Pakistan

News Hour: The AWD News website reported earlier this week that Israel’s defense minister threatened Pakistan with a nuclear attack if it sent troops into Syria. In response, the Pakistani counterpart said via Twitter that “Pakistan...

News Hour: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bat in the second test against Australia in Melbourne on Monday. Australia won the first test by 39 runs in Brisbane and bring an unchanged...

News Hour: Pakistan say they have the momentum heading into the Boxing Day Melbourne Test after giving Australia a mighty fright during an epic run-chase in the opening clash of the series. The tourists fell just...

News Hour: Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi, a Muslim cleric whose father was one of Pakistan’s most infamous sectarian figures, said he has become more moderate and distanced himself from his previous anti-Shia rhetoric after winning a regional...

News Hour: IOM has launched a socio-economic survey of undocumented Afghan families returning from Pakistan in order to better understand and respond to their needs and intentions. The survey highlights key questions including where returnees plan...

News Hour Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first in the day-night opening test against Pakistan in Brisbane on Thursday. Australia were unchanged from the side that defeated South Africa in...

News Hour: Australia named an unchanged squad Thursday for the opening day-night Test against Pakistan as they look to build on progress made after a team clear-out following a horror run of five defeats. The shake-up...

News Hour: A Pakistani plane carrying 47 people crashed on Wednesday on a domestic flight from the mountainous northern city of Chitral to Islamabad, aviation authorities said. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight PK661 crashed in Khyber...

News Hour: A pre-dawn fire at a hotel in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on Monday killed at least 11 people and wounded 75 others, police and a doctor said. Among the dead were four women...

News Hour: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that the Taliban insurgency would not survive a month if it lost its sanctuary in neighboring Pakistan, urging its neighbor to take on militant groups on its...