Imran Khan,ex-cricketer and country leader,charged with terrorism

Imran Khan,ex-cricketer and country leader,charged with terrorism

Khan had not yet been arrested and was in Islamabad,according to a senior leader of his political party.

  • bySalman Masood andChristina Goldbaum

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From rubbish tip to urban forest:Pakistanis plant a new oasis

From rubbish tip to urban forest:Pakistanis plant a new oasis

Tree planting projects in previously barren lands are bringing shade and life to a country whose forests cover only 5.4 per cent of the land.

  • byAkhtar Soomro andSyed Raza Hassan
Sydney mountaineer dies climbing world’s second-highest peak

Sydney mountaineer dies climbing world’s second-highest peak

Matthew Eakin was in a group of three and reportedly went missing last week on K2,one of the world’s most challenging mountains to climb.

  • byNigel Gladstone
Imran Khan demands early election after key victory

Imran Khan demands early election after key victory

The former cricketer and Pakistani prime minister has been on the campaign trail since being turfed out by what he calls a US conspiracy.

  • byBen Farmer
Australian woman allegedly hacked to death by father-in-law in Pakistan

Australian woman allegedly hacked to death by father-in-law in Pakistan

Sajida Tasneem’s in-laws had allegedly confiscated her passport and opposed her plans to return to Australia with her children.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola,Roy Ward,Ashleigh McMillan andJackson Graham
India demolishes houses of Muslim figures accused of inciting riots

India demolishes houses of Muslim figures accused of inciting riots

The Indian government has sought to shut down weeks of angry protests by Muslims against the anti-Islamic comments by two members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party.

  • byFayaz Bukhari andSubrata Nag Choudhury
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‘I’m from here’:Settling on a place to call home

Where you were born and where you belong can be different places. Discovering that you’ve found a new place to call home can come as a surprise.

  • bySaman Shad
Muslim nations rip into India over insulting remarks about Islam

Muslim nations rip into India over insulting remarks about Islam

At least five Arab nations have lodged official protests against India following comments made by two prominent spokespeople from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.

  • bySheikh Saaliq
Miracle plane crash survivor credits seat choice for ‘bonus life’

Miracle plane crash survivor credits seat choice for ‘bonus life’

Surviving a crash in which 97 people were killed while he was one of just two survivors has transformed Zafar Masud’s view of life.

  • byBen Farmer
Temperatures top 47 degrees in India and Pakistan – and it’s only spring

Temperatures top 47 degrees in India and Pakistan – and it’s only spring

The city of Nawabshah in Pakistan hit 47.5 degrees - the hottest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere this year so far.

  • byIan Livingston andKasha Patel
After Pakistan conducts air strikes in Afghanistan,Kabul denounces ‘invasions’

After Pakistan conducts air strikes in Afghanistan,Kabul denounces ‘invasions’

Pakistan,which has not confirmed any involvement in airstrikes inside Afghanistan’s borders,said the two countries are “brotherly countries”.