She was known to many young women as ‘big sister Zahra’; they looked to her for advice

Yuichiro Miura, 80, who has had heart surgery four times is already in the oxygen-deficient 'death zone'

Request is likely to spark anxiety in neighbouring Pakistan

A British climber who delivered a live video interview from the top of Mount Everest has found himself in trouble with the Nepalese authorities who have branded the broadcast illegal.

Can socks, or rather an absence of them, save Pakistan this hot, blistering summer?

The removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which protects Indian troops from prosecution, would be a gesture of goodwill to Kashmir's population

Family issues plea for justice in bus rape case that shocked India

Dozens of people are feared to have drowned after several boats carrying Muslim refugees fleeing an approaching cyclone sank in the Bay of Bengal.

Andrew Buncombe joins Pakistan’s new PM at his country house where he hears about his headaches over electricity, building the economy, and tackling militancy

Former Prime Minister secures third term in office – and vows to make an impact in Pakistan within 100 days