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• Bombing at Pakistani funeral kills 29

  June 18, 2013 11:52 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said. The blast was the deadliest attack in... more »

• Bombing at Pakistani funeral kills 27

  June 18, 2013 8:36 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 27 people. Among those killed was a newly-elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said. The blast was the worst attack in the... more »

• Death toll in SW Pakistan attacks increases to 24

  June 16, 2013 2:28 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say the death toll from attacks on a hospital and a women's university bus in a southwestern provincial capital has increased to 24. Senior police officer Fayaz Sumbal said Sunday that a doctor and two nurses who were critically wounded in the suicide attack on... more »

• Gunmen take over hospital in southwestern Pakistan

  June 15, 2013 7:35 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) A senior Pakistani police officer says gunmen have taken over parts of a hospital in a southwestern Pakistan. Fayaz Sumbal, the head of police operations in Quetta, says armed men captured different sections of the hospital complex Saturday and were positioned on rooftops. He says Frontier Corps... more »

• Militants destroy house used by Pakistan's founder

  June 15, 2013 4:33 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Militants destroyed a historic house associated with the country's founder early Saturday, shooting dead a guard, in a southwestern hotbed of ethnic nationalist insurgency, a police officer said. Attackers on motorcycles planted bombs at the 19th century residence in the mountain resort town of Ziarat in Baluchistan... more »

• Militants destroy house used by Pakistan's founder

  June 15, 2013 2:58 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say militants have destroyed a historic house associated with the country's founder, shooting dead a guard there, in a southwestern hotbed of ethnic nationalist insurgency. Senior police officer Asghar Ali Yousufzai said attackers on motorcycles planted bombs to destroy the 19th century residence in the... more »

• Militants destroy house used by Pakistan's founder

  June 15, 2013 2:54 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say militants have destroyed a historic house associated with the country's founder, shooting dead a guard there, in a southwestern hotbed of ethnic nationalist insurgency. Senior police officer Asghar Ali Yousufzai said attackers on motorcycles planted bombs to destroy the 19th century residence in the... more »

• Official: NATO trucks attacked, 4 dead in Pakistan

  June 10, 2013 2:26 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani official says a rocket attack targeting NATO supply trucks in the country's northwest has killed four people. Local official Iqbal Khan says the convoy heading to Afghanistan came under attack in the Jamrud area in the Khyber tribal region on Monday. He says several rockets... more »

• Roadside bombs kill 2 soldiers in Pakistan

  June 9, 2013 1:43 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani intelligence officials say two roadside bombs have killed two soldiers and wounded two others in a restive northwestern region. Two intelligence officials said three soldiers sweeping the road ahead of a military convoy on the road between the towns of Miran Shah and Razmak in North... more »

• Police: Gunmen kill lawmaker in northwest Pakistan

  June 3, 2013 8:55 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say attackers have shot and killed a newly elected provincial lawmaker in the northwestern town of Hangu. Senior police officer Bin Yamin Khan said Farid Khan's vehicle was came under fire Monday as he was returning from a meeting in Pakistan's volatile northwest, where Taliban... more »

• Pakistan army reports killing 19 militants in NW

  May 31, 2013 11:11 AM

  PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) The Pakistani army says its troops killed 19 militants and captured important mountain-top positions in an operation against Islamist extremists near the Afghan border. Three soldiers also died in the battles. Friday's statement says the troops fought in the Para Chamkani area of Kurram tribal region and... more »

• 16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire

  May 25, 2013 2:59 AM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. Police earlier said that all 17 who died in the Saturday morning blaze in Gujrat, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of... more »

• Taliban rickshaw bomb kills 13 in Pakistan

  May 23, 2013 8:20 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two civilians, police said. The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, came the same day as fighting... more »

• Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan

  May 22, 2013 11:57 PM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian. Fayaz Sumbal says the Thursday morning bombing on the outskirts of Quetta city has also wounded about 23 people. He says a remote-controlled bomb in a car parked along a... more »

• Police officer says car bomb kills 11 policemen, 1 civilian in southwest Pakistan

  May 22, 2013 11:54 PM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Police officer says car bomb kills 11 policemen, 1 civilian in southwest Pakistan. more »

• Pakistan's Musharraf granted bail in Bhutto case

  May 20, 2013 5:37 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) A lawyer for Pakistan's former military ruler says a judge has granted Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Despite the bail, the former military strongman is to remain under house arrest on the outskirts of Islamabad in connection... more »

• Pakistan repeats vote in Karachi despite killing

  May 19, 2013 5:18 AM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's party. Khan blamed Zahra Shahid's killing late Saturday night... more »

• Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing

  May 19, 2013 4:48 AM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging. The vote is going ahead Sunday despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's political party in Karachi... more »

• Bombs at mosques in northwest Pakistan kill 10

  May 17, 2013 5:09 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Bombs exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 30, police said. Both of the Sunni Muslim mosques were badly damaged, and the roof of one of them collapsed, said tribal police officer Badshah... more »

• Bombs at mosques in northwest Pakistan kill 10

  May 17, 2013 4:49 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Police say bombings at two mosques in northwest Pakistan have killed at least 10 people. Tribal police officer Badshah Rehman says the blasts Friday in Baz Darrah village in the Malakand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province also wounded over 30 people. Rehman says the roof of one... more »

• Final Pakistan vote count confirms big Sharif win

  May 14, 2013 2:54 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) The final vote count from Pakistan's national elections has confirmed a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party. The figures released by the country's election commission on Tuesday show that Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party will likely get a majority in the national assembly, setting him... more »

• Pakistan's Sharif gets resounding election victory

  May 12, 2013 10:51 PM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised to return to office with a resounding election victory a mandate that could make it easier to tackle the country's daunting problems, including growing power outages, weak economic growth and shaky government finances. Questions remain, however, about Sharif's stance... more »

• Pakistan's Sharif headed for 3rd term after vote

  May 12, 2013 1:23 AM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Initial election returns from Pakistan's general election show former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is headed for a third term after a resounding victory. As unofficial returns continued to roll in Sunday morning, state TV estimates did not show whether Sharif would attain the majority needed to govern... more »

• Pakistan's Sharif declares election victory

  May 11, 2013 5:58 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. The 63-year-old Sharif, who has twice served as premier, touted his success after unofficial, partial vote... more »

• Pakistanis defy violence in historic election

  May 11, 2013 2:57 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Despite attacks that killed 29 people, Pakistanis turned out in huge numbers Saturday to vote in an election that marked a historic democratic transfer of power in a country plagued by military coups. The Pakistan Muslim League-N party, led by two-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has long been... more »

• Pakistanis go to polls as 10 killed in bombings

  May 11, 2013 2:46 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But bombings that killed ten people and wounded dozens more underlined the risks many people took just casting... more »

• Gunmen snatch former Pakistani PM's son at rally

  May 9, 2013 4:14 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani officials say gunmen have attacked an election rally in the southern Punjab province and abducted the son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. A police official, Abdul Rehman, says gunmen stormed the rally in the town of Multan, opened fire and seized Ali Haider Gilani on... more »

• Pakistan's Imran Khan has 3 fractured vertebrae

  May 8, 2013 5:32 AM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani doctor says leading politician Imran Khan is expected to make a full recovery despite his dramatic fall at a political rally the day before. Khan fractured three vertebrae and a rib when he fell about 6 meters (15 feet) off a forklift that was raising... more »

• Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed

  May 3, 2013 11:47 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the brutal assault on civilians in Mumbai shocking a country reeling from Taliban attacks as it prepares for nationwide elections. Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali was gunned down in... more »

• Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed

  May 3, 2013 8:57 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Gunmen killed a Pakistani prosecutor Friday who was leading investigations into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and a brutal attack on civilians in the Indian city of Mumbai. The assassination in the capital, Islamabad, comes at a sensitive time in Pakistan, as the country prepares... more »

• Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed

  May 3, 2013 5:29 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Gunmen killed Pakistan's lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto as he was driving to court on Friday, throwing the case that also involves former ruler Pervez Musharraf into disarray. Chaudhry Zulfikar was at the helm of a number of highly controversial cases, including... more »

• Pakistani prosecutor in Musharraf case killed

  May 2, 2013 11:57 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Gunmen shot to death the Pakistani government's lead prosecutor in a high-profile case involving former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Friday as he drove to court in the capital, Islamabad, police said. The gunmen fired at Chaudhry Zulfikar from a taxi and hit him in the head, shoulder... more »

• Pakistan court bans Musharraf from office for life

  April 30, 2013 5:48 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Lawyers say a Pakistani court has banned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from running for public office for the rest of his life. One of Musharraf's lawyers, Saad Shibli, says he plans to challenge Tuesday's ruling in the Supreme Court. Judges had already barred Musharraf from running... more »

• Gunmen assassinate election candidate in Pakistan

  April 30, 2013 2:21 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) A government official says gunmen have killed a politician running for a provincial assembly seat in southwestern Pakistan. Saeed Ahmad says Abdul Fatah Magsi was gunned down on Tuesday in Jhal Magsi, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. Ahmad says... more »

• Bombs kill 9 at offices of Pakistani politicians

  April 28, 2013 2:56 AM

  PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say two bomb blasts have killed nine supporters of two Pakistani politicians at their campaign offices in the country's northwest. Police official Mujtaba Hussain says the first attack Sunday on the outskirts of Kohat city killed six people. He says the politician, Syed Noor Akbar,... more »

• Pakistan to seal Afghan border May 11 for election

  April 26, 2013 2:03 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani officials say they'll seal their border with Afghanistan and restrict the movement of Afghan refugees on May 11 during parliamentary elections. Officials at the Interior Ministry and the election commission said Friday the measure is aimed at preventing terrorist attacks during the vote. Officials did not say... more »

• Pakistan: Bomb kills 4 soldiers in volatile region

  April 21, 2013 4:07 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani intelligence officials say a roadside bomb attack on an army convoy in North Waziristan tribal region has killed four soldiers and wounded four others. Two intelligence officials said the bomb planted in Haider Khel area alongside the main Bannu-Miran Shah Road exploded Sunday when a military... more »

• Pakistani judge orders Musharraf held for 14 days

  April 20, 2013 3:58 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) A Pakistani judge on Saturday ordered the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf be held in custody for two more weeks, until the next hearing in a case related to his 2007 decision to sack and detain several judges. The development is the latest act in the drama surrounding... more »

• Police arrest former Pakistani ruler Musharraf

  April 18, 2013 11:54 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Police arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid being detained, officials said Friday. Musharraf fled Islamabad High Court in a speeding vehicle Thursday morning after a judge rejected... more »

• Police arrest former Pakistani ruler Musharraf

  April 18, 2013 11:03 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Police say they have arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power. Police officer Mohammed Khalid said Friday that authorities arrested Musharraf overnight from his home on the outskirts of Islamabad. He fled there... more »

• Pakistan's Musharraf on the run after arrest order

  April 18, 2013 3:00 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country's capital on Thursday after his bail was revoked in a case in which he is accused of treason. Local TV broadcast footage of the dramatic scene... more »

• Bombing against secular party in Pakistan kills 4

  April 16, 2013 11:42 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Police say a bomb targeting members of an anti-Taliban political party has killed four people and wounded 20 in northwest Pakistan. Police officer Zahir Shah says the bomb exploded as key members of the Awami National Party were arriving for a meeting in the city of Peshawar.... more »

• Pakistani Taliban hit political party, killing 1

  April 14, 2013 11:32 AM

  MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani Taliban attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing one and wounding another in the latest attack targeting members of secular-leaning parties ahead of next month's parliamentary election. In the first incident, Mukarram Shah was killed in an explosion as... more »

• Bomb kills anti-Taliban party leader in Pakistan

  April 14, 2013 5:09 AM

  MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani police officer says a bomb blast has killed a local leader in an anti-Taliban political party in the northwestern Swat valley. Abdullah Khan says the bomb planted near Mukarram Shah's car exploded Sunday in the village of Banjot. He says it appear to have been... more »

• Taliban gunmen kill Pakistani election candidate

  April 11, 2013 8:31 AM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Officials say Taliban gunmen on a motorcycle killed a candidate running in Pakistan's upcoming elections whose party opposed the militants. Police officer Saqib Ismail Memon says the attackers killed Fakhurl Islam on Thursday as he was standing near his home in Hyderabad city in southern Sindh province.... more »

• 30 Pakistani soldiers killed in northwest valley

  April 8, 2013 11:44 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani military officials say 30 soldiers and nearly 100 militants have been killed in four days of fierce fighting in a remote valley in the northwest. The officials said Monday that the army has managed to wrestle control of a large part of the Tirah Valley away from... more »

• Pakistan's Musharraf can run for parliament

  April 7, 2013 5:48 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf was given approval on Sunday to run for parliament in a remote northern district after being rejected in two other parts of the country, his aide said. Rashid Qureshi said election officials in Chitral, near the Afghan border, accepted Musharraf's nomination... more »

• Pakistani woman makes history with run in May vote

  April 1, 2013 11:56 AM

  KHAR, Pakistan (AP) A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's deeply conservative tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Badam Zari is pushing back against patriarchal traditions and braving potential attack by Islamist militants in the hope of forcing the government... more »

• Pakistani woman makes history with run in May vote

  April 1, 2013 8:35 AM

  KHAR, Pakistan (AP) A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's northwest tribal region, a highly conservative area that is a haven for Islamist militants. Badam Zari told The Associated Press on Monday that she will participate in the... more »

• Bomb in Pakistan hits politician's convoy, kills 2

  March 31, 2013 2:33 AM

  BANNU, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say a roadside bomb has hit the election motorcade of a candidate backed by a secular-leaning party targeted by Taliban militants, killing two of his supporters. Senior police officer Iqbal Khattak says the Sunday blast struck the convoy of Malik Adnan Wazir, who is campaigning... more »

• Principal dead in grenade attack in Pakistan

  March 30, 2013 5:52 AM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) A man armed with a gun and grenades attacked a school in southern Pakistan during a prize distribution ceremony on Saturday, killing its principal and wounding six children before fleeing. Police officer Nasir Mehmood said the attacker struck as dozens of children were gathered outside at their... more »

• Shoe thrown at Pakistan's Musharraf at court

  March 29, 2013 2:38 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) A shoe was thrown at former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as he headed to court to face legal charges after returning from self-imposed exile. Local TV channels showed video of the shoe being thrown at Musharraf inside a court building in the southern city of Karachi on Friday.... more »

• Musharraf returns to Pakistan amid death threats

  March 24, 2013 5:46 AM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ended more than four years in self-exile Sunday with a flight to his homeland, seeking a possible political comeback in defiance of judicial probes and death threats from Taliban militants. Security forces whisked Musharraf away in a convoy of about a dozen... more »

• Musharraf returns to Pakistan amid death threats

  March 24, 2013 5:02 AM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ended more than four years in self-exile Sunday with a flight to his homeland, seeking a possible political comeback in defiance of judicial probes and death threats from Taliban militants. Security forces whisked Musharraf away in a convoy of about a dozen... more »

• Pakistan appoints caretaker prime minister

  March 24, 2013 2:43 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan's election commission has chosen a former high court chief justice nominated by the country's outgoing ruling party to serve as caretaker prime minister in the run up to a historic national election this spring. The head of the election commission, Fakhruddin Ebrahim, announced the decision to appoint... more »

• Pakistani officials: US drone kills 3 militants

  March 22, 2013 2:54 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A U.S. drone strike targeting a vehicle in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border killed three suspected militants, two intelligence officials said Friday. A pair of missiles fired from an unmanned drone hit the vehicle in a bazar near the Datta Khel village of North Waziristan tribal... more »

• Car bomb at Pakistani refugee camp kills 13

  March 21, 2013 8:38 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A car packed with explosives blew up inside a refugee camp in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday as hundreds of people lined up to get food, killing 13 and wounding 25, officials said. The attack on the Jalozai camp underlines the intensity of the conflict in Pakistan's northwest,... more »

• Deaths in Pakistani refugee camp bombing up to 12

  March 21, 2013 2:38 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Police say the death toll from a bomb blast at a refugee camp in northwestern Pakistan has risen to 12. Police officer Mohammad Zahid says 20 people were also wounded in the explosion on Thursday at the camp on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar. He... more »

• Bomb kills 4 at Pakistani refugee camp

  March 21, 2013 2:23 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A police official says a bomb blast has killed four people at a refugee camp in northwestern Pakistan. Mohammad Zahid says it appears explosives hidden in a car detonated while refugees were collecting rations on Thursday. The camp is located on the outskirts of the city of... more »

• Nationwide Pakistani elections to be held May 11

  March 20, 2013 5:01 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) A spokesman for the Pakistani president says that nationwide parliamentary elections will be held May 11. Farhatullah Babar said Wednesday that the president had approved a proposal finalizing the May date for the upcoming election. The polls will mark the first time that one civilian government has handed... more »

• Pakistani militants attack court complex; 3 dead

  March 18, 2013 5:41 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A pair of suicide bombers attacked a court complex in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding over two dozen, police said. The militants attacked the back of the compound and were confronted by three police guards, said police... more »

• UN says US drones violate Pakistan's sovereignty

  March 15, 2013 5:31 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) The head of a U.N. team investigating casualties from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan declared after a secret research trip to the country that the attacks violate Pakistan's sovereignty. Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, said the Pakistani government made clear to him... more »

• Christian protesters, police clash in Pakistan

  March 10, 2013 12:55 PM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Christians are often the target of Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws,... more »

• Pakistan: 150 arrested for burning Christian homes

  March 10, 2013 6:13 AM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Police have arrested around 150 people accused of burning dozens of Christian houses in eastern Pakistan after a non-Muslim was accused of making offensive comments about Islam's Prophet Muhammad, police said Sunday as Christians rallied against the destruction. The Christian demonstrators blocked a main highway in Lahore... more »

• Pakistan: 150 arrested for burning Christian homes

  March 10, 2013 4:25 AM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Police in eastern Pakistan say they have arrested around 150 people accused of burning dozens of Christian homes in anger over alleged blasphemy. Hundreds of angry Muslims rampaged through a Christian neighborhood in the city of Lahore on Saturday and burned around 170 houses. The incident started... more »

• Death toll from Pakistan bombing jumps to 45

  March 3, 2013 11:53 PM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani surgeon says the death toll from a massive car bombing in the southern port city of Karachi has jumped from 37 to 45 as more victims died overnight. Dr. Jalil Qadir says that 146 people were also wounded in the Sunday evening explosion. At least... more »

• Bomb kills 28, wounds dozens in southern Pakistan

  March 3, 2013 11:37 AM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) A bomb blast killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens of others on Sunday in a neighborhood dominated by Shiite Muslims in the southern city of Karachi, Pakistani officials said. The bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque as people were leaving evening prayers, said police official... more »

• Gunmen kill Pakistani officer escorting polio team

  February 26, 2013 4:04 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Police say gunmen have shot dead a police officer protecting a team of polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan. Police officer Fazal Wahid says no polio workers were wounded in Tuesday's attack in the districts of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. No one... more »

• Police: Bomb blast at Pakistani mall kills 1

  February 21, 2013 2:30 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say a bomb blast inside a shopping mall in the country's northwest has killed at least one person and wounded 12 people. Senior police officer Gohar Khan says Thursday's bombing targeted shops selling mobile phones in the Hashat Nagri neighborhood in the city of Peshawar.... more »

• Shiites bury their dead in troubled Pakistani city

  February 20, 2013 5:07 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani Shiites buried their kin killed in a massive bombing last weekend in the southwestern city of Quetta but the funeral on Wednesday was marred by gunfire as both protesters and police fired into the air. Shiite Muslims have increasingly come under attack in this Sunni Muslim-dominated... more »

• Militants attack office in Pakistan, 2 killed

  February 18, 2013 1:26 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say militants have attacked the office of a senior political official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least two people. Police officer Ahmed Khan says the militants who staged the attack on Monday were disguised in tribal police uniforms. They fired assault rifles... more »

• Shiites lash out after Pakistan bombing kills 81

  February 17, 2013 4:18 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Angry residents on Sunday demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims, a day after 81 people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs. Saturday's blast at... more »

• Official: Bombing was failure of Pakistan security

  February 17, 2013 2:47 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) The governor of a province in southwestern Pakistan where 81 people died in a massive bombing says security officials are too scared of retribution from terrorists to do their jobs. Governor Zulfiqar Magsi said Sunday that Saturday's bombing in the city of Quetta was the result of... more »

• Death toll in Pakistani bombing climbs to 81

  February 16, 2013 11:43 PM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) The death toll from a horrific bombing that tore through a crowded vegetable market in southwestern Pakistan climbed to 81 with many of the severely wounded dying overnight, a Pakistani police official said Sunday. Police official Fayyaz Saumbal said 164 people also were wounded by the explosion... more »

• Bomb kills 15 in southwest Pakistan, 50 wounded

  February 16, 2013 8:11 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani police say a bombing at a vegetable market has killed 15 people and wounded 50 others in the country's southwest. Senior police officer Wazir Khan Nasir said the bomb was detonated by remote control in a Shiite Muslim-dominated residential area of Quetta. Women and children were... more »

• Bomb kills policeman in Pakistani city of Karachi

  February 7, 2013 2:37 PM

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Police say a bomb planted near a roadside stall exploded as a police patrol was passing in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing one policeman. Senior police officer Javed Odho says Thursday's blast also wounded three other policemen and five civilians. No group has claimed responsibility... more »

• Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani mosque, 23 dead

  February 1, 2013 8:53 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Shiite mosque in northwestern Pakistan as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing 23 people and wounding over 50 in the latest apparently sectarian attack in the country, police said. Shiite Muslims in Pakistan have increasingly been targeted by radical... more »

• Roadside bomb kills 2 polio workers in NW Pakistan

  January 31, 2013 8:27 AM

  PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. The two men were on their way to Malikhel village as part of the U.N.-backed anti-polio campaign when the... more »

• Roadside bomb kills 2 polio workers in NW Pakistan

  January 31, 2013 2:15 AM

  PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani officials say a roadside bomb has killed two polio workers in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border. Government administrator Yousuf Rahim says the men were going to a village to vaccinate children when the bomb hit their motorcycle in Kurram tribal region on Thursday.... more »

• Policeman escorting Pakistani polio team killed

  January 29, 2013 2:14 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Police say gunmen have shot and killed an officer who was escorting a team of polio workers during a vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan. Senior police officer Izhar Shah says none of the workers was harmed in Tuesday's attack in the Swabi district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa... more »

• Official: Pakistan to free more Afghan detainees

  January 19, 2013 12:48 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) A Pakistani official says the country will release more Afghan militant detainees to boost the peace process in Afghanistan. Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said Pakistan has initiated the process of releasing those Afghan detainees in its custody who they think will help facilitate the reconciliation process. He... more »

• Pakistani cleric ends rally after government deal

  January 17, 2013 2:51 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani officials struck a deal late Thursday with a fiery Muslim cleric to end four days of anti-government protests by thousands of his supporters that largely paralyzed the capital and put intense pressure on the government. The demonstration came at a time when the government is facing challenges... more »

• Pakistani cleric, government strike deal

  January 17, 2013 11:47 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani officials struck a deal late Thursday with a fiery Muslim cleric to end four days of anti-government protests by thousands of people that largely paralyzed the capital and put intense pressure on the government. The cleric, Tahir-ul-Qadri, galvanized many Pakistanis with his message alleging that the nation's... more »

• Court orders arrest of Pakistani prime minister

  January 15, 2013 4:10 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Officials say Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the country's prime minister as part of a corruption case involving private power stations. Court officials say judges ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and others accused in the case on Tuesday. Ashraf was the... more »

• Thousands rally for 2nd day in Pakistani capital

  January 14, 2013 11:52 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Thousands of anti-government protesters are rallying in the streets of the Pakistani capital for a second day despite early-morning clashes with police who fired off shots and tear gas to disperse the crowd. Followers of Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri clogged the streets of Pakistan's main avenue Tuesday after converging... more »

• Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims

  January 12, 2013 5:36 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of relatives killed in explosions to demand better security from the government. Police in the city of Quetta had earlier said that the protest had... more »

• Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims

  January 12, 2013 2:13 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) About 1,000 Pakistani Shiites are protesting in the southwest for a second day, blocking a main road with the bodies of relatives killed in a bombing to demand the government provide better security. Police in the city of Quetta had earlier said that the protest had ended,... more »

• Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan

  January 10, 2013 8:53 PM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of Quetta. Pakistan's minority Shiite Muslims have increasingly been targeted by radical Sunnis who consider them... more »

• Pakistan: 38 killed in billiard hall bombing

  January 10, 2013 11:46 AM

  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) Police say the death toll from a twin bombing at a billiard hall in southwest Pakistan has risen to 38. Police officer Mohammed Murtaza says the attack in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, also wounded more than 80 people. Police officer Hamid Shakeel says the bombs... more »

• Strike by Pakistani truckers carrying NATO goods

  January 9, 2013 8:35 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Officials say truckers who carry supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan have gone on strike in northwest Pakistan to protest lower pay. Jehanzeb Khan, head of a transport workers union, says the strike began Wednesday in response to the government's decision to require truckers to go through... more »

• Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants

  January 6, 2013 5:18 AM

  DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said. The strikes targeted the group's hideouts in the South Waziristan tribal region, the three officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity... more »

• Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants

  January 6, 2013 2:41 AM

  DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani intelligence officials say suspected American drones have fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near Afghan border, killing at least nine fighters. Three officials said the Sunday morning strikes targeted Pakistani Taliban's hideouts in the South Waziristan tribal region. They spoke on condition of... more »

• Pakistani officials say suspected US drone strikes kill 9 militants near Afghan border

  January 6, 2013 2:22 AM

  DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani officials say suspected US drone strikes kill 9 militants near Afghan border. more »

• Pakistan: US drones kill 13, including commander

  January 3, 2013 2:35 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A pair of U.S. drone strikes in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border killed 13 people Thursday, including a senior militant commander who had a truce with the Pakistani military, intelligence officials and residents said. Five Pakistani security officials said the commander, Maulvi Nazir, was reportedly among... more »

• Pakistan: Drones kill 13, including top militant

  January 2, 2013 11:54 PM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani intelligence officials say two U.S. drone strikes in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan have killed 13 people, including a senior militant commander who had a truce with Pakistan's military. The five officials say two missile strikes occurred early Thursday in the South and North Waziristan tribal... more »

• Pakistanis bury slain teachers, aid workers

  January 2, 2013 5:28 AM

  SWABI, Pakistan (AP) Hundreds of villagers in northwest Pakistan turned out Wednesday to bury five female teachers and two health workers who were gunned down a day earlier by militants in what may have been the latest in a series of attacks targeting anti-polio efforts in the country. The seven... more »

• Pakistani villagers bury slain aid workers

  January 2, 2013 4:16 AM

  SWABI, Pakistan (AP) Hundreds of Pakistani villagers have turned out for the funerals of aid workers and teachers who were gunned down by militants in the country's northwest. Family and friends on Wednesday buried two of the female teachers, along with a female health worker and a male medical technician.... more »

• Gunmen kill 5 female teachers in Pakistan

  January 1, 2013 11:36 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five teachers and two aid workers from a non-governmental organization Tuesday as they were driving home from work. The group's director said they may have been targeted for their anti-polio work. Militants in the past have accused health workers of acting as... more »

• Gunmen kill 5 female teachers in Pakistan

  January 1, 2013 8:23 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five female teachers and two aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. The attack was another reminder of the risks to women educators and aid workers from... more »

• Gunmen ambush NGO van killing 7 in Pakistan

  January 1, 2013 5:28 AM

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A police official says unknown gunmen have ambushed a van of teachers in northwest Pakistan and killed six female teachers and one man in the vehicle. The police chief in the town of Swabi, Abdur Rasheed, says the van was carrying teachers working for a non-governmental organization... more »