Banned militant group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack

The Pakistan army said on Thursday that four of its soldiers were killed in a firefight with militants near the northwestern border with Afghanistan.

Missing samosas sparked a police probe in India with five officers facing disciplinary action for allegedly eating a plate of the savoury treats intended for a senior politician, media reports said yesterday.

Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir killed two suspected rebels during a firefight, police said yesterday, hours after gunmen in a separate incident shot dead two members of a government-backed militia.

Pakistan’s Punjab banned entry to many public spaces from yesterday, including parks and zoos, as it sought to protect people from severe air pollution in parts of eastern province.

At least seven people including five school students were killed and 23 injured in a blast in southwestern Pakistan yesterday, a police official said.

A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan yesterday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said.

At least 10 Pakistani frontier police were killed in a militant attack on an outpost near the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Ten Pakistan border police were killed in an overnight attack on a check post by at least 20 militants, officials said Friday

Pakistan’s government narrowly passed constitutional amendments yesterday giving lawmakers more power to appoint top judges, who have issued a series of recent decisions favouring opposition chief Imran Khan.

Pakistan’s capital was under strict security lockdown as Chinese Premier Li Qiang landed in the city yesterday ahead of a heads-of-government gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation this week.

Unidentified gunmen attacked a cluster of small private coal mines in southwestern Pakistan early yesterday, shooting some miners as they slept and lining up others before opening fire, killing 21 in the restive region, police said.

India and Maldives today signed a bilateral currency swap agreement worth USD 400 million and a separate Indian Rupees 30 billion facility that would help the Indian Ocean island nation overcome the foreign exchange reserve crunch.

As a large number of protesters managed to reach Islamabad, the PTI has decided to continue its protest until getting a directive from the party's founding chairman Imran Khan to pull back workers

Over 80 police personnel have been injured in clashes with supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan taking part in a march near Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said yesterday.

Authorities in Pakistan sealed off the capital, Islamabad, and blocked cellphone services yesterday to prevent an anti-government rally by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, officials said.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will undertake his first state visit to India tomorrow, aiming to repair frail ties between the two South Asian neighbours.

At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said yesterday.

At least six people were killed when a charter helicopter crashed in northern Pakistan on Saturday, security sources said

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli have discussed enhancing business, energy and transport collaboration between Bangladesh and Nepal