South Asia
Pakistan: probe of PM over protester deaths
A Pakistani court ordered police to open an investigation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and cabinet members for killings of protesters in Islamabad's Red Zone.
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South Asia
Pakistan: Sufi leader killed in Taliban blast
Faqir Jamshed Ahmad Gesu Daraz, spiritual leader of Pakistan's Seraiki people, was killed in a bomb blast while driving to a celebration at a Sufi shrine in Pakhtunkhwa province.
South Asia
Pakistan passes strict anti-terrorism bill
Pakistan's parliament passed a new anti-terrorism bill that allows warrantless searches and detention of suspects at secret facilities for up to 60 days without charge.
Afghanistan
Thousands flee North Waziristan offensive
Pakistani air-strikes and ground offensives against militant strongholds in North Waziristan have caused 150,000 to flee the region to overcrowded camps near Peshawar.
Afghanistan
US drone strikes on Pakistan after six-month hiatus
US drone strikes on two targets killed at least 16 presumed militants in North Waziristan, ending a nearly six-month halt in the Pakistan drone campaign.
Afghanistan
Pakistan orders arrest of CIA official in drone strike
The Islamabad High Court ordered the arrest of former Central Intelligence Agency official Jonathan Banks for his involvement in a 2009 drone strike that killed civilians.
South Asia
UN rights experts warn Pakistan on persecution
UN human rights experts urged Pakistan to take urgent measures against faith-based killings and protect the country's Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is now outlawed.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: air offensive against tribal militants
Pakistan government jet fighters bombed what were said to be militant strongholds in North Waziristan, killing at least 60 people—including insurgent commanders, officials said.
South Asia
Pakistan: 68 lawyers charged with blasphemy
Police in the Pakistani province of Punjab filed charges of blasphemy against 68 Shi'ite lawyers after they staged a protest against the police beating of one of their colleagues.
South Asia
Judge among 11 dead in attack on Pakistan court
Militant group Ahrar-ul-Hind, demanding implementation of Sharia law, claimed a suicide blast at a court complex in Islamabad that left 11 dead and 25 injured.
South Asia
Pakistan: jihadis step up attacks on Sufis
Gunmen attacked a Sufi religious gathering in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, leaving eight dead—the latest in a wave of such attacks by Deobandi fundamentalist militants.
Iran
Persian Gulf militarized —by drug war
In addition to the naval face-off over a global oil outlet, the Persian Gulf has seen escalating militarization by international forces in the guise of narcotics enforcement.