At least 20 people have been killed in the second such incident within a span of few weeks.
Total number of polio-affected children rises to 41 this year in Pakistan, where militant groups often target polio vaccinators and their security in several regions.
The country's police force is being accused of the inept and insensitive handling of the case of 10-year-old Farishta, raising questions about the entire justice system.
In an investigation into how the virus has infected over 600 people in Larkana city, so far the government has arrested one pediatrician and set up several screening labs in local hospitals.
A Pakistani official says gunmen have ambushed a bus and killed 14 passengers after forcing them off the vehicle on a highway in the country's southwest.
Many Indian Sikhs believe that peace between India and Pakistan is possible because people from both the countries share common history and culture, and they get along very well.
British leaders have expressed ‘deep regret’ but have not issued an apology despite being urged to do so by the UK opposition.
Associate professor Khalid Hameed was allegedly killed by his student who, according to the police report, had warned the teacher against holding mixed gender reception because it is "against the teachings of Islam."
“Bagpipes are our roaming ambassadors. This is good not only for the economy, but for the image-building of Pakistan,” says a businessman in Sialkot, a city in central Punjab province that produces an estimated 10,000 bagpipes a year.
Is the Indian strike inside Pakistan an escalation towards war or is it a move that seeks to satisfy the Indian public's demand for revenge?
Foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal says the Christian woman, who is currently at an undisclosed location for her own safety, is free to leave Pakistan and seek asylum abroad.
Asia Bibi was freed by the Supreme Court in October in a blasphemy case, a verdict the court is reviewing, after religious hardliners seeking her death rioted for days.
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