SHAHBAZ SHARIF

Pakistan’s elections oversight body has delayed elections for a regional assembly after the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif refused to provide the necessary funds and polling staff citing financial constraints

The United Nations children’s agency says that after last summer’s devastating floods, 10 million people in Pakistan, including children, still live in flood-affected areas without access to safe drinking water.

At least 10 policemen were killed when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle targeted a police truck in Pakistan. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

A Pakistani court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the cricket star-turned-politician called on his supporters to keep up protests amid a roiling political crisis. The court in the capital Islamabad that ordered the former premier's arrest said Khan had skipped a hearing on charges of selling state gifts and concealing his assets. Judge Zafar Iqbal's order came on a day of political drama in Pakistan, as three other courts on Tuesday ruled Khan was immune from arrest on separate charges relating to allegations of terrorism, attempted murder against a rival politician, and graft.

A speeding bus crashed and overturned off a motorway in Pakistan killing at least 14 passengers and injuring 63 others. Local police are still investigating the cause of the crash.

Officials say a speeding passenger bus has crashed off a motorway and overturned in eastern Pakistan, killing 14 passengers and injuring 63 others

Officials and analysts say nuclear-armed and cash-strapped Pakistan will impose billions in new taxes to court a massive bailout, but they warned the move could cause inflation to escalate

Police say hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, snatched a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him.

The International Monetary Fund has delayed a $6 billion bailout for cash-strapped Pakistan

A bombing Sunday in southwest Pakistan killed a soldier and wounded 11 people, who were mostly civilians. The Pakistani Taliban took responsibility for the attack.

Pakistan has lifted its ban on Wikipedia services that were blocked last week by the country’s media regulator for not removing purportedly blasphemous content that purportedly hurt the sentiments of Muslims.

Pakistani officials say a bombing killed a soldier and wounded 11 others, mostly civilians, in southwestern Pakistan

Two insurgents were killed when Pakistani troops raided a militant hideout near the Afghanistan border. The hideout which was raided is a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold.

Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed two insurgents during a raid of a militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan

Pakistan's military says security forces have killed two insurgents during a raid of a militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the border with Afghanistan.

Officials say Pakistan’s police have arrested a prominent political ally of a former prime minister in an overnight raid on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad.

The blast, which ripped through a mosque inside a major police facility in Peshawar, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistan's security forces in years.

Pakistani officials say the death toll from the previous day’s suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar has risen to 83

At least 28 were people killed Monday and nearly 150 injured when a suicide bomber targeted a mosque in Pakistan. There were roughly 150 people inside the mosque when the bomb went off.

Officials say the death toll from Pakistan suicide bombing has risen to 74 after rescuers retrieved 15 more bodies from the rubble of the roof of a mosque that caved because of the impact of previous day's attack.

Cash-strapped Pakistan’s currency plunged Thursday against the dollar after the government indicated it was ready to comply with tough conditions set by the International Monetary Fund for the next tranche of its bailout package. Pakistan is seeking a crucial installment of $1.1 billion from the fund — part of its $6 billion bailout package — to avoid default. Hours later, Pakistan's Central Bank confirmed that the currency had plummeted by 9.6% against the U.S. dollar.

The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dissolved a provincial assembly in the country’s northwest, where it held majority seats

Pakistan is launching its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting more than 44 million children under the age of five

Pakistan is launching its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting more than 44 million children under the age of five.

Pakistan’s prime minister has traveled to the United Arab Emirates as his nation seeks international aid to recover from devastating floods

Pakistan’s prime minister says that the United Arab Emirates agreed to extend a $2 billion loan to his country and provide a additional $1 billion as his nation struggles to recover from devastating floods this summer.

Officials say a key political ally of Pakistan’s former prime minister has won a confidence vote in the Punjab Assembly to remain in his position as the top elected official

Officials say a key political ally of Pakistan’s former prime minister has won a confidence vote in the Punjab Assembly to remain in his position as the top elected official.

Pakistan’s prime minister says several countries and international institutions have pledged $9.7 billion to help his country rebuild from record-breaking and deadly flooding

Pakistan’s prime minister says several countries and international institutions have pledged $9.7 billion to help his country rebuild from record-breaking and deadly flooding.

Dozens of countries and international institutions have pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover and rebuild from this summer's devastating floods.

Pakistan’s political and military leadership says no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan

Pakistan's political and military leadership on Monday vowed that no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan. The statement came amid a spike in attacks by the militant Pakistani Taliban, many of whom are hiding in neighboring Afghanistan. The attacks are on the rise across Pakistan, especially in the northwest near the Afghan border.

Officials say Pakistani forces have expanded their search for the perpetrators in multiple attacks that killed six troops and wounded 17 civilians in a restive southwestern province the previous day

Officials say Pakistani forces have expanded their search for the perpetrators in multiple attacks that killed six troops and wounded 17 civilians in a restive southwestern province the previous day.

The Pakistani president’s office has announced that the country’s criminal law has been amended to repeal a colonial-era legislation against suicide

Pakistan’s prime minister is urging the international community to give his country desperately needed aid to help 20 million flood victims survive the harsh winter

A son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has returned home after four years in London to face corruption charges that were filed against him in 2020

A son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has returned home after four years in London to face corruption charges that were filed against him in 2020.

A son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif returned home Sunday after four years in London to face corruption charges that were filed against him in 2020. Suleman Shahbaz reached Islamabad early Sunday and then took a flight to his hometown of Lahore after meeting with his father at the prime minister's residence, said Ata Tarar, a spokesman for Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party. Suleman Shahbaz's lawyers obtained protective bail for him from the Islamabad High Court last week that will be in effect until Tuesday.

The United States has condemned the attack on the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan’s capital in which a senior Pakistani diplomat escaped unhurt but one of his Pakistani guards was wounded

A failed assassination attempt on Pakistan's top diplomat took place on Friday in Afghanistan. The diplomat's security guard was injured in the attack.

Pakistan’s prime minister says an “assassination attempt” has targeted his country’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, amid tensions between the neighboring countries

Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country’s armed forces

Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir replaces Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who retires on Nov. 29. Munir begins his new role amid bitter feuding between Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and former premier Imran Khan.

A Cabinet minister says Pakistan’s premier has decided to appoint the country’s former spy chief as head of the army

A Cabinet minister says Pakistan’s premier has named the country's former spy chief as head of the army.

Pakistan’s government says it is ready to appoint a new army chief for the country as political turmoil and feuding continues to grip its political elite

Pakistan's government says it is ready to appoint a new army chief for the country as political turmoil and feuding continues to grip its political elite.

A breakthrough funding deal at the COP27 conference to help poor countries ravaged by climate change was welcomed by Pakistan, a nation devastated this year by record-breaking monsoon rains

An aide to the Pakistani prime minister says a ban on the Oscar-entry “Joyland” has been lifted but some scenes would be cut before the movie opens in Pakistan

Pakistan’s information minister says Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has tested positive for the coronavirus and is feeling unwell a day after returning from London

Thousands of allies of Pakistan’s former prime minister are resuming their protest march on the country’s capital city

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan says a protest march toward the capital Islamabad suspended after he was wounded by a gun shot in an apparent attempt on his life will resume Tuesday

Pakistan’s information minister says the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was killed by police while living in hiding in Kenya is being repatriated home to Islamabad

Arshad Sharif, 50, had been in hiding since July after he fled Pakistan to avoid arrest. He had been critical of the country's military and the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

A spokesman says former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has challenged an election commission ruling disqualifying him from holding public office for five years

An international watchdog said Friday it is removing Pakistan from its so-called “gray list” of countries that do not take full measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, a move that was quickly welcomed by the country’s prime minister and other government officials. The announcement was made by Raja Kumar, the president of the Financial Action Task Force, at a news conference in Paris. The FATF welcomed “Pakistan’s significant progress in improving" its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing policies.

Pakistani officials say that more than half of the flood victims in the country’s worst-hit Sindh province have returned to their homes over the past three weeks as the water gradually receded

Pakistan is pushing back against a comment by President Joe Biden in which he called the South Asian country “one of the most dangerous nations in the world.”

Pakistan pushed back Saturday against a comment by President Joe Biden in which he called the South Asian country “one of the most dangerous nations in the world.” Biden was at an informal fundraising dinner at a private residence in Los Angeles on Thursday sponsored by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee when he made the comment. Speaking about China and its leader Xi Jinping, he pondered the U.S.'s role in relation to China as it grapples with its positions on Russia, India and Pakistan.

A Pakistani senator says he was detained, stripped, and tortured for tweeting about the country’s army chief

A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has acquitted Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his son of corruption and money laundering charges filed in 2020

Pakistan has launched a special hotline for transgender people in an effort to protect their rights and save them from discrimination and harassment

The United States is boosting aid for Pakistan’s flood relief efforts with $10 million, in addition to the already announced assistance of $56.1 million

Pakistan’s new prime minister stepped onto the U.N. podium to spin a tale of floods and climate change.

Pakistan is deploying thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country’s worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of disease.

Two of the world’s most persistent conflicts have punctuated debate at the United Nations.

Pakistan’s prime minister says his government will ensure people are compensated for homes lost to the country's worst-ever floods, which have killed 1,481 people since mid-June.

Pakistan's prime minister says his government is grappling with food shortages following months of deadly floods in the impoverished nation.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres toured Pakistan’s flood-ravaged Sindh and Baluchistan provinces a day after saying the world is obligated to provide “massive” amounts of relief to the impoverished country.

The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Pakistan on a two-day solidarity visit during which he will travel to flood-hit areas.

Pakistani engineers have cut into an embankment for one of the country’s largest lakes to release rising waters.

Officials say flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and displaced thousands more since mid-June.

Pakistan’s prime minister is asking for international help for the impoverished nation's flood victims.

A Pakistani court has barred police from arresting the country's former prime minister until Sept. 1.

Officials say that recent heavy rains have wreaked havoc across Pakistan since mid-June, with 903 dead and about 50,000 people homeless.

The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement on a $6 billion bailout package for Pakistan.

A minister in Pakistan’s newly elected government is facing criticism following his plea to the nation to drink less tea to help save on imports amid a deepening economic crisis.

Pakistan’s defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called off a planned, open-ended sit-in in Islamabad.

Months of economic discontent in Pakistan have been capped by days of tense drama.

Pakistan’s parliament has elected opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.