Pakistan

On Thursday, Pakistan swore in a caretaker government led by interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, tasked with governing the nation until new elections, which may not take place until after November due to the need to...

Following a day of blasphemy charges, hundreds of Muslim men rampaged through a Christian neighborhood in central Pakistan, torching churches and pillaging homes. On Thursday, police were patrolling the area. After rumors of Christians defiling the...

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, a little-known senator, was scheduled to be sworn in as Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister on Monday in order to lead the nation through an upcoming election. Imran Khan, the most well-liked politician in Pakistan,...

Late Wednesday, Pakistan’s president dissolved parliament, paving the way for a caretaker administration to usher in elections in which the country’s most popular politician, Imran Khan, has been sidelined. The country has been in political turmoil...

According to government sources, at least 19 people were killed and others were injured when an express train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday. Accidents and derailments are common on the country’s ancient railway system, which...

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s three-year prison sentence for bribery sparked scattered protests across the country, but there was no hint of a huge uprising on Sunday, despite his call for followers to protest. His...

Lubna Babar, a factory worker, was laid off at the start of the year, a victim of a crisis in Pakistan’s textile industry, which has seen it lose ground to more agile Asian competitors. “When you...

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday at his residence in Lahore after a court in the capital declared him guilty of graft and sentenced him to three years in prison. The former...

Shaheen Shah Afridi of Pakistan, who had been injured, took his 100th Test wicket against Sri Lanka on Sunday in Galle. At the commencement of the two-match series, Sri Lanka decided to bat first, and left-arm...

The board of the International Monetary Fund authorized a $3 billion rescue program for Pakistan, which would begin disbursing funds right away for economic stabilization in the struggling South Asian region, the lender said on Wednesday....