yesterday blocked lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from taking a share of parliamentary seats reserved for women and minorities, after a poll marred by rigging claims.
4 March 2024
32 killed in heavy rain in Pakistan
More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with thousands of schools closed, officials said yesterday.
3 March 2024
Shehbaz Sharif elected Pak PM for second time
Shehbaz Sharif was voted in yesterday as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.
3 March 2024
Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan's PM for second time
Newly sworn-in lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sharif by 201 votes to 92, three weeks after national elections marred by widespread allegations of rigging
3 March 2024
PTI fields Mahmood Khan to face Zardari in Pakistan’s presidential election
Backed by PTI, firebrand Pashtun nationalist leader from Balochistan Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday submitted nomination papers to contest the upcoming presidential election of Pakistan on March 9 against PPP's Asif Ali Zardari
3 March 2024