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Intelligence officers from both India and Pakistan confirm to Reuters that secret talks were held between the two nations, with the United Arab Emirates acting as the mediator, in January to help warm relations. Relations between the two had been strained after India conducting airstrikes in Balakot and India-administered Kashmir was stripped of its autonomy in 2019.
2021-04-14

Four are killed and over 20 injured in a bomb blast near a police station in Quetta, Pakistan.
2019-07-30

Pakistan arrests Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has been blamed by the United States and India for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left more than 160 people dead.
2019-07-17

Human rights activist Malala Yousafzai returns to her native Pakistan for the first time since being shot in October 2012 to meet with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
2018-03-28

Gunmen raid a Pakistani military post near the border with Afghanistan, killing at least eight people. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, claim responsibility.
2017-03-17

Pakistan releases Indian fishermen caught in its territory as a gesture of goodwill.
2016-12-25

A powerful, magnitude 7.2 earthquake has shaken Tajikistan. It was felt as far away as India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. No damage or casualties have been reported as the epicenter lies within the vast Badakhshan national park. The US Geological Survey describes the area as one of the “most seismically hazardous regions on Earth” because of tectonic activity along shifting fault lines.
2015-12-7

Thirteen people are killed as a result of targetted shootings in Pakistan's biggest city Karachi.
2013-12-4

A bomb explodes in Pakistan's Orakzai Agency, killing at least 14 people.
2012-07-18

Pakistan's minister for defence production Abdul Qayum Jatoi resigns after criticising the military for allegedly carrying out political assassinations.
2010-09-26