Scotland Yard on Monday made its first arrest for nearly three years in connection with the murder of a prominent Pakistani politician who was battered and stabbed to death while continuing to work from exile in London.

Case sparked widespread debate over whether the country’s elite could be held accountable for crimes they committed

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

Imran Khan has blamed a political rival based in Britain for the murder of a politician from his own party who was shot dead outside her house in Karachi on Saturday night.

Yousaf Raza Gilani's son, Ali Haider, who is running for parliament, was at a small gathering of supporters when gunmen struck

Former leader has shoe thrown at him in court as he faces conspiracy charges

The Pakistan which Musharraf ruled  isn’t particularly memorable for the people he left behind

Pakistan has arrested a former militant leader in connection with the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, security officials said.

The prime minister of Pakistan is again at the centre of controversy – this time over allegations that he instructed officials to drop murder charges against the owner of a Karachi factory where 259 people died in a fire.

A bomb exploded in a crowded area of Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi and 15 people were taken to hospital, police said.

Vaccination programme suspended after five women are shot dead

Karachi, Pakistan's largest and most volatile city, has been in lockdown this weekend.

A three-year-old girl remains in a critical condition after a suspected arson attack that killed her mother and four siblings.

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Pakistan's largest city yesterday in support of Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban last week for promoting girls' education and criticising the Islamist group.