Pakistan clamped a curfew around a radical Islamabad mosque Wednesday and warned that armed violators would be shot, after 12 people died in gun battles between pro-Taliban students and security forces.
The tension long brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign. At least nine people were killed and scores wounded in the clash, which underlined the concern at the spread of extremism in a country struggling to combat Taliban and ...
Pakistan and India agreed Tuesday to work together to tackle drugs trafficking and cross-border crime, officials attending the talks said.
If Benazir Bhutto were to return to politics in Pakistan, she would stand up to militants, shut down religious schools where extremists recruit children, and work to boost the economy, the former Pakistani prime minister said Tuesday.
Pakistan demands the surrender of armed students at an Islamabad mosque, after deadly clashes at the site.
July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan imposed a curfew at Islamabad's Red Mosque after at least nine people were killed when police fought gun battles with students supporting the chief cleric's call for Islamic law to be imposed in the city.
The one-day international between India and Pakistan here on Tuesday has been abandoned without a ball being bowled due to a rain-drenched outfield.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 3 -- A long-simmering standoff between the government and a radical mosque in the heart of the Pakistani capital exploded into a vicious street clash on Tuesday, with at least two soldiers and 10 others dead and more than 100 injured.
A senior official in Pakistan says security forces clashed with Islamic students outside a radical mosque in the capital of Islamabad, triggering gunfire that killed nine people, including four of the militant students.
Imran Ahmed, a former senior manager at Pakistan's power agency, begins his story as if he were setting up the punch line for a joke – which, in a sense, he is.