MULTAN, Pakistan - A bomb attack on a Pakistani security agency office in the southeastern city of Multan on Tuesday killed nine people, security officials said. Islamist militants have set off numerous bombs in Pakistan in recent months, most in t
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded Friday in an attack on a mosque in a military area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Initial reports said that explosions and gunfire were used in the assault, which to
ISLAMABAD - Gunmen attacked a mosque close to army headquarters outside the Pakistani capital, wounding several people at the end of Friday prayers, police said. The attack is the latest in a series to rock Pakistan in recent months as the governmen
WASHINGTON — As Pakistan's military fights escalating battles with Islamic extremists and with the country's civilian government, the country's journalists, especially those who are critical of the military, are increasingly caught in the cros
ISLAMABAD, President Asif Ali Zardari, fighting to keep his job amid pressure from opponents in the media, the courts, the parliament and the military, appears to have reasserted his grip on the presidency for the time being, according to analysts
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's embattled president has relinquished command of the country's nuclear arsenal in a first step toward formally reversing the emergency rule enjoyed by his predecessor. The move came as President Asif Ali Zardari faces the expir
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani officials have arrested a retired Pakistani army major for his suspected role in an alleged plot that was hatched in the U.S. to assassinate the creator of controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad,
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of Peshawar. The operation in Bara region was the latest salvo in a broadeni
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