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January 15, 2020

Girl found alive after buried 18 hours under Pakistan avalanche as severe winter weather death toll climbs

Search teams searching for bodies buried under avalanches in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir had a glimmer of hope on Wednesday when a 12-year-old girl was found alive after being buried for 18 hours. 

January 14, 2020

Severe winter weather, avalanches in Pakistan, Afghanistan kill 70 more people

The death toll continued to climb Tuesday in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and neighboring Afghanistan after severe winter weather combined with a harsh cold snap led to numerous avalanches across the region.

January 13, 2020

Severe winter weather, extreme cold kill at least 54 in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Severe winter weather combined with a harsh cold snap has left dozens dead across Afghanistan and Pakistan as officials work to reopen highways and evacuate people cut off by heavy snowfall and flash flooding.

December 22, 2019

Pakistan sentences Muslim professor to death for anti-Islamic ‘blasphemy’

A Muslim professor in Pakistan was sentenced to death Saturday for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic ideas on social media.

December 19, 2019

Pakistan court calls for ex-leader Musharraf to be hanged, even if he dies before serving death sentence

Pakistan is going one grisly step further in its vendetta against former president Pervez Musharraf.

December 18, 2019

Indian protests erupt as high court postpones hearing challenges to new immigration law

Demonstrations erupted once again across India on Wednesday following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to postpone hearing challenges to a controversial new immigration law that grants citizenship on the basis of religion. 

December 17, 2019

Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan, sentenced to death for treason

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former president who has been living outside the country, was sentenced to death in absentia Tuesday on charges of high treason stemming from his decision to suspend the constitution and detain judges in 2007.

December 16, 2019

Violent protests in India over immigration law as PM Modi calls for calm

Fierce protests in cities across India continued Monday over a controversial new citizenship law that gives special treatment to Hindu and other non-Muslim migrants in the Asian nation. 

December 11, 2019

India expected to pass law approving citizenship for nearby refugees--unless they're Muslim

Indian lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday granting citizenship to migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but only if they are not Muslim. 

December 11, 2019

Pakistan lawyers storm hospital to avenge doctors’ alleged abuse of colleague, at least 2 patients die: police

At least two heart patients died at a cardiology hospital in Pakistan on Wednesday after hundreds of lawyers besieged the complex in retaliation for what they said was an assault by doctors on one of their colleagues, authorities said.