Pakistan World’s Top Host Nation

The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes has reached a two-decade high of 45.2 million. Pakistan remained the world’s top host nation in 2012 with 1.6 million refugees, mostly from...

Pakistan Pushed for Peace With Taliban

Islamabad likely played a crucial role in persuading a reluctant Taliban to enter into tentative peace talks with its American and Afghan government foes. For over two years, the United States has been...

PTI MPA Killed in Suicide Attack

At least 34 people dead, over 40 injured in attack targeting funeral prayers of local fuel station owner. A bomb attack killed 34 people, including a provincial lawmaker, and wounded more than 40 others...

Imran Farooq’s Murder Investigation Continues

British police say MQM leader’s attack required careful planning, and killers might have had help. British counter-terror police on Tuesday searched two residential properties in London as part of an investigation...

Kerry’s Trip Delayed Due to Syrian Conflict

Foreign Ministry source claims U.S. secretary of state’s visit to Pakistan has been pushed back till July. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been forced to delay a visit to Pakistan because of the worsening...

Two More Shot for Vaccinating Against Polio

Health workers had refused security and were targeted by gunmen in Gadoon town near Peshawar. Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead two health workers participating in an anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan...

LeJ Claims Attacks on Women’s Bus, Hospital in Quetta

Extremists staged suicide attack, assault in retaliation for a security operation that killed at least three militants. The extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), responsible for a series of bloody assaults...