Feb 10 Watch 2:09 News Wrap: Palestinians in Rafah brace for expected Israeli ground assault In our news wrap Saturday, Israel continued bombarding Rafah in southern Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signaled an impending ground assault, a Russian drone attack killed seven people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and a surprising outcome to… Continue watching
Feb 10 Five main takeaways from Pakistan’s parliamentary election By Riazat Butt, Associated Press Pakistan's parliamentary election last Thursday was overshadowed by violence, an unprecedented national shutdown of all mobile phone services and allegations of vote rigging. Here are the five things to know. Continue reading
Feb 09 Candidates backed by imprisoned former PM Khan’s party take early lead in Pakistan’s national election By Riazat Butt, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Candidates backed by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party had won 85 seats of the 200 National Assembly slots announced by the country's election oversight body by Friday evening. Continue reading
Feb 08 Ex-Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif expresses confidence in vote marred by violence and rival’s imprisonment By Riazat Butt, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press A day before the election, at least 30 were killed in bombings at political offices, and sporadic attacks on Thursday appeared aimed at disrupting the balloting. Continue reading
Feb 07 At least 29 are dead after bombings at Pakistani political offices, a day before elections By Abdul Sattar, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press The attacks came the day before the country was set to elect a new parliament and raise concerns for the election in the troubled Western ally, where many voters are already disillusioned by political feuding and a seemingly intractable economic… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 6:57 How upcoming elections in South Asia will test democracy in the region By John Yang, Winston Wilde, Azhar Merchant More than 1 billion people are going to the polls in South Asia this year. In a test of democratic values and human rights in the region, voters will choose leaders in five countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India and… Continue watching
Jan 31 Days ahead of Pakistani vote, ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan convicted again By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Khan was found guilty of corruption on Wednesday and sentenced to 14 years, yet another blow to the imprisoned populist leader days before his political movement attempts a return to power in parliamentary elections. Continue reading
Jan 23 Trade resumes as Pakistan and Afghanistan reopen Torkham border crossing after 10 days By Associated Press Truckers for years have been able to cross the border without documents, so they generally do not have them. But Pakistan began mandating truck drivers have visas last week. Continue reading
Jan 17 Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran after airstrike kills 2 children By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a "blatant violation" of its airspace and said it killed two children. Tuesday's strike in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province imperiled diplomatic relations between the two neighboring countries. Continue reading
Dec 12 Attack on police station in northwest Pakistan kills 23 officers, injures 32 By Riaz Khan, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press The attack — one of the deadliest the country has seen in recent months — damaged businesses and shops, shattering windows. Continue reading