Pakistan
Iran Revolutionary Guards general unhurt after car shot at – state media
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying a senior Revolutionary Guards commander in restive southeastern Iran early...
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Pakistan rejects ousted PM Khan’s accusation that U.S. conspired to topple him
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's National Security Council, a body of top civil and military leaders, on Friday...
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Ousted Pakistani PM Khan demands fresh elections
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's ousted prime minister, Imran Khan, on Thursday demanded fresh elections amid political...
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US congresswoman visits Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir, draws India’s ire
By Abu Arqam Naqash and Krishna N. Das MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Congresswoman Ilhan Omar made a rare visit by...
Read moreBlast in northern Afghan city of Kunduz kills or wounds 11 – health official
KABUL (Reuters) - Eleven people were killed or wounded in a blast in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, a...
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Pakistan’s new PM picks coalition cabinet after Khan ousted
By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -New Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday appointed a multi-party...
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Lynching of Sri Lankan manager by Pakistani mob was anti-Islam -court
By Mubasher Bukhari and Asif Shahzad LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani mob lynching of a Sri Lankan manager of...
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Pakistan’s new finance minister faces tight time frame to tackle crises
By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's new prime minister has appointed 57-year-old economist and businessman Miftah Ismail as...
Read moreSix sentenced to death for lynching Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A court sentenced six men to death on Monday in a mass trial...
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Pakistan says cross-border attacks from Afghanistan have increased
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Sunday said incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan...
Read moreTaliban authorities summon Pakistani envoy to protest military strikes
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities on Saturday summoned Pakistan's ambassador in Kabul to protest against military strikes inside Afghanistan by...
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Pakistan’s new ruling alliance takes control of parliament with new speaker
By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament...
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Pakistan’s new govt decides not to roll back fuel, power subsidies
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's new government on Friday decided not to roll back billions...
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Pakistan military dismisses Khan’s theory U.S. conspired to oust him as PM
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful military on Thursday dismissed ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan's accusation that the...
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U.S. congratulates Sharif on becoming new Pakistani prime minister
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on becoming Pakistan's new prime minister following the...
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Pakistan’s new government facing severe economic challenges, aide says
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's new government is facing the daunting task of managing a stuttering economy with...
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Khan lawmakers quit en masse as Pakistan parliament elects Sharif PM
By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -More than 100 lawmakers loyal to Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran...
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U.S. monitoring rise in rights abuses in India, Blinken says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he...
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Ousted Pakistani PM Khan’s party resigns from lower house of parliament
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Legislators from ousted Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan's party announced they are resigning en mass from the...
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Political change in Pakistan as Shehbaz Sharif seeks to become PM
By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan's next...
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