Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the worldâs fifth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212.7 million people. In area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometres. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.
A 71-year-old man has been arrested in Pakistan in connection with the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot while on duty in 2005. West Yorkshire Police said Piran Ditta Khan was held on..
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As the Duchess of Cambridge celebrates her 38th birthday on January 9, we look back of her previous year and the highlights of her royal duties. Kate toured Pakistan with William, became patron of the..
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The protests that have swept India enters its second week. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is refusing to budge on the controversial citizenship law that sparked the..
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said a death sentence against him was the result of a vendetta, in a video released late on Wednesday. David Doyle reports.
India's top court on Wednesday refused to stall the implementation of a new law that lays out a path for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries for Indian citizenship, despite violent..
Demonstrators torched vehicles in New Delhi on Sunday (December 15) as protests against a new citizenship law continued for a fifth straight day across the country.
Protesters across India continued their agitation on Saturday against the controversial religion-based Citizenship Law that allows non-Muslim persecuted minority refugees from neighbouring countries to..
India's ruling Hindu nationalist government on Wednesday won parliamentary approval for a far-reaching citizenship law that critics say undermines the country's secular constitution, as protests..
Scientists say many of the wild cousins of the crops that feed the world may offer us a lifeline as the world grapples with the combined challenges of climate change and sustainably feeding an..
The 28 year-old British man who killed two people in a stabbing spree on London Bridge before police shot him dead had been released from prison after a previous conviction for terrorism offenses,..
Westminster Cathedral is lit with red light as part of an initiative by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, called #RedWednesday to focus on persecuted Christians in countries such as Iraq,..
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The Italian Coast Guard released on Monday dramatic video showing the rescue of a young girl at sea after a boat carrying migrants capsized in bad sea conditions. Mia Womersley reports
A new report by Global Energy Monitor found that China has increased its coal power capacity by 42.9 gigawatts between January of 2018 and June of 2019.
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The controversial law promises citizenship to "illegal immigrants" belonging to minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who fled religious persecution in the three countries. DNA - Published
"Both Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi Ji had supported the idea of helping persecuted minorities in Pakistan in 1947. Nehru had said that in 1948 that the relief fund should help the persecuted people in.. DNA - Published
The statement by Suhail Shaheen to Pakistani daily Dawn comes as the group and the US held discussions in Doha this week after insurgent sources told AFP they had offered to initiate a brief ceasefire... WorldNews - Published
They are also suspecting that Davinder may have met the men from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) -- the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan DNA - Published
India has summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the recent cases of abduction of minor girls from the minority Hindu community in Pakistan, and.. IndiaTimes - Published
At the end of December 2019, India's government introduced a controversial new law that grants a fast track to Indian citizenship for migrants fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan,.. France 24 - Published
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday to discuss his recent trips to Iran and Saudi Arabia, as Islamabad tries to facilitate peace between Washington and.. WorldNews - Published
Pakistan's pop culture has seen better days. The combined effects of censorship, religious conservatism and economic crisis have all but obliterated a once flourishing film industry. However, so-called.. France 24 - Published
India on Friday summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over recent cases of abduction of minor girls belonging to minority Hindu community in that.. IndiaTimes - Published
BAT teams are planting Improvised explosive devices (IED) and landmines along the border to inflict damages on the Indian armed security forces. DNA - Published
Listing diplomatic isolation of Pakistan and keeping it under pressure of blacklisting by FATF as measures to tackle Pak-based terror, Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat on Thursday called for strong.. IndiaTimes - Published
Listing diplomatic isolation of Pakistan and keeping it under pressure of blacklisting by FATF as measures to tackle Pak-based terror, Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat on Thursday called for strong.. IndiaTimes - Published
The invitation is on expected lines as both India and Pakistan are now full members of the SCO and the Pakistani leader could not have been overlooked. While there is no word on a bilateral meeting or.. IndiaTimes - Published
With Chinaâs third attempt to embarrass India at the behest of its ally Pakistan running aground, India said it was time Beijing drew âproper lessonsâ as most UNSC member-states, including UK and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Army helicopters flew rescue missions for the third day running in an avalanche-hit area of Pakistani-Kashmir as the death toll from the disaster rose to 77 on Thursday, officials said. Reuters - Published
Islamabad â Pakistan says Facebook will help the country in its fight against polio after authorities blamed antivaccine content posted in 2019 on the social network site for a leap in the number of.. WorldNews - Published
When asked whether India will invite Pakistan PM Imran Khan to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting scheduled later this year, External affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, "As.. IndiaTimes - Published
The CAA aims to provide Indian citizenship to six minority communities â Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians â who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014 from.. IndiaTimes - Published
China's latest attempt to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council on Pakistan's behalf has failed, with an overwhelming majority of the body expressing the view that it was not the right.. IndiaTimes - Published
Beijing's attempt found no takers at the high level UN body with US, UK, Germany and France sending a strong message to China that UNSC is not the forum to raise a bilateral issue. DNA - Published
India has slammed Pakistan for again trying to raise the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council where it failed one more time to find any support, with New Delhi asserting that Islamabad needs to.. IndiaTimes - Published
"All the evidence against Pakistan has been put on the table. Pakistan has taken some action...there has been some progress. Pakistan has to do a lot more and take non-reversible action," Gareth.. IndiaTimes - Published
While concrete measures have been decided in case of Malaysia, with a clampdown on refined palm oil imports already put in place, there is no decision on Turkey, which has sided with Pakistan on.. IndiaTimes - Published
A man wanted in connection with the 2005 murder of British police officer Sharon Beshenivsky has been arrested in Pakistan, the UK's West Yorkshire police said. Reuters - Published
A 12-year-old girl was found alive on Wednesday after being buried for 18 hours when an avalanche in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir engulfed the family house. Reuters - Published
Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, a former gang member of noted criminals like Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Rajan who has revealed that Dawood still lives in Pakistan's Karachi, according to sources quoted by Zee.. DNA - Published
Speaking to reporters here, Mayawati said, "Centre has not taken anyone into confidence which is very sad. That is why, there is a 'haahaakaar' (outcry) in the country." She said, "It is not that.. IndiaTimes - Published
However, it is up to Pakistan whether they want to send their prime minister or some other representative instead. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be invited by India for this yearâs Shanghai.. WorldNews - Published
âWhat is the problem with going to Jama Masjid? Where is the violence? Who says you cannot protest... have you read the Constitution? You are behaving as if Jama Masjid was Pakistan and even if it.. IndiaTimes - Published
At least 59 people were killed and many more were missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday. In neighbouring India, at.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Reuters
In a message to the 1.3-million-strong force on the eve of Army Day, Army chief M M Naravane said the Indian Army has carved out a "special niche" in the nation's mind space and that it is not merely a.. IndiaTimes - Published
The BSF personnel from the 136th Battalion fired to bring them down, they said. However, the objects could not be recovered in a joint search operation of the BSF and Punjab Police. IndiaTimes - Published
At least 57 people were killed and others were missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
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