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Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:38 PM

At least seven people are dead and around 70 are wounded in Peshawar, a volatile city on the Pakistani border with Afghanistan

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:45 PM

The Independent says data from 2011 census shows that illegal sex-selective abortion is being used by some Pakistan- and Afghanistan-born families in UK

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:41 PM

A paramedic attends a student, who was injured in a road accident, after she was brought to the Peoples Medical College Nawabshah for medical treatment in Nawabshah January 15, 2014. A truck slammed into a bus bringing schoolchildren home from an outing in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 pupils and three adults, police said. The collision occurred in southern Sindh province, about 300 km (180 miles) north of the provincial capital Karachi.REUTERS/Akram Shahid (PAKISTAN - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION)

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:38 PM

A paramedic attends a student, who was injured in a road accident, after she was brought to the Peoples Medical College Nawabshah for medical treatment in Nawabshah January 15, 2014. A truck slammed into a bus bringing schoolchildren home from an outing in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 pupils and three adults, police said. The collision occurred in southern Sindh province, about 300 km (180 miles) north of the provincial capital Karachi. REUTERS/Akram Shahid (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER EDUCATION)

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:37 PM

Members of a civil society stand next to portraits of Pakistani policeman Superintendent Chaudhry Aslam (L) and school boy Aitezaz Hassan, both victims of bombs attacks, in Lahore January 15, 2014. Aslam, renowned for his tough stance on criminals and Islamist militants, was killed by a Taliban car bomb in the volatile southern city of Karachi last Thursday, police said. Hassan, 17, died tackling a suicide bomber who tried entering his school in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last Monday. Hassan and the bomber died but no other students or staff were hurt, police said. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:31 PM

Members of a civil society hold a sign as they light candles next portraits of Pakistani policeman Superintendent Chaudhry Aslam (L) and school boy Aitezaz Hassan, both victims of bombs attacks, in Lahore January 15, 2014. Aslam, renowned for his tough stance on criminals and Islamist militants, was killed by a Taliban car bomb in the volatile southern city of Karachi last Thursday, police said. Hassan, 17, died tackling a suicide bomber who tried entering his school in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last Monday. Hassan and the bomber died but no other students or staff were hurt, police said. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:30 PM

Members of a civil society hold a sign as they light candles next portraits of Pakistani policeman Superintendent Chaudhry Aslam (L) and school boy Aitezaz Hassan, both victims of bombs attacks, in Lahore January 15, 2014. Aslam, renowned for his tough stance on criminals and Islamist militants, was killed by a Taliban car bomb in the volatile southern city of Karachi last Thursday, police said. Hassan, 17, died tackling a suicide bomber who tried entering his school in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last Monday. Hassan and the bomber died but no other students or staff were hurt, police said. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)