Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed at least 52 people, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on March 27, government officials and police said, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab.

Turkey and Pakistan have paved the way for a new free trade deal, which has the potential to reduce barriers in bilateral trade and investment.

Turkish Economy Minister Mustafa Elita? and Pakistani Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan inked the free trade agreement framework in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on March 22.        

Today is Women’s Day and the females are celebrated for their central role in our society. Sometimes a sense of perspective and comparison can really make us think a little more and become grounded in reality.

Pakistan observed a day of national mourning on Jan. 21 for the 21 people killed when heavily-armed gunmen stormed a university in the troubled northwest, exposing the failings in a national crackdown on extremism.

At least 30 people have been killed and more than 19 were injured after gunmen attacked Bacha Khan University campus in Charsadda, north-west Pakistan, international newswires reported on Wednesday.

Four suspected attackers were also killed in a shootout with security forces which lasted nearly three hours.

A group of militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Jan. 20 and killed at least eight people, officials said, with firing inside the campus still going on and two explosions heard.

Heavy gunfire and blasts were heard from inside the Bacha Khan university as gunmen tried to storm their way into the building, while according to reports at least three people are wounded.

The attack was carried out in Charsadda, about 50 km from the city of Peshawar, where in 2014 Talibans had murdered more than 130 students at a school.

At least nine people were killed and 35 injured Jan. 19 in a suicide bomb attack on a market during morning rush hour on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said.

The bomb exploded alongside a road jammed with traffic in the Wazir Dhand district just outside city limits.

Pakistan said on Jan. 18 that it had removed a three-year ban on YouTube after the Google-owned video-sharing website launched a local version that allows the government to remove material it considers offensive. 

Five young Pakistani comedians vowed solidarity with France in the video, “To Paris from Pakistan”. The young comedians did not apologize for the actions of ” few deranged individuals who somehow claim to be like us.

The video went viral, causing Pakistani director Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi, aged 25, to feel humbled.