Pakistan

The first cricket Test between New Zealand and Pakistan at Hagley Oval hasn't started on time because of rain.

After series losses to Australia, South Africa and India the New Zealand cricketers will try and resurrect their year when they begin a two test series against Pakistan in Christchurch today.

The first cricket test between New Zealand and Pakistan is scheduled to go ahead this week after engineers checked Hagley Oval for earthquake damage.

Amy Satterthwaite has scored the fourth-highest individual score in New Zealand White Ferns ODI history to lead the side to a win over Pakistan.

Afghan refugee Sharbat Gula has been deported from Pakistan after she was convicted of having fake ID papers.

The New Zealand cricket selectors have had a major clean out of the test squad in the wake of the 3-nil series whitewash in India.

Jeet Raval and Dean Brownlie have been named to open the innings for the New Zealand A cricket side to play Pakistan in their tour game next week.

The green-eyed Afghan woman whose photo appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine has been denied bail after being arrested on fraud charges.

Opening batsman Sharjeel Khan has earned his first call-up to the Pakistan Test squad for this month's tour of New Zealand.

The green-eyed Afghan woman whose photo as a girl appeared on the cover of National Geographic has been arrested by Pakistani authorities, her family says.

Militants have stormed a Pakistani police training college, killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 100, officials say.

Pakistan has asked New Zealand's UN ambassador to discuss the rising tensions in Kashmir with the Security Council.

At least 23 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in north-western Pakistan, officials say.

England amassed a world record one-day international cricket total of 444 for 3 as they crushed Pakistan by 169 runs at Trent Bridge to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Papua New Guinea and Australian governments are yet to give clearance for the repatriation of the body of a Pakistan refugee who died on Manus Island a week ago.

A faction of the Pakistani Taliban has said it carried out a suicide bombing that killed at least 70 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta.

A cleric in Pakistan who appeared in "selfies" with a murdered social media star is being investigated in connection with her killing.

The brother of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch says he killed her "for dishonouring the Baloch name".

Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been killed by her brother in the province of Punjab, police say.