Arfa Karim Randhawa, a 16-year-old child prodigy who was the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional and the pride of Pakistan, died Saturday in a Lahore hospital after an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest left her in a coma in Dec. 28.
The embattled Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani has apparently offered to resign.
Child suicide bombers from Afghanistan say they were led to believe their bombs would obliterate only the infidel Americans and spare those executing the mission.
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, was believed killed by a U.S. drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence officials told Reuters Sunday.
Arfa Karim Randhawa, who at 9 years old became the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, has died on Saturday at the age of 16, according to reports from Pakistan's The Express Tribune. She suffered an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest and was hospitalized for nearly a month before dying.
The ancient enmity between Shia and Sunni Muslims exploded in violence again on Saturday in Iraq when a suicide bomb killed at least 50 Shia pilgrims and wounded almost 100 in the southeastern city of Basra, according to Iraqi police and security officials.
Paul’s views on Israel have been controversial to say the least.
Afghan farmers produced 6,400 tons of opium last year, versus 4,000 tons in 2010.
Asif Ali Zardari returned to Pakistan on Friday from a trip to Dubai, his spokesman said.
India is about to hit a milestone in its battle to eradicate the polio virus with no new cases reported in the past year.
Leaders of a congressional subcommittee are urging the Department of Homeland Security to extensively monitor social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to detect current or emerging threats.
The new NFL owner dissed team fans, creating an uproar among the Florida football franchise's fan base. Khan was apparently trying to explain what it takes to be a Jaguars fan after complaints piled up following Khan's hiring of new coach Mike Mularkey.
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari left the country Thursday for a one-day private affair to Dubai, amid an escalating crisis between his civilian government and the Army, officials said.
The union said it will next target Adidas and Puma.
An asset price bubble pops, hitting bank balance sheets and tax revenues. As growth weakens and the economy flirts with deflation, the real burden of servicing debt increases.
A YouTube video showing what appears to be U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters will not affect efforts to broker peace talks, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid who spoke to Reuters on Thursday, despite investigations being launched.
Asif Ali Zardari, under threat from a memo seeking U.S. help in preventing a coup by Pakistan's powerful generals, has never managed to dispel the notion he is an accidental president.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's dismissal of defence secretary increases tension between civilian government and military.
A memo that triggered a U.S. investigation into a possible cyber-attack by Indian military intelligence is probably a fake, but it is clear from leaked documents that serious security breaches did take place.
Azam is suspected of having committed war crimes during Bangladesh’s war of independence forty years ago.
Numbering in the tens of thousands, Sidis are generally very poor and generally remain isolated from “mainstream” Indians.
Pakistan’s powerful army generals warned of “very serious ramifications” and “grievous consequences”.
