Pakistan fired a nuclear-capable missile Friday, just two days after hosting a regional peace conference with archrival India. The military said the surface-to-surface ballistic Shaheen III (three) missile has a range of 2,750 kilometers and can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads. The military said the goal of the test was to validate “various design […]
Pakistan’s interior minister says he does not believe there is a link between militants in his country and a Pakistani-born woman involved in Thursday’s mass shooting in California. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan briefed reporters on what Pakistani authorities know about the suspect, 29-year-old Tashfeen Malik. “So far, the investigation has found that they […]
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said Monday that Saudi Arabia has asked that his military provide ground troops, planes and warships to help a coalition battling rebels in Yemen. He spoke at the start of a parliamentary debate on whether to join the Saudi-led effort against Yemen’s Houthi rebels that began last month with airstrikes […]
Pakistani officials say they executed 12 male convicts Tuesday, in the largest single-day total since the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty. Ten prisoners were hanged at jails in Punjab province, while two others were hanged in the southern city of Karachi. Revocation of the policy was first applied only to those prisoners […]