Chitral

In an unusual move, Pakistani authorities have decided to exhume the bodies of the crew of a plane that crashed last month killing 48 people to see if any of them were under the influence of drugs. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 crashed in a hilly area in Havelian near Abbottabad while en route from Chitral to Islamabad on Dece...

A Pakistani plane carrying 48 people crashed on Wednesday in the country's mountainous north and burst into flames, authorities said, as rescue workers pulled dozens of bodies from the wreckage and officials expressed little hope for survivors.

Digging through the rubble of an earthquake less than three months after being devastated by floods, residents of the northwestern Pakistan district of Chitral cannot afford to wait for government help.

Flash flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains has killed at least 28 in Pakistan and affected hundreds of thousands of people, according to aid agencies, with further downpours expected in the coming days.

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and some areas in northern region Sunday morning, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.

Supporters of Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf won two seats in the northwestern district of Chitral after flouting a party boycott of landmark elections, official results showed today.

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's was arrested today, a day after the Islamabad High Court cancelled his bail in a case relating to the imposition of Emergency rule in 2007. Before he left Dubai to return to Pakistan last month, the former Pakistan President had arranged for pre-arrest bail in three cases that he faces in Pakistan. Here ...

Former President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf's efforts to seek election to parliament suffered another setback today when a tribunal barred him from contesting the May 11 polls from a constituency in Islamabad.

In an unusual move, Pakistani authorities have decided to exhume the bodies of the crew of a plane that crashed last month killing 48 people to see if any of them were under the influence of drugs. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 crashed in a hilly area in Havelian near Abbottabad while en route from Chitral to Islamabad on Dece...

A Pakistani plane carrying 48 people crashed on Wednesday in the country's mountainous north and burst into flames, authorities said, as rescue workers pulled dozens of bodies from the wreckage and officials expressed little hope for survivors.

Digging through the rubble of an earthquake less than three months after being devastated by floods, residents of the northwestern Pakistan district of Chitral cannot afford to wait for government help.

Flash flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains has killed at least 28 in Pakistan and affected hundreds of thousands of people, according to aid agencies, with further downpours expected in the coming days.

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and some areas in northern region Sunday morning, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.

Supporters of Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf won two seats in the northwestern district of Chitral after flouting a party boycott of landmark elections, official results showed today.

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's was arrested today, a day after the Islamabad High Court cancelled his bail in a case relating to the imposition of Emergency rule in 2007. Before he left Dubai to return to Pakistan last month, the former Pakistan President had arranged for pre-arrest bail in three cases that he faces in Pakistan. Here ...

Former President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf's efforts to seek election to parliament suffered another setback today when a tribunal barred him from contesting the May 11 polls from a constituency in Islamabad.