Pakistan
Pakistan wants security guarantees
Pakistan says its cricket team will not take part in the World Twenty20 tournament in India without a public guarantee from the host country over the safety of its players.
No love lost over St Valentine's Day
Pakistanis have been urged by their president not to observe Valentine's Day, the romantic holiday that hardline Muslim clerics want banned.
Second ODI abandoned
Play was abandoned for the second one day cricket match between the Black Caps and Pakistan in Napier without a ball being bowled.
Boult sickened by blow to McClenaghan
Black Caps bowler Trent Boult admits it was sickening to watch team-mate Mitchell McClenaghan slump to the ground after being felled by a bouncer by Pakistan.
A terrorist attack in Pakistan leaves 19 people dead
At least 19 people have been killed in a terror attack on a university in North Western Pakistan. Audio
Pakistan university hit by deadly attack
An attack by suspected Taliban militants on a university in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 19 people and injured 50.
India's Punjab state on alert after fatal attack
Ten people have been killed in an attack on an Indian air force base close to the border with Pakistan, reports say.
Pakistani family deported despite Taliban fears
A mother and son who fled Pakistan because they feared the Taliban would kill them have been sent back there by a New Zealand tribunal. Audio
Afghanistan's 'mother of education' shares her vision
Education activist, Dr Sakena Yacoobi is the executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), an Afghan women-led NGO she founded in 1995. After the Taliban closed girls' schools in the… Video, Audio, Gallery
Pakistan factory collapse 'kills 16, traps 150'
At least 16 people have been killed in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a factory under construction collapsed, officials say.
Shoaib Malik to retire from Test cricket
The Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik is to retire from test cricket at the end of the current match against England in Sharjah.
Taliban encourages Afghan quake relief
The Taliban is encouraging aid groups to help victims of the massive earthquake in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Angela Kearney in Pakistan for UNICEF
The Pakistani army and aid workers are still trying to get to the more remote areas damaged in Monday's major earthquake in neighbouring Afghanistan. Angela Kearney is in Pakistan for UNICEF. Audio
Afghan-Pakistan quake rescue expands
Rescue efforts are being stepped up after a devastating magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 275. Audio
Major quake rocks Afghanistan, Pakistan
At least 2-hundred people have been killed and hundreds injured in a powerful earthquake which has struck north-eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Audio
Pakistan bomb blast kills 16
A suicide bomber killed 16 people in Pakistan on Friday at a procession in Sindh province for the Shi'ite Muslim holiday of Ashura, police said.
Younis passes Miandad's Test record
Younis Khan wants to become the first Pakistan player to score 10,000 Test runs after surpassing Javed Miandad's 22-year record mark.
Three day heatwave kills 700 in Pakistan
In Pakistan a severe three-day heatwave has killed nearly 700 people. Audio
Taliban claims responsibility for killing at least 15 people
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts near Christian churches in Pakistan. Audio
Former Peshawar resident reacts to school massacre
A former Peshawar resident now living in New Zealand is in disbelief over the Taliban's barbarity following Tuesday's school massacre in Pakistan. Audio
