Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the chief of the banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was granted bail on December 18 by an antiterrorism court.
Pakistan has hanged a man convicted of attempting to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
One day after a Pakistani court cancelled the pretrial detention of the accused mastermind of a 2008 Mumbai, India, terrorist attack that left 166 dead, he has again been arrested by Pakistani police.
The Pakistan military says its forces have killed 55 Islamist militants as part of a offensive following a deadly school massacre.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on authorities to halt executions and restore a moratorium on the death penalty
Pakistani officials say two suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at militant hideouts in the country’s northwest, killing at least seven militants.
The head of a banned extremist group in Pakistan who was expected to be set free from jail will be held for two more weeks in a murder case.
Authorities in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta say a bomb exploded in a crowded bazaar on December 24, injuring at least 28 people.
The European Union has condemned Islamabad’s decision to lift the moratorium on the death penalty and demanded its immediate restoration.
The military chiefs of Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to coordinate military operations targeting Taliban bases along the two countries’ border.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says at least 60 journalists have been killed in 2014 in connection with their work.
Pakistan says it will begin executing nearly 500 prisoners convicted on terrorism-related charges in the coming weeks.
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