Pakistan
Nick D’s Indian and Pakistani Electronic Music Primer
Weird Together's Nick D presents a primer on Pakistani and Indian electronic music. Audio
Death of a musician
Ethnomusicologist Mona-Lynn Courteau reflects on the life, and untimely death of well-known Pakistani musician Amjad Sabri. She explains why the singer, who performed Qawwali, devotional music from… Audio
Woman who rejected marriage proposal burnt to death
A Pakistani woman who was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal has died of her injuries.
Kidnapped son of Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister relesaed
The kidnapped son of Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been rescued, three years after his disappearance. Audio
Pakistan vows to hunt down terrorists after Easter attack
Security forces in Pakistan have carried out five raids since a suicide bomb killed more than 70 in Lahore on Easter Sunday. Audio
Religious extremists will never succeed in taking over Pakistan
Acclaimed, award-winning Pakistani journalist and writer Bina Shah wrote in British newspaper The Guardian that religious extremists would never succesed in taking over the country. She joins us now… Audio
Pakistan PM meets with security officials over bombing
Security forces have been raiding homes in Pakistan believed to be connected with Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, the Taliban splinter group responsible for the recent suicide bombing in Lahore. Audio
Lahore man says neighbourhood in lockdown since blast
Pakistani authorities are continuing their search for the Taliban militants who claimed responsibility for a Lahore bomb attack that killed 70 people including many children. Audio
Lahore park suicide attack condemned
Three days of mourning have been declared after a bomb killed more than 70 people, including 29 children, near a playground in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Marshalls' testimony at anti-nuke hearing "powerful"
The lawyer representing the Marshall Islands in its international anti-nuclear case says this month's hearings at The Hague have shone a light on the lack of formal talks on nuclear disarmament.
Kidnapped Pakistani teen and mum can't stay in NZ
A teen who was kidnapped in Pakistan and his mother who had to live under armed guard have lost their appeal to stay in New Zealand.
Pakistan wants security guarantees
Pakistan says its cricket team will not take part in the World Twenty20 tournament in India without a public guarantee from the host country over the safety of its players.
No love lost over St Valentine's Day
Pakistanis have been urged by their president not to observe Valentine's Day, the romantic holiday that hardline Muslim clerics want banned.
Second ODI abandoned
Play was abandoned for the second one day cricket match between the Black Caps and Pakistan in Napier without a ball being bowled.
Boult sickened by blow to McClenaghan
Black Caps bowler Trent Boult admits it was sickening to watch team-mate Mitchell McClenaghan slump to the ground after being felled by a bouncer by Pakistan.
A terrorist attack in Pakistan leaves 19 people dead
At least 19 people have been killed in a terror attack on a university in North Western Pakistan. Audio
Pakistan university hit by deadly attack
An attack by suspected Taliban militants on a university in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 19 people and injured 50.
India's Punjab state on alert after fatal attack
Ten people have been killed in an attack on an Indian air force base close to the border with Pakistan, reports say.
Pakistani family deported despite Taliban fears
A mother and son who fled Pakistan because they feared the Taliban would kill them have been sent back there by a New Zealand tribunal. Audio
Afghanistan's 'mother of education' shares her vision
Education activist, Dr Sakena Yacoobi is the executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), an Afghan women-led NGO she founded in 1995. After the Taliban closed girls' schools in the… Video, Audio, Gallery
