Pakistan

New to the Parish: Dr Ahmad Basirat came to Ireland from Pakistan in 2016 and is now so settled, he says ‘byebyebyebyebyebye’ when hanging up the phone

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz party leader head of new eight-party coalition

Coalition agreement ends days of uncertainty after election Khan supporters claim was rigged

Surge for jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan’s candidates in Punjab province doesn't bode well for the incoming coalition's prospects

Key aide of jailed leader announces countrywide protests against what PTI party calls widespread rigging against it

Jailed former PM says proposed alliance has ‘no moral ground’ after allegations of vote rigging

Former prime ministers Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif both declared victory on Friday

Rival parties discuss formation of new Pakistan government after election produces no clear majority

Only seven seats were left unaccounted for – not enough to change the outcome as reported by the commission

Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan asks supporters to wait by poll stations after vote

Analysts say pre-election manoeuvring amounts to some of the most overt manipulation of politics by the army in years

Barred from next week’s vote, former prime minister taps chatbots and TikTok to energise his party’s supporters

Sentence comes a day after Khan was given 10-year sentence for leaking state secrets

Court sentences former premier for leaking state secrets in what is his second conviction in recent months

At almost every flashpoint across the Middle East, there’s been a common thread: Iran

Pakistani foreign minister has spoken to his Iranian counterpart and wants to normalise ties following drone and missile attacks on militant bases

The Baloch Liberation Front seeks independence for Pakistan’s western province of Balochistan

Strikes in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province come after similar attacks by Iran the day before

Long-standing conflicts involving both Iran and Turkey reignite in addition to lingering Gaza crisis

Several people injured by in strike near Iranian border in move Pakistan says is ‘blatant breach’ of its sovereignty

Election marred by low voter turnout and violence, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotting poll and calling on Hasina to resign

Khan, who has been in jail since August, pleaded not guilty to charges of leaking state secrets

Order to expand border facilities could double flow of migrants being forced to return to Taliban-ruled neighbour

Deadline passes for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan

Islamabad’s threat has torn families apart and pushed even Afghans with valid papers to leave

Move comes after Islamabad reveals over half of 24 suicide bombings in country this year were carried out by Afghan nationals

Pakistani Taliban distance themselves from attack as those responsible yet to come forward

‘It’s such a vast world, but you will find a friendly Irish face in every single one of those corners,’ says Sally Teehan, who loves the vibrancy of Pakistan, but still thinks about Ireland every day

Popular anger threatens to derail crisis-hit country’s $3bn IMF programme

Popular former prime minister fights barrage of legal cases that threaten his political comeback

Former Pakistani PM and cricket hero at centre of political turmoil in crisis-ridden nuclear-armed state

Court in Islamabad expected to rule later on former prime minister’s bid to suspend jail sentence for corruption

Six children and two adults became trapped when one of the cables snapped while the passengers were crossing a river canyon

Images on social media showed smoke rising from church buildings and people setting fire to furniture in Faisalabad

Taking the world in his stride, former Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Paul Salopek paused in the Chinese capital after a 23,000km walk - so far - out of Africa retracing the footsteps of early human migration

Moves threaten to undermine democratic processes in a country that has since independence oscillated between civilian and military rule, analysts say

Khan has been at the heart of political turmoil since he was ousted from office last year

Ten cars of the Rawalpindi-bound train derailed, and some overturned, near town of Nawabshah

Ex-prime minister and cricket star could be barred from holding or running for office again due to criminal conviction

Cricketer-turned-politician (70) arrested at his home in Lahore for illegally selling state gifts