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A police officer is killed and ten other people are injured when two Pakistani Taliban insurgents blow themselves up in a car outside a police station in Islamabad, Pakistan.
2022-12-23

Around 20 Pakistani Taliban members seize control of a counterterrorism centre in Bannu, Pakistan, killing one officer and taking six hostages. The attackers are demanding safe passage to Afghanistan.
2022-12-18

Pakistan closes all land borders, shuts down schools for three weeks, limits international flights, and discourages any large public gatherings in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
2020-03-13

A Pakistani court overturns the death sentence of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy.
2018-10-31

Former President Pervez Musharraf travels to Dubai for medical treatment of his back and leg, before moving on to either the U.S. or U.K. for additional treatment, spokesperson Aasia Ishaque said. Musharraf, 72, will return to Pakistan to face all pending legal cases. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government implemented the Supreme Court ruling, and lifted the 2013 ban that barred Musharraf from international trips.
2016-03-18

A Pakistani court issues an arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf in connection with the house arrest of judges in 2007.
2013-04-18

Six people are killed and 15 injured by an explosion at a bus stand in Matni, northern Pakistan.
2011-06-5

At least 15 people are killed near the town of Landi Kotal in Pakistan after a bomb destroys an Afghanistan-bound oil tanker.
2011-05-21

A United States drone attack kills six people in northwest Pakistan.
2010-11-1