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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.

December 6, 2019

London Bridge attacker's body flown to Pakistan for burial: report

The body of Usman Khan, the convicted terrorist who killed two people in the London Bridge stabbing attack has been released by the city of London and flown to Pakistan.

December 4, 2019

Nearly 630 Pakistan girls, women sold as brides to Chinese men: report

Nearly 630 girls and women from across Pakistan were sold as brides to Chinese men last year, a new report shows, highlighting the lucrative – and widespread – human trafficking networks exploiting the country’s poor and vulnerable.

December 4, 2019

Islamists besiege Pakistan's independent newspaper, call for editor, publisher to be hanged

Dozens of angry Islamists swarmed the building of an independent Pakistani newspaper in the capital, Islamabad, blocking its entrance for several hours, threatening the staff and demanding its editor be hanged, the paper reported Wednesday.

October 31, 2019

Pakistan train fire sparked by gas stove explosion kills dozens

A massive fire spread through multiple train cars on a train traveling Thursday in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, killing more than 70 people, in the latest tragedy to hit the country’s dilapidated rail system.

October 27, 2019

Hundreds of Pakistani children test positive for HIV after rogue doctor reused syringes, report says

Health officials in a southern Pakistani city say a rogue pediatrician’s reuse of syringe needles has led to nearly 900 children testing positive for HIV since an epidemic began earlier this year, according to a Saturday report.