Pakistan

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tested positive for the coronavirus, a day after returning from his overseas trips to Britain and Egypt. Sharif tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday after being unwell for two days,…

Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan will this week call on his supporters to resume a march to Islamabad and continue pushing for early elections, following an “assassination attempt” on him last week. He will address his supporters…

An attack on Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, which supporters say was an attempted assassination, has drawn international condemnation. Khan, 70, is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg on Thursday at a protest…

A Pakistani court rejected a request by former premier Imran Khan to immediately suspend a decision by the Election Commission to disqualify him as a lawmaker after he was found guilty of hiding his assets. The Chief Justice of Islamabad’s…

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was disqualified as a lawmaker and barred from holding public office after the country’s Election Commission found him guilty of hiding his assets. The commission’s five-member panel headed by…

The damage from this summer’s catastrophic flooding in Pakistan is now estimated at US$40 billion (S$57 billion), as much as 25 per cent higher than projections a month ago and another blow to the cash-strapped country. UN Secretary…

Pakistan’s former prime minster Imran Khan said he will decide on a protest march to Islamabad this month if the government does not announce a date for early elections within the next few days, building on momentum after winning majority…

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan won the majority of seats in by-elections, building momentum in his campaign to pressure the six-month-old government into calling an early national vote. Khan contested seven of the eight seats…

Pakistan's former premier Imran Khan faces a crucial popularity test as he contests in seven of the eight by-elections on Sunday, looking to build momentum for his campaign to pressure the six-month-old government into calling an early…

India's tens of millions of small farmers whose lives depend on the annual monsoon keep a firm eye on the sky. At a village in the shadow of the Western Ghats mountain range, the rainy season usually starts in June. Winds over the…