Pakistan

Rescue workers at the scene of the derailment near Rohri in southern Pakistan (Pervez Khan/AP)

One dead, 40 injured as train derails in southern Pakistan

March 7, 2021

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, centre, stands with Sri Lankan premier Mahinda Rajapaksa (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Imran Khan invites Sri Lanka’s Buddhists to visit Pakistan

February 24, 2021

Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara, left, pictured with Alpine Club of Pakistan official Karrar Haider, is missing on K2 with experienced climbers John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr (Alpine Club of Pakistan/AP)

Search for three climbers missing on K2 in Pakistan halted for night

February 7, 2021

Ahmed Saeed Sheikh, right, father of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, leaves court with his lawyer (Anjum Naveed/AP)

Pakistan court orders UK-born man acquitted of journalist’s murder off death row

February 2, 2021

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir spent three months in jail after being involved in a spot-fixing scam (Anthony Devlin/PA)

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On this day in 2012: Mohammad Amir leaves prison after spot-fixing sentence

February 1, 2021

People and rickshaws are silhouetted in vehicles’ headlights on a dark street in Rawalpindi during a widespread power cut in Pakistan (Anjum Naveed/AP)

Massive power cut plunges Pakistan into darkness

January 10, 2021

People from the Shiite Hazara community chant slogans during a sit-in to protest against the killing of coal mine workers (Arshad Butt/AP)

Pakistan’s PM urges minority community to bury miners killed by militants

January 8, 2021

Heather Knight will lead her side to Pakistan in October (Mike Egerton/PA)

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Heather Knight to lead England in ‘historic’ Pakistan tour

January 7, 2021

Women from the Shiite Hazara community mourn over death of their family members during a a sit-in protest against the killing of coal mine workers (Arshad Butt/AP)

Protests in Pakistan after miners killed by militants

January 4, 2021

People from the Shiite Hazara community gather around the bodies of the coal mine workers (Arshad Butt/AP)

Gunmen kill 11 coal miners in south-west Pakistan

January 3, 2021

New Zealand have topped the ICC Test rankings for the first time (Andrew Cornaga/AP)

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New Zealand grab top ranking with first Test victory after Pakistan collapse

December 30, 2020