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High-ranking Taliban leader is first major catch since Pakistan military launched offensive in North Waziristan.

Hyderabad: July 14, 2014. (By Abbas Kassar) Minority rights, as applying to ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples, are an...

Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation wing are among the groups active in Bannu.

Pakistani jets bombed insurgent hideouts in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan and killed at least 13 militants on Tuesday, the military said. The strikes were carried out at Degan village, a stronghold of Taliban militants in the North Waziristan tribal district. "Seven terrorist hideouts were destroyed and 13 terrorists were killed, including foreigners, by jet aircraft strikes in Degan in North Waziristan Agency today," a military statement said. More than half a million civilians have fled the long-awaited offensive unleashed by the military on the tribal area last month.

Pakistan military's operation to dismantle terrorist safe havens in North Waziristan has displaced around half-a-million people from their homes in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that military officers – three Lieutenant Colonels and the other a Major in the Pakistan Army , fired live bullets into a peaceful protest by farmers and later attacked them resulting in killing 02 farmers on the spot, and causing injuries to 29 others, 14 amongst them were women. The AHRC received reports that the officers have fired live bullets, point blank, at the peaceful demonstrators and that the shots were fired directly aimed at their heads and upper parts of the body. The incident had taken place when the peasant farmers were protesting against the unilateral confiscation of 675 acres land by the military – the land on which more than 100 tenant farmers have been growing crops.

Pakistan officials have asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) for advice following former captain Salim Malik's plea to have his 2000 life ban for match-fixing removed. The Pakistan Cricket Board wrote to the ICC after Malik approached PCB chairman Najam Sethi in April claiming that a lower sessions court had declared the suspension illegal in 2008. The 51-year-old argued in his meeting with Sethi that the board should clarify the position with the ICC. "We have written to the ICC asking for their guidance and advice on the Salim Malik life ban," a senior PCB official told Reuters.

A Pakistani military operation launched in the country's northwest will clear the area of terrorists and keep it from being used as a safe haven by militant groups, officials said Tuesday. Pakistani officials briefed foreign media about the operation started two weeks ago against militants...

But leaders accuse Afghanistan of turning a blind eye to militants on its own soil as they battle to seize control of North Waziristan

In Pakistan, even the supporters of genetically modified seeds and plants urge extreme caution -- especially when it comes to imported products.

Another honor killing in Pakistan's Punjab province

The growing refugee crisis in northwestern Pakistan is fueling the danger of spreading the polio virus among the displaced population in emergency camps.

Exodus from violence-stricken Pakistani region provide golden opportunity to vaccinate 150,000 children against polio, say health officials.

Award-winning documentary screened at French embassy in Islamabad

One woman confirmed dead as PIA flight arriving from Riyadh is fired upon while landing at Bacha Khan airport.