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In Pakistan, the Sindh High Court orders the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, initially sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. The government opposes his release on the basis of public safety; both the government and Pearl's family will appeal the decision.
2020-12-24

India expels two officials at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, accusing them of being involved in espionage activities. Pakistan condemns the expulsion and alleges that the two were detained and tortured by Indian authorities.
2020-05-31

At least 57 people are killed and others are missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials say. In Indian-administered Kashmir, at least 10 are killed.
2020-01-14

A suicide bomb kills at least seven people and injures 13 others in Pakistan’s Punjab province inside the political office of Pakistan Muslim League MNA Sardar Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa, who was not present. Sardar Khosa, who is attending a meeting in Islamabad, said he did not receive any threat or alert prior to the blast. A Taliban splinter group, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claims responsibility for the attack.
2015-10-14

A US drone strike kills 11 insurgents in a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan compound in North Waziristan.
2014-07-19

5 Taliban militants are killed in bomb attack in South Waziristan.
2013-08-22

Drone attacks in Pakistan: Pakistani intelligence officials claim that a US drone attack has killed 5 alleged foreign militants, including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commander Wali-ur-Rehman, in the North Waziristan town of Miran Shah.
2013-05-29

A bomb targeting a bus carrying Government of Pakistan employees kills 32 people.
2012-06-8

The Government of Pakistan bans the Islamist group Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat.
2012-03-11

The Pakistani Taliban confirms that it is holding peace talks with the government.
2011-12-10