Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women in northwest Pakistan after accusing them of being prostitutes, police said Friday.
A British man held without charge in Pakistan for more than a year and tortured on suspicion of links to Al-Qaeda was arrested on his return to London Friday, a rights group and police said.
A court on Friday ordered the arrest of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's brother, three days before the siblings are to return to Pakistan to challenge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a lawyer said.
A Briton released by Pakistan after more than a year in custody was arrested shortly after his plane landed Friday at London's Heathrow Airport, police said.
Pakistan sent Shoaib Akhtar home from the Twenty20 championships in South Africa Friday after the paceman hit teammate Mohammad Asif with a cricket bat, plunging the troubled team into fresh chaos.
Pakistan sent Shoaib Akhtar home from the Twenty20 championships in South Africa Friday after hitting teammate Mohammad Asif with a cricket bat, plunging the troubled team into fresh chaos.
Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women accused of prostitution in northwestern Pakistan, police said Friday, in the latest case of Taliban-style justice in the region.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The government has reopened corruption cases against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and a court on Friday ordered the arrest of his younger brother ahead of their planned return home from exile next week, lawyers said.
Pakistan sent Shoaib Akhtar home from the Twenty20 world championships in South Africa on Friday after a bust-up with teammate Mohammad Asif, plunging the troubled team into fresh chaos.
The BBC's Masud Alam in Islamabad says Pakistan's ruling class has gone unchallenged for too long.